13 Aug
2018
13 Aug
'18
7:10 p.m.
Here's one of mine. Low piece count, promenade to chain is good flow.
(I never totally love the "chain, look for new neighbors" because you
either have to bail out of the courtesy turn to face new neighbor or
complete the turn (now facing partner) and turn away to new neighbor,
but it's common enough that it works.
I think this really is easy enough for your busload of beginners. Low
piece count, don't have to identify the neighbor who's dancing with
your partner (like many oval dances). It does have a chain; sorry about
that.
CLAIRE'S REQUEST
Alan Winston 11/17/2017
Form:IC Fig:NB&S;OvalL&R;BTR,PS;Prom,WC:
A1: Neighbor balance and swing
A2: Big Oval left and right
B1: 1-2: With hands, balance ring in original foursome
(keep the hand you've got with neighbor and take the free hand
with your
partner)
3-8: Ravens/ladies draw Partners to their side for a swing.
B2: 1-4: Partners promenade to gents/larks side
5-8: Ladies/Ravens chain to current neighbor, look for new neighbor
[But if you really don't want a chain even in the good flow
from promenade situation, ladies/ravens allemand R 1.5 to new neighbor,
which may be preferable given the courtesy turn problem mentioned above]
-- Alan
]
On 8/13/18 10:36 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote:
Yep, Alex, I totally agree on the point of promenade
(or RL thru, or
ladies' chain) > circle L not flowing great! So I'm amending my
original criteria: *dances with a promenade, no chain or RL thru, and
promenade is NOT followed by a circle L*.
Thanks for the suggestions, folks :D
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:00 PM Yoyo Zhou <yozhov(a)gmail.com
<mailto:yozhov@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
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?
A nice one is Promenade Right by Luke Donforth (note: it has a
circle right):
http://www.madrobincallers.org/2013/06/25/three-tries-at-simple-dances/
Also, some of the dances below can be adapted by changing a right
and left thru to a promenade across.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:42 AM,
AlexandraDeis-Lauby<adeislauby(a)gmail.com
<mailto:adeislauby@gmail.com>>wrote:
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.)
I agree with your assessment about promenade/right and left thru
to circle left.
I find right and left thru or promenade can also often be followed
by one of these, which flows better:
- ladies chain (very common)
- left hand star (example: True Grit by Chris Page:
http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#true-grit)
- circle right (see above)
- hey, ladies pass right (example: Zoey and Me by Sue Rosen:
http://dance.suerosencaller.com/dancedb/view/?title=Zoey+and+Me)
- ladies allemande right (example: A-1 Reel by Chris Weiler:
http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#a1reel)
Yoyo Zhou
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