Dance Gypsy's Honeymoon - Contra Callers

23 May 2014

Called this last Tuesday, to a mixed crowd.  Good dance, the dancers liked
it (once I started calling it correctly :-( ).

Might not even want to mention the short wavy line when teaching the
pass-the-ocean, as it's not a balance point -- might want to emphasize the
roundness and swing-through-i-ness of the allemandes.  But that's a pet
peeve of mine, as I prefer a nice round weighty half-allemande rather than
a limp wish-you-weren't-here hand touch while brushing shoulders.

But now let me tell you how I really feel about that...

- Roger Hayes
  Madison WI

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM, &lt;callers-request(a)sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

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 Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 10:04:53 -0400 (EDT)
 From: Donna Hunt &lt;dhuntdancer(a)aol.com&gt;
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 Subject: Re: [Callers] choreography
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  that is correct it's a pass the ocean + swing thru.
 You don't actually stop in the wave.

 Pass the ocean; Gents cross to opposite side and Ladies take left and turn
 1/4 ,
 Swing through; all turn your neighbor by the right 1/2 and then the gents
 pull by the left.  (Ladies stay where they are on the side of the set and
 then their partners pull by left to meet them)

 hope that's clearer.

 Donna