On type #1, Rule: don't cross over immediately when waiting out, face partner and
participate in dance using inevitable partner swing to change places .
On type #2 Don't know if this is a rule or not, but when women chain (let's say)
to couple waiting out she thinks she's still in the dance and it's the waiting out
gent's responsibility to "hold her back"... (and not get drawn back into the
dance himself)..
Is it worth mentioning that a pair of couples waiting out at the end of a 4 facing 4 can
face across and dance the dance with each other? That's "sort of" an end
effect..
bill
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:27:24 -0400
From: jamitch3(a)mindspring.com
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] End Effect Rules / Patterns
So...I've been thinking about trying to put together a workshop for
experienced dancerd that would consist of dances that have end effects,
but giving the dancers some rules of thumb to go on for different types
of end effects. Would be glad of some help brainstorming different
general categories of end effects (grouped by "coping mechanism").
Here's what I can come up with off the top of my head (Corrections,
additions and clarifications welcome)
Type: Dances where you pull by along the set or do things with one
neighbor after another
Rule: At the ends, when you don't have a neighbor, treat your partner
like your neighbor
Rule: If you have to pass by shadows to get back to your partner, go the
long way at the ends -- don't try to cut the corner
Type: Things on the diagonal
Rule: If there's no one there, stay put and *keep dancing -- you're not
out yet*
Type: Shadow is also neighbor
Rule: Know that Shadow will fill both roles
Type: spit out temporarily (with partner, neighbor or shadow) and then
come back in
Rule: Dance with ghosts
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