Re: [Callers] Waltz Mixers

Sue Robishaw wrote: I'm very fond of it. I called it on Saturday at my "Congress of Vienna" Regency ball. It's reasonable for inexperienced dancers who are willing to pay attention to the instruction. As a Sicilian Circle it takes up a fair amount of space. I haven't called it at a contra. I find regular contra dancers really want to twirl, etc, and some of them will not believe you when you say that a courtesy turn works better than a twirl in this dance, so I fear that I would just frustrate the hotshots with it. I'd have no hesitation calling it for English dancers except that you'd really like 30+ people to do a satisfying Sicilian - because you never turn around, you always run into the same people, and with 32 dances you'll at least see 8 other couples) and most English dances around here run smaller than that, or are in spaces that don't have enough extra room to do Sicilians when the attendance is large enough. I also very much like Pat Shaw's "Nan's Waltz". -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON(a)SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================