Pennies and dimes. Dimes are ones, pennies are twos. Heads up are larks, heads down, robins (gent/ladies, in my very traditional, rural Maine dance community).



On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM Colin Hume via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:08:36 -0400, Angela DeCarlis via Contra Callers wrote:
> What visual aids do you use when choreographing? I think I've heard of playing cards, salt and pepper shakers for
> dances written at late-night diners in Jersey...

I use bits of cardboard.  See my reasoning and other discussion at:
https://colinhume.com/cardboard.htm
And there are three links, though the third one no longer works.

Colin Hume

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