2 Jul
2013
2 Jul
'13
7:33 a.m.
This is likelier to happen if both partners are new,
and likeliest to
happen if all four in that set are new. But that couple that's
new will
have that problem repeatedly. When I see that I continue to prompt the
figures, maybe with more emphasis - Ladies CHAIN and COURTESY TURN - and
it doesn't seem to make any difference.
When there are a couple of new people dancing together, there's not much
correct leading and learning going on within the couple. Having dancers
new to contra mix it up with experienced dancers is useful here... I'd be
interested if anybody has any phrasing or methods that seem to make mixing
happen more often.
When in line with new dancers, it's pretty clear that they are paying far
more attention to the other people they are dancing with than the caller:
they often don't seem to be listening to the caller at all. Which is
normal and good: one of the skills-that-will-make-the-dance-more-enjoyable
is to be able to follow what dancers in your quad and in your line. That
does have it's downside, of course: I've seen half a line clue off each
other and do the B2 figures when the music was on A2.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Aahz Maruch <aahz(a)pobox.com> wrote:
[chiming in late]
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013, Alan Winston wrote:
On 6/21/2013 3:03 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
I'll just remind you that *you*, Alan Winston, highly experienced dancer,
couldn't remember to do a California Twirl in Panix Dot Chat. ;-) I'll
admit that "pass thru, California Twirl" isn't seen much in contra
dancing (I borrowed it from square dancing), but I was (and am) confused
about why you made that mistake given that the next move is the highly
natural "men left allemande".
My point in bringing this up is that if highly experienced dancers get
brain farts, certainly new dancers are more likely to get overloaded and
forget things.
Panix Dot Chat (aahz(a)pobox.com)
Becket formation
Double-progression, better with odd number of couples
Right-and-left thru on left diagonal (8)
(Yes, start with progression)
(Warn ends about not moving)
Right-and-left thru new couple (8)
Circle left 3/4 (8)
Swing neighbor (8)
Pass through (4)
California twirl (4)
Men left-hand turn once-and-half (8)
Balance and swing partner (16)
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I run into this periodically as well, and haven't found a way to
verbally interrupt whatever's going on in their heads. It may be
that they're so overloaded that further verbal info just can't get
in. [...]
What makes me extra crazy is the people who are doing something
wrong that's obvious to an external observer, [...]