On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 3:11 AM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

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dancers should need to understand the names of a dozen or so basic figures (such as F&B, allemande, promenade, star, chain, right and left, circle, shoulders round, hey, and maybe several more)

Agreed, although I fear "several" might be more than you would expect.

and that callers should need only basic figures to teach any dance.

I disagree with this. How would you teach, say, a dolphin hey using only basic figures.

Dale