Re: [Callers] Grand Marches

Luke, "Dance a While" pages 63/64 has a list of figures. Pretty much all the ones I know are on there.. If you don't have the book, find one on ebay or something and buy it!! bill Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:17:46 -0400 To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Grand Marches From: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Hello all, Just yesterday, I was part of a Grand March that Chris Ricciotti led that was such fun, it made me want to up my game for Grand Marches. I'd be curious to hear folks suggestions for: moves that work well, and how to prompt them how to gauge space and timing how to best enroll collaborators (must they be planned ahead, what can you do on the fly)Train wrecks to avoid Tempos for the bandsuitable crowds (weddings? regular dances? special weekends?)Transitioning from G.M. straight in to longways setsEndings for G.M. besides the crowd and clapOther fun things to incorporate What are good videos that show the action from above? Is it written up anywhere? Or is it one of those learn by doing and stealing things? What folks have passed me so far: New England Dance Masters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9gIFJgDT_c Portland Fancy write-up: http://www.riversidevictoriandance.com/grandmarch.pdf Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL7k3vftvDE Thanks for any suggestions you have. _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net