21 Sep
2019
21 Sep
'19
6:28 p.m.
Southern Missouri squares are often blazing fast, largely dictated by the
clogging style
dancing used...the feet aren't going fare, but they are definitely going
fast. Here is a clip from an Ava, Mo. dance:
https://youtu.be/f_fymnXgXow
Bob Green
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:11 PM Nick Cuccia via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On 9/21/19 10:50 AM, Colin Hume via Callers wrote:
people can cope with a faster
tempo because the caller waits
In my area (California's San Joaquin
Valley, between Stockton and
Fresno), most MWSD folk would consider 127 BPM or faster to be "fast".
123 BPM is a more typical tempo here, and for some of the older dancers,
that's a bit fast. And as Colin alluded, MWSD callers will wait for
dancers to catch up more often than not. In fact, MWSD callers here
teaching dancers how many beats they have to execute a given figure is
almost nonexistent.
--Nick
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On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:36:37 -0400, Rich
Sbardella via Callers wrote:
> Tempo for contra is often below 120 bpm.� I learned to call squares at
about
128 bpm.
Is this significant difference the norm, and if so why?
If you're talking
about unphrased squares (Southern or MWSD) maybe until they've finished a move, whereas a
contra is supposed to be fitted
to the music.