[Callers] Re: Need help fitting to a tune

Ragtime tunes actually often go *slower* than flat-out reels. Their grove isn't a fast deedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddledeedlediddle like note-y Irish, or diggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukkadiggachukka like hot southern. They go more like: DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! DAda, da, d'da Da - UH! DAda, DAAdada, DAda, DAAdada, dadada DA d'da DA - UH! SO -- do NOT do dances that are sinuous and connected and snake-y spaghetti-y. They will feel weird and pointless. Instead, try dances that have that 1 - 2 - 3 - UH! built right in. Long lines forward and back. Allemande 1/2 way to form a line and balance the line. Petronella type turns. Balance and box the gnat. That kind of stuff, where your body makes shapes on the floor that are sharp four-beat lines that reverse and turn around and stop/start on a dime. Steve Zakon's ZigZag has the right idea, but the zigzag thing happens in the B, I think, and Beaumont needs it in the A. The B is where the more connected-y stuff is, where you want the swings. On 4/27/22, Laur via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: