I've been calling for a little over a year now, on a volunteer basis here in Memphis TN. What that works out to is calling at one or two dances a month, and programming and calling half that evenings dances- between 4-5 individual dances each time. So I don't feel like I have a year's experience with the limited opportunities to practice with an audience.
What I am most interested in, that could possibly be taught or explored in that time frame, is teaching walkthroughs. IME some of the greatest dances just don't go well or are slow starters if I don't give a good walkthrough.
Things I'm working on that aren't as easily taught:
personality and presence in dealing with the crowd,
enunciation,
and matching music to the dance and the dance to the music.
For that last one I found Amy Cann's long post a few months back very helpful!
-Alison Murphy
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-- "Beth Parkes" <beth(a)hands4.com> wrote:
A question for newer callers:
Since this is a list specifically to support new callers, I thought I'd ask
what you would like to have covered in a callers discussion workshop.
Specifically, a single session of not more than a couple of hours, so
there's really not time to do a lot of serious teaching. I have lots of
ideas, but it's been a long time since I was a new caller and I want to know
what YOU want to know.
Thanks in advance,
Beth
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I danced a dance tonight that started with allemande N by right 1.5, w/next
balance and swat the flea, pull by back to original N for a swing. It had
Flea in the name and I think Bob Isaacs may have written it. Does anyone
have the correct name, author, moves?
These may be the moves:
A1: N Alle R 1.5, next N balance L and swat the flea.
A2: PB this N and swing original N
B1: Circle L 3/4, swing P
B2: Ladies chain, star L to progress
The other was a dance called Naked in California. Need same info.
Thanks, Rich
I think the key thing in this dance is not the tune but rather the caller being
clear in prompting when that balance at the A2 should be. I usually call it with
jigs because I like the way jigs fit with a hey for four, but that's a matter of
taste, not a rule.
David
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from the Syllabus of the 2002 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend
(and if you haven't made plans yet, I hope to see many of you at this year's
weekend, at which Ralph Sweet will be honored.)
Take All of the Credit and None of the Blame
by Larry Edelman and Nancy Donahue
Called by David Millstone
Formation: Contra, duple minor improper
Tunes: jigs Top of Cork Road / Out on the Ocean
A1: Do-Si-Do neighbor once and a little more to form a wave of four across the
hall,
(women in the center holding left hands, right hand to neighbor)
Balance the wave, right-hand turn halfway, men cross passing by left
shoulder
A2: All Balance partner (4)
1/2 of a Hey-for-four (starting right shoulder with partner) (8)
Balance partner at end of phrase (4)
B1: Continue the Hey (the other 1/2) (8)
Partner Swing on the side
B2: 1/2 Right & Left over
1/2 Ladies Chain back
Hi
I saw a 48 bar dance called Beatrice by Erik
Hoffmann - intrigued me.
I am planning to use it in December --- spoke with the
band about a 48 Bar tune set.
Never called a 48 Bar dance before ----
anything tricky about it - aside from the length
issue - staying focused for that extra section?
thanks for any insights.
Mavis L McGaugh
510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message)
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Another nice variation on Ellen's Green Jig that Graham Hempel here
in San Diego came up with, is as follows:
A1 Do-si-so neighbor
Women do-si-do
A2 Men do-si-do
Actives swing
B1 (rest is the same) Circle left
Circle right
B2 Duck for the oyster figure, finishing with ones ducking under to next
This is really good for beginners. Balancing and swinging for 12
counts is sometimes a lot for new people who don't know how to swing
or balance, so limiting it to just the 8 count swing without a
balance works out very nicely.
Martha
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> I like to say that whoever is doing the taking "lures" the other
> person back to their side, or entrances, or enchants, etc., and that
> the other person resists the awesome power, or I'll say "be coy"
> which inevitably leads to people doing fish imitations.
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:45:58 -0500
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>> Bob Isaacs wrote:
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>> I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set,
>> and "turn
>>> on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have
>>> some good
>>> lines for this one?
>>>
>>> One of my favorite descriptive lines for potentially flirtatious
>>> moves is
>> "the boy chases the girl until she catches him." Of course, you can
>> use
>> gents and ladies or men and women. And it can be she chasing and him
>> catching, but you get the idea.
>>
>> --
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>> 660-528-0858
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:53:46 -0400
>> From: Joy Greenwolfe <joy2the(a)mindspring.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Give & Take teaching lines WAS: A New Dance
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>>> Bob Isaacs wrote:
>>>
>>> I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set,
>>> and "turn
>>>> on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have
>>>> some good
>>>> lines for this one?
>>>>
>>
>>> On Oct 17, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Jerome Grisanti wrote:
>>>> One of my favorite descriptive lines for potentially flirtatious
>>>> moves is
>>> "the boy chases the girl until she catches him." Of course, you can
>>> use
>>> gents and ladies or men and women. And it can be she chasing and him
>>> catching, but you get the idea.
>>
>> I can't remember from where/who I got this, but I often use the line
>> that it's especially fun if/traditional that "the ladies resist just
>> enough to make it interesting."
>>
>> Joy Greenwolfe
>> Durham, NC
>>
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A question for newer callers:
Since this is a list specifically to support new callers, I thought I'd ask
what you would like to have covered in a callers discussion workshop.
Specifically, a single session of not more than a couple of hours, so
there's really not time to do a lot of serious teaching. I have lots of
ideas, but it's been a long time since I was a new caller and I want to know
what YOU want to know.
Thanks in advance,
Beth
I like to say that whoever is doing the taking "lures" the other
person back to their side, or entrances, or enchants, etc., and that
the other person resists the awesome power, or I'll say "be coy"
which inevitably leads to people doing fish imitations.
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> Bob Isaacs wrote:
>
> I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set,
> and "turn
>> on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have
>> some good
>> lines for this one?
>>
>> One of my favorite descriptive lines for potentially flirtatious
>> moves is
> "the boy chases the girl until she catches him." Of course, you can
> use
> gents and ladies or men and women. And it can be she chasing and him
> catching, but you get the idea.
>
> --
> Jerome Grisanti
> 660-528-0858
> 660-528-0714
> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:53:46 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] Give & Take teaching lines WAS: A New Dance
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>> Bob Isaacs wrote:
>>
>> I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set,
>> and "turn
>>> on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have
>>> some good
>>> lines for this one?
>>>
>
>> On Oct 17, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Jerome Grisanti wrote:
>>> One of my favorite descriptive lines for potentially flirtatious
>>> moves is
>> "the boy chases the girl until she catches him." Of course, you can
>> use
>> gents and ladies or men and women. And it can be she chasing and him
>> catching, but you get the idea.
>
> I can't remember from where/who I got this, but I often use the line
> that it's especially fun if/traditional that "the ladies resist just
> enough to make it interesting."
>
> Joy Greenwolfe
> Durham, NC
>
>
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Bob Isaacs wrote:
I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set, and "turn
> on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have some good
> lines for this one?
>
> One of my favorite descriptive lines for potentially flirtatious moves is
"the boy chases the girl until she catches him." Of course, you can use
gents and ladies or men and women. And it can be she chasing and him
catching, but you get the idea.
--
Jerome Grisanti
660-528-0858
660-528-0714
http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
To All;
With the premission of the author, I'd like to share a new and interesting dance;
The Boomerang Effect Becket-L Roger Auman
A1. 8 Ladies chain to N1
8 R diagonal ladies chain to Sh1
A2. 4 Give and take to gent's side (1)
12 N2 swing
B1. 8 L diagonal R and L through
8 Star L 3/4 (2)
B2. 16 Partner gypsy and swing
(1) - Give and takes to a neighbor are rare, but Roger makes the correct choice here. The natural circle L 3/4, N2 swing creates a sharp change of direction on the R diagonal/circle L transition.
(2) - All start the star across from a second shadow.
The neat part of this dance is that on the R and L through all pass their partner, only to boomerang back to them later on. As far as I know, the passing your partner on a L diagonal R and L through is new.
Roger Auman is a longtime dancer and up-and-coming caller from Philadelphia. He's written some other good ones, and if interested, you can contact him at the email on the CC line.
Bob
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