Re: [Callers] Have you called Double Boomerang by Gene Hubert?

Dancers need to behave as follows at the ends: (a) When out at end with partner, after your swing,  line up so the woman can eventually chain back in on the left diagonal. (b) When out at the end with a non-partner (which occurs after the diagonal chain), face back into the set with the man on the right and woman on the left (which opposite to the more usual practice).. Sufficiently experienced dancers, or the less experienced in the presence of a more experienced dancer,  will, without injury to their dance psyche, either  figure all this out and/or work/muddle through it. This dance will always have some temporarily confused, but quickly recovering, dancers at the ends. ***Don't worry about it.***   The only way to teach/warn the dancers about the end effects is to announce  (a) and (b) as stated above, although it will probably not help as much as you are hoping for. If the crowd's collective experience is such that the confusion might propagate more than three or four couples from the ends, omit  the dance  from the evening's program.   Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801       217-239-5844 Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at www.ArtComesFuerst.com ________________________________ From: Rickey Holt <holt.e(a)comcast.net> To: 'Caller's discussion list' <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:54 PM Subject: [Callers] Have you called Double Boomerang by Gene Hubert? Hi, If you have called Gene Hubert's wonderful dance "Double Boomerang", I have 2 questions for you about end effects.  The dance is below. When the ladies chain on the left diagonal there are ladies at each end who cannot do that as there is no one there.  That's fine. I am used to that. My questions are not about that. They are:     (1) When a couple reaches an end ( I have only been able to watch the top), where do they wait and for how long.  .    The woman needs to get into position for the ladies chain on the diagonal, which I think means that she needs to cross over as she waits for that.  The man also needs to cross over and stand next to her at that point. .    When however the second pass through is done (in B1), both the man and the woman who are waiting out at that point need to be in position to balance and swing with their partners (B2), which I think means that they need to be in different lines from each other. .    Finally, as it is a Becket, at the end of the partner swing you and your partner need to be together on the same side but - which side and how do you get there. (2) How do you teach all of this. Really good dancers seem to understand where they need to be and get there, but even experienced dancers have been having trouble with this and it has thrown them. Do you know the dance? Can you help? Thanks, Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH Here is the dance if you have forgotten it: DOUBLE BOOMERANG, Gene Hubert (Becket) A1    Gents Allemande Left (1 1/2)     Neighbor Swing A2    ON THE LEFT DIAGONAL, Ladies chain     Long Lines Forward and Back B1    Pass through straight across the set and turn alone.     Circle Left all of the way around     Up and down the set pass through B2     Partner Balance and Swing _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers