12 Feb
2011
12 Feb
'11
9:15 p.m.
Here is the video of Dale calling it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c-lMdyRlRU
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com>wrote;wrote:
I've actually seen a caller...encourage the chaos.
Gents allemande once
and a half. Now with your partner, allemande some number of times. Go make
a LHS with someone (it's ok if it's a 5 person star, or a 3 person star, as
long as it KEEPS MOVING it'll get you back to your partner for a swing). I
don't go quite that far, but do tell people that the trick is to not worry
about the star being *correct* but to *keep moving* and come back and swing
your partner. Even if they followed you into the same star, or starred with
people in the next set, as long as they *don't stop moving* (or try to stop
and fox things) it'll still work.
Yes, it can verge on chaos, but it also is an amazingly resilient dance.
Jack
On 2/6/2011 9:51 AM, Dale Wilson wrote:
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:30
PM,<richgoss(a)comcast.net> wrote:
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So is this coming weekend going to be "Warm
Pig" weekend?
I'd be curious how many times it gets called this weekend. I like the
bit about encouraging folks to play around with the stars.
I called it last night and it worked with my revised instructions, but
the "widespread moment of confusion" was still there -- I'd say it was
verging on a moment of total chaos.
There were three people stars. There were six people stars. There
were people starring themselves. I kept calling through the entire
dance -- with particular emphasis on the swing after the star.
Fortunately the dancers seem to find that a lot more fun than I
expected them to (what do I know?) I got several unsolicited positive
comments from the crowd. I think they were intentionally playing with
the chaos. This one's going into my repertoire to be called when the
time is right.
Dale
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