I went to a dance weekend where rolling starts was a topic of discussion led by Seth Tepfer. Excellent workshop. I have to admit that I rarely have done them and the one time that I did it didn't go so well - I was ready but the band was still rolling. So definitely what Dave and Jack said.

And there are different kinds of rolling starts. There is the hard start where they go through their tune and then they do the potatoes, and then there's the more seamless transition where you go right into the dance. With some bands it can be so seamless and super silky smooth that dancers won't know when the walkthrough ends and when the actual dance begins - they'll just find themselves dancing. I would suggest that you'd use dances that don't have anything majorly difficult about them that you need lengthy teaching.

Perry

From: Maia McCormick via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: "callers@lists.sharedweight.net" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 11:53 AM
Subject: [Callers] Rolling Starts?

I think that rolling starts (seamless transition from walkthrough into the dance, as the band just starts playing music during the walkthrough) are super neat if done properly! But I'm still not quite sure how to do them properly. So I ask you all:

1) tips on how to execute a rolling start well, making sure all the dancers are on board etc.?

2) thoughts on what dances/tunes will/won't work well with a rolling start?

Cheers,

Maia

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