[Callers] best dance ever

I keep waiting to see "Delphiniums and Daisies" show up on the list and can't believe it hasn't yet so here it is. LOVE this dance - great for beginners as well as advanced dancers. As for Chorus Jig, I also don't like it. I remember one time when I was dancing the lead with a newbie partner and we started the dance at the very bottom of the set as 2s. While I understood that this was a chestnut, my newbie kept saying - "Why don't we get to do anything?" And while I could swing her while the 1s go down the outside, that's about it and I typically don't throw "extras" at newcomers. I appreciate the reports of those of you who love this dance and spoke glowingly about what you like about it - but it seems to me that those things (perfect timing, part of the bigger whole, etc) is true of most any good contra dance. As someone who plays early music on instruments that are obsolete - I respect that things typically fall out of fashion for good reason. I love to play a crumhorn, but I understand why there are none in the symphony orchestra (or anywhere else for that matter). While I appreciate keeping alive the older dances, Chorus Jig is my least favorite even of the chestnuts. -- JoLaine Jones-Pokorney "We are as gods and might as well get good at it!" - Stewart Brand