7 Jan
2013
7 Jan
'13
7:58 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote:
On 1/6/2013 3:00 PM, tavi merrill wrote:
...except that people seem to have a lot of trouble actually DOING it
because they are so used to doing a courtesy turn. (I wrote a dance
with pass thru, twirl, men allemande. I've learned that I have to make
people walk through that the pass thru/twirl three times and they still
often don't do it properly.)
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I'm wondering if anyone could point me towards dances that really hit a
homer - things like: Jubilation (Gene Hubert), Thanks to the Gene (Tom
HInds) Another Nice Combination (Tome Hinds), Star Struck (Nick Boulet),
Simplicity Swing (Becky Hill), The Carousel (GH), The Baby Rose (David
Kaynor), All You Can Eat (Ted Crane), 20 Below (Bill Olson)... dances that
can be the bread and butter of a less advanced evening, or just a handy
fall-back for more capable crowds. Dances without down-the-hall, and
without awkward transitions (right&left through -> circle L?! agh!).
Without addressing your actual question, there's a fix for that oogy
transition that Lynn Ackerson showed me. Lynn, you here? Hi!
Instead of a R&L through with courtesy turn, do a no-hands
pass-through straight across and a California twirl into the circle.
It feels great.