Tom, thank you for your comments. They echo some comments that Lisa
gave me offline about the order of the first half. So I experimented
with re-arranging the first half dances and came up with something I
like better. Lisa's comment was that teaching a half hey is easier than
teaching a full one, so I swapped The Second Time Around and Carousel
and made a couple of other changes. Here is the result:
Forgotten Treasure
Esmerelda's Revenge
The Second Time Around
The Baby Rose
Marian's Delight (without Mods)
Carousel (Alt: Mary Cay's Reel)
Square Affair
The second half is the same as below.
Now the do-si-do 1+1/2 and the Star Promenade fit better into the
program and we have a better buildup to Carousel.
Just two more days to go!
On a side note: A funny thing happened to me on the way to the square
dance... 8^) As some of you know, I go Modern Western Square Dancing
on Tuesday nights at MIT. Well, this past Tuesday, the MIT contra dance
was across the hall from Tech Squares. The caller didn't show that
night. Clark, who likes to bounce between the two dances, came in and
told Seth and I about it and asked if we could remember any dances to
go call. I volunteered (after some thought) that I could remember The
Baby Rose off the top of my head. So I went across the hall and called
it. After trading off with the organizer trying to remember dances a
couple of times (and mangling them), I went to my car and got my cards
for Saturday's program and called the second half from them. The crowd
was small (I usually was calling to a group of 6-10 dancers). Some
friends were in the band and were easy to work with. It was great,
because I had a chance to practice a few of my dances for Saturday, and
I didn't have any chance to worry and get nervous, so I was pretty
relaxed about it. The really amusing thing was watching all of the Tech
Squares people (who had heard what was going on) kept coming across the
hall to poke their heads in and see what was happening. I suppose it
looked pretty funny with me, in shorts and a Tech Squares T-shirt,
standing at the head of a contra dance line, calling the action. 8^)
The organizer took my information, and she might contact me to call an
evening there... 8^)
All the best,
Chris
Chris Weiler wrote:
Thank you Lisa and Linda for your comments and suggestions! Here is the
revised program:
Marian's Delight (with mods)
Esmerelda's Revenge
The Carousel
Forgotten Treasure
The Baby Rose
The Second Time Around (Alt: Mary Kay's Reel)
Square Affair
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Waltz
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Break
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Hambo
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Midwest Folklore
Another Nice Combination (Alt: Chorus Jig)
Zoe and Me
Bertha's Landfall
Al's Safeway Produce (mod)
I have revised the PDF and attached it.
Chris