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</head><body><p>I've danced "The weevil" three times in very different settings: once at a guinea pig dance, once at a weekend workshop, and once at our regular barn dance on a nasty weather night when the caller ran out of triplets after two+ hours. The dance is sufficiently different from contra or square that all three groups had trouble. The ends are odd. I have a firm grasp of how it is supposed to go, but in the middle of it all things are very hectic and it is difficult to turn the correct direction consistently . It is fun when it's working. It is probably not for a ONS, though perhaps without incorrect muscle memory things would go more smoothly. The group needs a high tolerance for temporary chaos. You do recover the formation quickly after it breaks down. One time the walk through was great, then chaos. Another the walk through was not promising, but once we started dancing it clicked.</p><blockquote type="cite">On June 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br><br><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5980">I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard Mason</div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6048"><br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6049">It is a 7 person set (3 face 4) <br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6053"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6058">It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to try it out. Anyone had any experience with this one?<br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5887"> <br></div><div class="ox-1c77b82b3a-qtdSeparateBR" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5888"><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6055" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM1vr2-QK_Q" class="ox-1c77b82b3a-enhancr2_81db4874-7bfd-ec71-ca11-a902526a64b5" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6075">The Weevil</a><br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6142"><br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-enhancr2_81db4874-7bfd-ec71-ca11-a902526a64b5" class="ox-1c77b82b3a-yahoo-link-enhancr-card ox-1c77b82b3a-ymail-preserve-class ox-1c77b82b3a-ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr"><table class="ox-1c77b82b3a-card-wrapper ox-1c77b82b3a-yahoo-ignore-table mce-item-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 400px;" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6092" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6091"><tr id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6090"><td id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6089" width="400" style="padding: 0px;"><table class="ox-1c77b82b3a-card ox-1c77b82b3a-yahoo-ignore-table mce-item-table" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 95%; max-width: 380px; border: 1px solid #e0e4e9; border-bottom: 3px solid #e52d27; margin-top: -40px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 16px 0 16px 12px; vertical-align: top;"><img class="ox-1c77b82b3a-card-object-1 ox-1c77b82b3a-yahoo-ignore-inline-image ox-1c77b82b3a-ymail-preserve-class" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/youtube.png" style="min-width: 32px; border: 1px solid #e0e4e9; margin-top: 3px;" height="32"></td><td style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 16px 12px; width: 99%;"><h2 class="ox-1c77b82b3a-card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0 0 4px 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Weevil</h2><div class="ox-1c77b82b3a-card-description" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; color: #999;">A gender free dance written by by Richard Mason for 7 people in friends garden on a sunny summer day in New Zeal...</div></td><td style="text-align: right; padding: 16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6157"><br></div><div id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6057" dir="ltr">Mac McKeever<br></div><br></div><div class="ox-1c77b82b3a-yahoo_quoted" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5907" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5906"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5905"><div dir="ltr" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_5904"><hr size="1"><span id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6105" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></strong> Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></strong> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net <br> <strong id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6104"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6103">Sent:</span></strong> Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM<br> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></strong> Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share<br> </span></div><div class="ox-1c77b82b3a-y_msg_container" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6158"><br><div dir="ltr" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yui_3_16_0_1_1496971533415_6159">Howdy Folks!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.<br clear="none">Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc.<br clear="none">Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special occasions”?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Should be a fun “read”!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best regards to all,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Frederick Park<div class="ox-1c77b82b3a-yqt2279471914" id="ox-1c77b82b3a-yqtfd55425"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br>Callers mailing list<br>Callers@lists.sharedweight.net<br>http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net<br></blockquote></body></html>