Could the popularity have something to do with dancing with multiple
neighbors and coming back to your original neighbor?
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Mac Mckeever <macmck(a)ymail.com> wrote:
My theory is that 3-33-33, much like Beneficial
Tradition, besides being
wonderfully arranged, contains a unique and popular figure that has become
associated with that dance and is not found in many other dances.
Susan's dance is also a masterpiece of choreography - but does not contain
a signature figure. That doesn't stop it from being one of my favorites -
but does keep it from standing out over time.
A few times I have called an evening with no planned program and allowed
the dancer to request dances. Beneficial is by far the most requested.
That doesn't make it the best dance - but it is one of the most memorable.
Mac
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From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:07 PM
Subject: [Callers] 3,33-33
Although I consider 3,33-33 an excellent dance, so many have designated
3,33-33 as awesome that it, like the word awesome, has become overused.
Some years ago (I speculate 20 or so) Susan Kevra wrote this wonderful
dance Trip to Phan Reel (
http://www.prismnet.com/contradance/sequences/trip-to-phan-reel.html)
For a year or so one could hardly attend a dance weekend without dancing
Trip to Phan Reel. Then it slowly subsided to very occasional use.
Does anyone have any ideas why the calling of 3-33-33 (of the same
vintage, as suggested by
http://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/steve_zakon/three_33_33.html),
has not similarly subsided ?
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844
Links to photos of many of my drawings and paintings are at
www.ArtComesFuerst.com
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