[Callers] Re: Need help fitting to a tune

Thanks for detail and yes that’s the deal - its too stylized to know how they will choose to play it and callers that haven’t danced to the band aren’t prepared for the tune and the disconnection the dancers feel on the floor.  The musicians are not inexperienced, they are good musicians so it confuses me a bit how they cant see or feel how the dancers on the floor with the dance.  I will be respectful when I make the request not to choose to play during the evening. And be prepared to offer a response if they ask. LSent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 4:08 PM, Amy Cann <acann(a)putneyschool.org> wrote: Ragtime tunes actually often go *slower* than flat-out reels. Their grove isn't a fast deedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddle like note-y Irish, or diggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukka like hot southern. They go more like: DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! DAda, DAAdada, DAda, DAAdada, dadada DA d'da DA - UH! SO -- do NOT do dances that are sinuous and connected and snake-y spaghetti-y. They will feel weird and pointless. Instead, try dances that have that 1 - 2 - 3 - UH! built right in. Long lines forward and back. Allemande 1/2 way to form a line and balance the line. Petronella type turns. Balance and box the gnat. That kind of stuff, where your body makes shapes on the floor that are sharp four-beat lines that reverse and turn around and stop/start on a dime. Steve Zakon's ZigZag has the right idea, but the zigzag thing happens in the B, I think, and Beaumont needs it in the A. The B is where the more connected-y stuff is, where you want the swings. On 4/27/22, Laur via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: