An interesting thing related to this happened to me last Friday. I was calling at a
regular series which always gets a lot of beginners, and this time we had very few of our
regular dancers. I was taking more time and care than I often do on the walkthrus-and
noticed one man consistently swinging the wrong way around. I took him aside and showed
him how to swing correctly, and how it flowed into the next move, and asked it that
didn't feel more comfortable. His answer was a resounding "NO", and he
continued to swing the wrong way round most of the might, unless his neighbor was
insistent on doing it correctly. So maybe their idea of comfort is different from ours?
I personally have occasionally spun the "wrong" way deliberately if it's a
very "spinney" dance and I find myself getting too dizzy.
Judy
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From: Callers [mailto:callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of joe micheals
via Callers
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:03 PM
To: tom hinds; tom hinds via Callers
Subject: Re: [Callers] What can you do.....?
I’m joining the conversation late here so if already discussed forgive me…but when dancers
fight momentum. Like turning over their left shoulder on a Petronella. I try to point
out how joyful it is for me going over the right shoulder but i wonder if it is nature VS
nurture when I see it persist…thoughts?
On Sep 29, 2019, at 5:44 AM, tom hinds via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Alan,
You raise an interesting question. After I’ve had time to sleep on it, I’ve come up with
some other issues to raise and.discuss.
I’m curious if you have a beginning workshop before the dance.
In my opinion the skills needed for a new dancer to not only survive their first dance
but to actually enjoy it are many And that means having a beginning session that
approximates as close as possible the dance itself.
In your email you mention larks and ravens. If you do have a beginning workshop, are the
newbies given the opportunity to practice/react to their new titles? Not having that
opportunity to practice reacting to their new titles may cause a bit of confusion on the
dance floor.
Tom
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