<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
I always start my pre-dance workshop with a 2-handed turn. If
necessary, I demonstrate it with someone. Then I teach allemande
left, allemande right, and dos-i-do. Then I sometimes ask the band
to play a tune 2-3 times at a relatively fast tempo, and I make up a
silly dance using only those figures, where the partners only dance
with each other (no progression, although that would be fun -- just
call "move to the next person!"). It doesn't take long before
everyone is smiling and laughing, but the main thing is that they
are doing the moves and listening to the calls and learning to trust
my voice.<br>
<br>
Woody<br>
<br>
-- <br>
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><br>
Woody Lane<br>
Caller, Percussive Dancer <br>
Roseburg, Oregon <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.woodylanecaller.com">http://www.woodylanecaller.com</a><br>
home: 541-440-1926 cell: 541-556-0054<br>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/17/2017 10:07 AM, Linda S. Mrosko
via Callers wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAHC5BqfPTy2NP=69f16nowMD7oFd-B-4Ldh3HG4wYWK0NVXo6Q@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">2-hand turns
-- one year I was teaching a dance that had a 2-hand turn --
which I discovered was beyond their comprehension. Lots of
blank faces and a few tried to hold onto each other and turn
under their own arches. I grabbed a young fellow close by and
demonstrated a 2-hand turn and there was a huge "ahhhh" from
the group. Who'd have thought that was a foreign term for
18-year olds. Why don't they teach this stuff in school
anymore?<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature"><br>
</div>
</body>
</html>