27 Sep
2013
27 Sep
'13
4:52 p.m.
In a similar vein, I wrote the following dance (
http://www.grantgoodyear.org/dance/dances.html#chris-lisa-found-each-other-…)
which also has an active lost-and-found in the center...
Chris & Lisa Found Each Other (Circle mixer, June
1997)<http://www.grantgoodyear.org/dance/dances.html#id6>
A1. (16) P swing A2. (8) Circle left
(8) Circle right B1. (8) Into the center and back
(8) Into the center and back, end facing P and taking right hands B2. (16) Pull
by to a single file promenade w/ men on the inside promenading ccw, women
on outside promenading cw, look for a new partner Notes:
1. Written for the wedding of Chris Johnson and Lisa Edwards.
2. This dance is almost as much of a game as it is a dance, since I
deliberately designed this dance so that it would be common for dancers to
*not* have a partner at the end of B2. Thus, they would have to find a
new partner from the "lost-and-found" in the center.
3. Experienced dancers have to be told up-front that the pull-by in B2
does *not* start a grand right and left.
4. I frequently use this dance with beginners because it's easy, lots of
fun, and it sneakily gets across the idea that when something goes "wrong"
in a dance, the dancers can fix it.
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Bill Olson <callbill(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Linda, I really see no need to "fix" the
dance. Truth is I wouldn't
even THINK about trying to change a Gene Hubert dance, well not now anyway,
I must admit I did address this originally and decided everything I could
think of made an elegant dance "clunky". It really IS just fine the way it
IS!! Just not a dance for a small crowd.
as far as I'm concerned, this dance should stay the way it IS and has
never failed to be ahit with the dancers. If someone wants to write a new
dance that addresses the problem that women's arms are shorter than men's
(on the average), that is fine with me. I love Gene Hubert's dances, loved
the man, considered him a good friend and really, "fixing" one of his
dances just doesn't seem right to me!!
cheers
b
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From: laleslierjg(a)comcast.net
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:07:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [Callers] Favorite mixers?
Another solution to the short arms problem, Bill, might be to have the
couples face differently: women (or those dancing this role) face
out, and men face in for the forward and back.....
Linda
On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Bill Olson wrote:
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The Wheel, circle mixer by Gene Hubert
A1 Promenade (CCW)(16)
A2 (face partner Gents facing out, Women facing in) join 2 hands
with partner and walk ~8 steps IN (8), join hands in concentric
circles and walk ~8 steps back out (8)
B1 all circle LEFT (opposite directions obviously)
B2 *SWING* (nearest person)
This dance is a riot. needs MANY couples in circle and resist urge
to make 2 sets because even when dancers line up originally in
circle NEXT to partner, they are never that way in the actual dance.
Lots of craziness at swing, lost and found in the middle. gender
changes happen here, also if dancer cannot find a partner at swing
(or promenade) stay in dance with "invisible partner" and try again.
Needs many couple to make it work, especially since women are on the
outside of the concentric and have shorter arms on the average. If
this becomes a problem 9womens arms being pulled out or arm sockets)
tell dances "big steps in, short steps out".. often, after a few
times thru, I tell the dancers to "let the music tell them when to
swing" in B2, then it's REALLY a riot. This works for dancers of ANY
level! I've never had experienced dancers not have a good time.
I miss Gene!
bill
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From: kalia(a)sbcglobal.net
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Subject: [Callers] Favorite mixers?
I'd love to add a few more mixers to my repertoire. Which ones do
you
like for beginning groups or for early in the evening? And do you
have
some that more advanced groups can enjoy?
Kalia
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