Re: [Callers] My own Down East session

Chris wrote: I'm completely unfamiliar with the Down East Festival, but I gotta say, "Unbalanced Contras" doesn't in the least suggest "smooth and flowing" to me. (I'm guessing you wanted to suggest "dances with no balances" and thus smooth and flowing.) What "Unbalanced" immediately suggested to me - other than crazy - was "unequal"; dances where the 1s and 2s have distinctly different roles. Why not go with that? It'll really be the opposite of what's going on in medley session, allow you to use an array of chestnut and modern dances, give you some variety - and if you have short sets because people are drawn to the medley, you're better off. For this idea, a smooth-and-flowing-and-unequal dance is Lynn Ackerson's "Indigo Silk" (a modern proper contra). I love it, but it'll explode the heads of people who can only do equal improper contra. If your dancers can actually phrase, you might check out Adrienne Moser's "Three Ceremonies" (Becket, ladies chain to Mad Robin to hey for four ...) - that's equal but smooth. I got it out of "Hey, Gorgeous" (Luis Gamez - I got it from Karen Fontana on this list) is another balance-free dance with enough punctuation to be interesting. I can share notation off-list if you want it; I don't think I should be publishing people's dance sequences without their permission. -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON(a)SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================