Re: [Callers] Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls

Cynthia Phinney wrote: Shenandoah Falls is unusual in that some of the B-part is quite synchopated. The phrasing is still very regular, with well defined four beat chunks, but within the chunks the beat might be difficult to detect for some. So if you have a band that really wants to play shenandoah falls but you think that the group might not be able to take it in stride, you could call something that matches the phrasing well and lets the dancers reenforce each other's sense of the beat. Richard's suggestion of petronellas is good, as would any "balance for four, move for four" sort of repetition. Balance and swing would also work ok, as the synchopated hard to think about part comes in the middle of the swing. The bigger problem is that the caller generally doesn't know what tunes the band intends to play until the band switches tunes. So you generally never have an oppertunity to go "oh? You'd like to play shenandoah falls? Let me choose a dance that fits." Instead the best you can do is probably tell the band after observing the hall that you think it would be best if they avoided synchopated tunes like shenandoah falls tonight. Jeff