<div dir="ltr">I agree that calling a circle right after a promenade across, has better flow than a circle left, but I am reluctant to call a circle right in my first dance (unless it follows a circle left).  I prefer to use the first dance to teach basic calls I will be using all night, and I believe that the body, or muscle, memory learned in that first dance will help the danceability all evening.  Teaching them to circle right, when they will be circle left all evening, works against my goals.  <div>I do call dances with circle right, just not as part of my first few dances of the evening.</div><div>Rich<br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Yoyo Zhou via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.<wbr>net</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Had a busload of beginners at my dance last night and realized I have a hole in my program -- I don't have any good glossary/beginner-friendly dances with a promenade but no chain or RL through. Any suggestions?<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;padding-right:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;padding-right:1ex"></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A nice one is Promenade Right by Luke Donforth (note: it has a circle right):</div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://www.madrobincallers.org/2013/06/25/three-tries-at-simple-dances/" target="_blank">http://www.madrobincallers.<wbr>org/2013/06/25/three-tries-at-<wbr>simple-dances/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Also, some of the dances below can be adapted by changing a right and left thru to a promenade across.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Alexandra<span> </span></span><span class="m_485993437812844876gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Deis</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">-</span><span class="m_485993437812844876gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Lauby</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><<a href="mailto:adeislauby@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">adeislau<wbr>by@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>wrote:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I find that there aren’t many dances with a Promenade or RL that are NOT followed by a circle left. When Dancing promenades to circle lefts, I don’t like them as an experienced dancer because they don’t feel good and as a caller I watch new dancers struggle with them because they don’t flow logically unless the dancers correct for it (which one won’t know how to do unless they’ve been dancing a very long time and are attuned to momentum.) </div></blockquote><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I agree with your assessment about promenade/right and left thru to circle left.</div><div class="gmail_extra">I find right and left thru or promenade can also often be followed by one of these, which flows better:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">- ladies chain (very common)</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div>- left hand star (example: True Grit by Chris Page: <a href="http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#true-grit" target="_blank">http://chrispagecontra.<wbr>awardspace.us/dances/#true-<wbr>grit</a>)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- circle right (see above)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- hey, ladies pass right (example: Zoey and Me by Sue Rosen: <a href="http://dance.suerosencaller.com/dancedb/view/?title=Zoey+and+Me" target="_blank">http://dance.suerosencaller.<wbr>com/dancedb/view/?title=Zoey+<wbr>and+Me</a>)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- ladies allemande right (example: A-1 Reel by Chris Weiler: <a href="http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#a1reel" target="_blank">http://caller.<wbr>chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#<wbr>a1reel</a>)</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Yoyo Zhou</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></font></span></div>
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