Super helpful, tavi, thanks so much!! This is exactly the kind of thing I'm always looking for for my regular dance, which is a community-based dance and doesn't tend to draw experienced dancers from farther away. On Jan 7, 2013, at 1:50 PM, tavi merrill wrote: <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Delia Clark PO Box 45 Taftsville, VT 05073 802-457-2075 deliaclark8(a)gmail.com

Cary Ravitz has his dances indexed (which is fortunate since he has a lot of them) at http://www.ravitz.us/dance/#x. I would look at the dances he lists as easy, no walk through, and last dance of the evening as good starting points. -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of tavi merrill Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 1:51 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Repertoire... Chris, indeed, panning for gold, trying not to get distracted by diamonds in the rough... In response to Greg/Yoyo/Kalia/Aahz comments on my choreography question, Yoyo is right on with the understanding that down the hall (i was thinking 4-in-line) dances at a basic level are quite easy to find, and something that i tend not to use more than twice in a night. Re: R&L through transitions, i've tried substituting a California twirl, but find that in crowds where heavy beginner numbers demand lower piece-count dances, California twirls can be befuddling (particularly after the pass-through, where experienced dancers may reflexively move to a CT or twirl, confusing themselves and newbie partner/neighbors). A friend of mine said (i paraphrase) "for a newbie, any kind of twirl early on can be like a brain-wipe", and i tend to agree. In the search for accessible dances, going dancing probably IS the best way of finding appropriate material... it requires a little mental recalibration for me to go from "whoa, that was a COOL dance" to, "What a nice thoroughly user-friendly dance!" I hope this thread has been useful to someone else out there... Thanks to all for your repertoire suggestions! Dance in good health, tavi _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers