The tease has a partner swing. If you want the ultimate non- partner dance - look at Snake River Reel by Petr LIppincott - it is a very nice dance - except you never have any contact with your partner (also a great tune with the same name - also from Peter) Mac McKeever St Louis On Sunday, May 13, 2018, 2:35:20 PM CDT, Rich Sbardella via Callers < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: I cannot recall dancing a modern contra in the last few years that does not include a Partner Swing, so I have a few questions. First, do you call any such modern dances without a partner swing? Why or why not? Second, if you do, do you announce it before the preceding dance so as to inform those pairs of dancer that love to swing together? The Tease by Tom Hinds is one such creative dance that begs to be called. Rich Sbardella, Stafford, CT _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/

On May 15, 2018, at 6:40 AM, billinhi--- via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: I agree with John Sweeney, but it all depends. For a large group of beginners, rather than spending time explaining the advantage of having an experienced partner or trying to split beginners up, the simple solution is have a dance where they don't swing together. like: Easier Than Pie by Billy Boyer Essex Reel by Tony Parkes First Star by Ted Steele Open Rehearsal by Jacob Bloom Paul's Fishing Reel by Jim Gregory Saturday Night Reel by Herbie Gaudreau Sunrise Jig by Shelly Jenkins I usually limit it to one dance, but it depends. Then there is the 'almost' situation where only the 1s or 2s swing. It has the same risk of 'disappointing' the dedicated swingers. like: Alternating Corners by Jim Kitch Boiling Mud by Greg Byrne Three's Company by Paul Balliet and quite a few others. Then there is the case where there is so much going on in the dance, that there just isn't anywhere to fit in a partner swing. like: The Thirty-Fourth of October by Bob Archer Divided Star by Don Armstrong and other dances already mentioned. But I grant you, I can't think of a reason I would call one of these, when there are so many other better dances... But then there is the argument that as a change of pace, with an interesting dance, most people won't really notice. But it's got to be a dynamite dance, or after dances with long partner swings. As Grocho Marx once quipped, "...but I take [my cigar] out of my mouth every once in a while." Bill Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/