26 Mar
2010
26 Mar
'10
11:09 a.m.
Rickey wrote:
I am looking for suggestions on how best to teach a "Mad Robin" to
contra dancers who have not encountered it before. It is in
"Joyride" ... I am planning on doing this in a venue where it may
not be feasible to do a demo.
I would not call joyride to people who've never done a mad robin if I
wasn't going to be able to do a demo. The dance has pousettes, which
are probably new to the same people, and a tricky transition into the
hey. Without a demo I'm afraid it would need too much teaching time.
The tricky sequence is:
Gypsy N
Mad Robin figure around N
Half Pousette clockwise (Men walking backwards)
Hey (men pass left) [1]
Jeff
[1] http://www.kluberg.com/eriksdances.html#Joyride