Re: [Callers] A Dance without Partner Swing

Hi Rich, I call them: * As the first dance when there are lots of beginners. Quite often they will dance with each other, so doing a dance with only a Neighbour Swing means that they get to learn to swing with lots of other people before doing a Partner Swing dance together. * When I am working with older groups who don’t enjoy swinging as much as when they were younger. * For variety! I get so bored with half a dance being taken up by N B&S, Cir 3/4, P Sw or N B&S, Men Alle L 1.5, P Sw. There are lots of other wonderful moves to fill your dance with! Don’t get me wrong, I love to swing, but not everyone wants it all the time. No, I don’t usually tell them in advance. They probably aren’t listening anyway :-) If that happens to me with a favourite swinging partner then we usually agree that that dance didn’t count and we have another one together. I work a lot with older and less experienced dancers who don’t need or want to swing in every dance, so none of these have a Partner Swing: http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/CheekboneCity.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/DixieDoo-Dah.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/Duck.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FindingYourBalance.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FlutterRing.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/HeyDown.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/TheMadGypsy.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/Pestchye.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/RoguesMarch.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/Rotafl.html http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/TrainingWheels.html Some of them are training dances to teach certain moves and are aimed at beginners. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent