5 Feb
2008
5 Feb
'08
9:05 a.m.
I have a category called "Allemande-y" for dances with many allemandes, or a
feeling of hand-to-hand. That covers dances like Mary Cay's or Lost and Found (Tom
Hind's gents version) or Southern Swing (with the allemande to a swing thru to
allemande).
My problem is all those dances that don't have any distinctive figure at all. I have a
category called basic, which is good for easy dances, or first dances of the evening. But
I have all these other dances that have a high piece count and I wouldn't call easy,
but aren't particularly distinctive.
Probably, I should put them in the category called "Trash" because I tend not to
call them anyway. I have all these dances in my box I don't call, but cannot bring
myself to winnow out!
-----Original Message-----
From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-
bounces(a)sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rebecca Lay
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:10 PM
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] organizing dance cards
Hi Callers,
Rebecca Lay here in Brattleboro, Vermont. I'm reorganizing my dance
cards
tonight; putting them in categories that I've determined by asking
myself
the question: "What is the figure that defines this dance?" So, I've
got a
section for full-hey dances, those that include a Petronella figure,
dances
that go down the hall, etc. I've got plenty of categories (well, at
least I
think I do), and I still have some dances that don't seem to fit into a
category.
The dance that's most puzzling to me right now is Mary Cay's Reel, by
David
Kaynor. The defining figure in this dance is when the women "chain the
set," but I don't have a category for that, since this is the only
dance in
my repertoire that contains the figure. I've thought about adding this
dance to my "wave" category, since the chain-the-set is sort-of like a
momentary wave, but I feel like that might be a stretch.
Any ideas? How would you categorize this dance?
(And, do you have any more dances you like to call that include a
chain-the-set figure? I like it!)
Thanks, everyone.
-Rebecca
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