29 Sep
2013
29 Sep
'13
3:02 p.m.
On 9/29/2013 8:11 AM, Michael Clark wrote:
Thanks Kalia for getting this discussion started. You
and others might
be interested in going back into the Callers archives for a couple of
earlier discussions on mixers, one in March 2012 started by David
Millstone, I think, and one on waltz mixers in October 2010 started by
Chrissy Fowler. It looks like there's some overlap between now and the
earlier discussions, but not a lot.
Thank you for the dates! I'll go check those out.
Here's a mixer I use fairly often that I
don't think has come up
recently or in the earlier discussions. It's a reordering of one I
learned from the English caller John Turner when he was over here in the
mid-90's. (As he presented it, the promenade was the end of the sequence.)
A1 Partner balance and swing
A2 Promenade
B1 Ladies to the center and back (clap on count 4); gents the same, end
facing your partner around the ring (i.e., gents face CCW, ladies CW)
B2 Allemande Right partner (=#1) once and a half, Allemande Left the
next (=#2) once and a half to face the next (=#3, your new partner)
Looks like a good one. The one I've used most often in contra events is
Lancashire Reel.
It's a double circle, men with their backs to the center, women facing
in toward their partners.
A1 Partners back to back (R shoulder)
With the person on your L diagonal, L allemande (and come back to place)
A2 Partners back to back (L shoulder/seesaw)
With the person on your R diagonal, R allemande and stay together
B1 With this new person, balance and swing
B2 With this new person, promenade CCW and end with men facing out,
women facing in.
I've seen other version of it, but this one is a lot of fun.
Kalia