Ted,

Great questions. Here's the dance: https://contradb.com/dances/951

1. Finding shadow: Here's what I'd do. "Neighbor swing. Robins allemande right to in front of your partner. give left hand to your partner. Everyone freeze. Look over your left shoulder - there is someone looking at you - wave at them with your right hand. That's your shadow." Now, with your partner, Allemande Left 3 places. There's your shadow!"
2. When you are out, your shadow is across the set from you. Your choices are to either wait out at top until partner swing or allemande shadow, then slide back to P for swing. Teaching end effects is always a crap shoot. What percentage of the room will remember all those words you said after the music starts and they have been having fun for 6x through the dance? 
3. Yep, standard progression (technically) in the neighbor swing of A2. Or B2.

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From: Ted Sims via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Monday, December 6, 2021 2:54 PM
To: Shared Weight Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [External] [Callers] teaching Naked in California

 

Hi everyone
This is kind of a newbie question. I've never called Naked In California [Nils Fredland] before and I'm thinking about how to teach it. I think I've mostly figured it out, but I welcome your comments on my thoughts below:

(1) I would like for everyone to identify their shadows straight away. I think the best way is to have everyone take hands in long lines then "If you are on the end and your left hand is free, your shadow is the person in your right hand (introduce yourselves). Everyone else, your shadow is the person across and two to the left of you".   Is there a better way? 

(2) After the partner allemande, if the dancers on the ends have no one in the right hand, it seems to me that they have to stay put (there is no wrap around etc.). Is that correct?

(3) It looks like people out on the ends need to swap in the usual way.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Ted