Re: [Callers] Circle & pass through as the last move of a dance

Logistically, I think Greg's approach is difficult to make work. There's always a new move happening after the pass through, so in effect, you'll be calling four beats of "pass through, something something," usually "balance here" or whatnot. Because there's no break between the instruction "pass through" and the instruction that follows it, I don't think dancers generally realize from that phrasing that the pass through is intended to occur after exactly six beats of the circle. I find experienced dancers often take longer than 6 beats to circle three places. Regardless of whether callers should be teaching to beginners during a walkthrough, it can help experienced dancers to hear exactly how many counts a move should take in a particular dance. It's something a lot of ECD callers do, but you don't see it much in contra. -Dave On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Greg McKenzie <grekenzie(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- David Casserly (cell) 781 258-2761