Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 40, Issue 3 - Contra Callers

18 Dec 2007

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  In response to the question posed by Beth about what
I'd like to  
 learn as a new caller. 
Figures other than contras. E.g. squares, quadrilles, triplets. I've  
had a brief introduction to these other forms, but would find it  
helpful to understand their format more fully and to practice them.

I'm still getting used to the fact that as the caller "I am in  
charge." As I call more dances, I'm facing new situations and  
responding. Perhaps a session that poses "difficult" or atypical  
situations and then talk about options for responding to them. E.g.,  
you have a room that is way too crowded. What do you do?

Nancy Turner
Waitsfield VT

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 From: &quot;crunchymama(a)juno.com&quot; &lt;crunchymama(a)juno.com&gt;
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 I've been calling for a little over a year now, on a volunteer  
 basis here in Memphis TN. What that works out to is calling at one  
 or two dances a month, and programming and calling half that  
 evenings dances- between 4-5 individual dances each time. So I  
 don't feel like I have a year's experience with the limited  
 opportunities to practice with an audience.

 What I am most interested in, that could possibly be taught or  
 explored in that time frame, is teaching walkthroughs. IME some of  
 the greatest dances just don't go well or are slow starters if I  
 don't give a good walkthrough.

 Things I'm working on that aren't as easily taught:
 personality and presence in dealing with the crowd,
 enunciation,
 and matching music to the dance and the dance to the music.

 For that last one I found Amy Cann's long post a few months back  
 very helpful!

 -Alison Murphy
 Memphis TN

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 -- "Beth Parkes" &lt;beth(a)hands4.com&gt; wrote:
 A question for newer callers:

 Since this is a list specifically to support new callers, I thought  
 I'd ask
 what you would like to have covered in a callers discussion workshop.
 Specifically, a single session of not more than a couple of hours, so
 there's really not time to do a lot of serious teaching. I have  
 lots of
 ideas, but it's been a long time since I was a new caller and I  
 want to know
 what YOU want to know.

 Thanks in advance,
 Beth

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 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:18:48 -0800 (PST)
 From: mavis mcgaugh &lt;yankeecalls(a)yahoo.com&gt;
 Subject: Re: [Callers] Major Hey
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 Erik Hoffman has a dance called Major Hey.
   Done as Becket   40 Bar

 A1 Circle Left 3/4  Pass through up & down
      Swing neighbor you meet

 A2  long lines forward & back
      Men Left AL 1 1/2   end in waves of eight  Men
 Have Left hands joined - and ALL have Right hand w/
 Partner  - ladies in center have left with each other

 B1   Rory O Moore balances

 B2  Half Hey for eight

 C1  Partner Balance & Swing

 Very clear description of all the unusual moves in his
 book  Contradictations
 --- Chris Page &lt;chriscpage(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

  On 12/5/07, Bob Isaacs
&lt;isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com&gt;
 wrote:

 Hi All;

 I'm looking for the moves and author of a 4 facing  4 named Major Hey, which
has a 1/2 a hey for 8 in
 it.  Any teaching points would also be helpful.
 Thanks, and a Happy Holidays to everyone -
  Bob 
 "The Devil's Duty" by Al Olson, hidden in Zesty
 Contras, also has a
 hey for eight. It also has both swings ending in the
 middle of the
 phrase, so this past Friday I tried the following
 clean-up, and it worked
 pretty well:

  The Dancer's Duty
 Chris Page variant of an Al Olson dance
 Four-face-four

 A1 Lines of four forward and back [1] [2]
    Neighbor (person across from you) allemande right
 1 & 3/4
      to line of eight
 A2 Half hey for eight, start by pulling past that
 neighbor by right
 B1 Swing same neighbor [3]
 B2 Circle left 1/2 in groups of four [4]
    Swing partner, face next

 [1] Stretch out the lines of four a little to make
 room for everyone
 allemanding and swinging in the center.
 [2] At this point, you can tell the dancers to turn
 ninety degrees left.
 Then remember which wall they'll be facing for the
 end of the allemande
 and entry into the hey.
 [3] To shorten the swing length, make it a gypsy and
 swing. Or if you
 want the hey to be an exercise in timing, make it a
 balance and swing.
 [4] You face your partner coming out of the swing.
 There's other
 variants for the circle left 1/2 -- for instance
 balance the ring and
 roll away your neighbor.
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