I'd drop the all the passes and after the initial ravens right, just say
left *beat* right *beat* *left* *beat* right *beat* left *beat* right
*beat* balance and swing
That way you're providing a scaffold without obscuring the underlying music
you're trying to link them to.
Bob
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 2:50 PM Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
  I don't think there's anything special about
they hey: always cue things
 so that they start on the beat after you finish speaking.
 You might find "ravens left" etc works better than "ravens pass
left",
 being shorter.  Otherwise it's hard to get all the words out.
 Jeff
 On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:06 AM Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers <
 contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
 
 hello - first time posting to this list so i'm sorry if I do it wrong
 (looked in archives and couldn't see obvious answer)
  I am going to teach and call my first dance with a hey this Saturday..
 (ie tomorrow)
 our group takes things slow so i'd like to cue every interaction for the
 first few times, as our previous caller did.... I don't know how common
 this is but our previous caller would actually say--
  ravens pass right
 neighbours pass left
 larks pass right
 partners left
 ravens pass right
 neighbours pass left
 larks pass right
  partner balance and swing
 I'm wondering if someone can clarify for me about delivering the calls
 for this hey....normally of course I deliver instructions so the last bit
 of instruction ends on the beat prior to the figure starting.
 But in the case of the Hey, if I remember correctly the caller actually
 called out  the actions *as* they were happening....
 Am I remembering correctly and if so is this the best approach?
 In essence-- do I start by calling "ravens pass right" *just before*
 they do it, or *while* they are doing it?
 thanks muchly :)
 Katherine Kitching in Hfx NS Canada
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