16 Feb
2024
16 Feb
'24
8:14 p.m.
After several discussions with new callers about a lack of dance walk
through videos, I've started recording some of mine (when I can
remember!). This past weekend (Cabin Fever, Knoxville TN), I had the
wonderful help of Jim Crawford to add footage from the floor and to mix
in the house audio. I'm sharing that here for whatever benefit it
brings folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQMBy8Q5ft4
Some interesting things happened that changed how I called this dance:
- The lines were crowded, so I backed the gents up to suggest that they
cross the gent in the next set by the right (overlapping orbits).
- There was some confusion about shadows, but it really doesn't matter
who that is, so I ignored/squashed questions about direction and just
let the dancers muddle into it.
- I'm started at B2 in order to put the pass through progression at the
end of the dance (making the dance improper.) I do this sometimes for
reasons that I don't always recall.
I hope these videos prove to be useful.
Timothy