<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.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/">http://www.madrobincallers.org/2013/06/25/three-tries-at-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="gmail-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="gmail-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" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">adeislauby@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">http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#true-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">http://dance.suerosencaller.com/dancedb/view/?title=Zoey+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">http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#a1reel</a>)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Yoyo Zhou</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>