2 Jul
2013
2 Jul
'13
12:32 a.m.
[chiming in late]
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013, Alan Winston wrote:
On 6/21/2013 3:03 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
I'll just remind you that *you*, Alan Winston, highly experienced dancer,
couldn't remember to do a California Twirl in Panix Dot Chat. ;-) I'll
admit that "pass thru, California Twirl" isn't seen much in contra
dancing (I borrowed it from square dancing), but I was (and am) confused
about why you made that mistake given that the next move is the highly
natural "men left allemande".
My point in bringing this up is that if highly experienced dancers get
brain farts, certainly new dancers are more likely to get overloaded and
forget things.
Panix Dot Chat (aahz(a)pobox.com)
Becket formation
Double-progression, better with odd number of couples
Right-and-left thru on left diagonal (8)
(Yes, start with progression)
(Warn ends about not moving)
Right-and-left thru new couple (8)
Circle left 3/4 (8)
Swing neighbor (8)
Pass through (4)
California twirl (4)
Men left-hand turn once-and-half (8)
Balance and swing partner (16)
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I run into this periodically as well, and haven't found a way to
verbally interrupt whatever's going on in their heads. It may be
that they're so overloaded that further verbal info just can't get
in. [...]
What makes me extra crazy is the people who are doing something
wrong that's obvious to an external observer, [...]