New subject: Fwd: Re: One liners for callers

4 Mar 2020

Claire,

I was referring to changing norms about gender. The phrase "he-she-he-she"
sounds vaguely French to American ears, but in this case just refers to an
alternation of males and females. But since we put less stress on gender
roles, such an alignment is no longer indicative of being in the right
place.

So I correctly define two French terms, but the third is not really French.

--Jerome

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On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 4:01 PM Claire Baffaut &lt;cbaffaut(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

...
  Changing norms? About French? All French
representatives would
 congratulate you for highlighting the language. Or was it about the square?

 However I do not get the he-she-he-she. Am I missing something?

 Claire

 On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 1:37 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
 contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

  I don't do this now because of changing
norms, but formerly during
 lessons I would note that "promenade" was French for "walk," and
"do-si-do"
 was French for "back to back," and when I had dancers in their first
 hands-four and had the ones cross over, I noted that we now had a
 "he-she-he-she" circle, which is French for "boy-girl-boy-girl."

 Also, at the end of a square, "Thank your partners. Apologize to your
 corners." (Not to be used if squares fell apart, only if all went well).

 As people are taking hands four: "Neighbors do-si-do. [pause] If you
 missed it, you still end up in hands four. Ready?"

 --Jerome

 Jerome Grisanti
 660-528-0858
 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com

 "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and
 power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 9:03 AM Richard Hart via Contra Callers <
 contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

  I sometimes hear callers use quick one liners to
make dancers smile, to
 keep their attention, and to help them remember a move. Here’s a couple I
 have heard and use during walkthroughs sometimes.

 1. For a petronella turn:

 “Take hands in a ring.
 Balance the ring.
 Look at the person in your right hand.
 They don’t know you are looking at them because they are looking at
 someone else.
 You will be standing exactly where they are...... “

 2. For an a la main left:

 “Raise your left hand as if you were going to do an a la main left.
 Now do an a la main left.....”

 What other similar one liners do others use - if any?

 Rich Hart.

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