Re: [Callers] Circle Mixers for newbies

Thanks for sharing a bunch of mixers. I've been meaning to augment my collection, and this helped considerably. A few jumped out at me for seeming to have unusual timing. It seems like Cabot School Mixer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=821Omeog_r0 bleeds the moves from A2 in to B1. First Turn in May has 3 allemandes in the A2, with the B1 being a balance and swing. North Shore Mixer does something similar, but goes to a DSD. Do you not worry about the timing? I've been at several new dancer orientations where the caller stressed the 8 count phrasing as a way to keep track and demarcate the moves; I've even used it myself. Is it just not an issue? Do new dancers get through 3 full allemandes in 16 (I can't find a video for those). We often do an allemande 1.5x in 8, so 3 1x would be near equivalent, except for the extra time of switching focus. Choreography of referenced dances are in the Shared Weight archive for the original message: http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2012-October/005152.html Thanks again for sharing! -- Luke Donforth Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com> www.lukedonev.com