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
]
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@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <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):
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, Alexandra Deis-Lauby <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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