Hi Folks, I was wondering if anyone had relatively 'easy on the brain' 'out of your minor set' dances??? Here in Ottawa (Ontario), dancers aren't used to leaving their minor set/partner to go dance with other. I'd like to try a few really great dances with this feature but they need to have a high success rate for a room of folks not used to this feature of some contras. Any ideas and if so, why did you choose that dance???? Much thanks! Emily Addison _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

Hi Folks, I was wondering if anyone had relatively 'easy on the brain' 'out of your minor set' dances??? Here in Ottawa (Ontario), dancers aren't used to leaving their minor set/partner to go dance with other. I'd like to try a few really great dances with this feature but they need to have a high success rate for a room of folks not used to this feature of some contras. Any ideas and if so, why did you choose that dance???? Much thanks! Emily Addison _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

Here are two: Another Nice Combination - Tom Hinds A1 N B&S A2 Circle L 3/4, pass partner -- shadow DsD 1x B1 P B&S B2 Ladies Chain, Left Hand Star You're just barely out of your minor set, and it's generally the same person. Also, if they miss it, they can just wander around somewhere for 8 beats and then B&S their partner. Becky's Brouhaha - Rhiannon (Giddens) Laffan A1 N Bal and Box the Gnat, Pull by R, (Previous N) Allemande L A2 (Current) N B&S B1 Circle L 3/4, P Sw B2 Ladies Chain, Left Hand Star As far as the dance goes, similar reasoning to ANC. Also, the dance was written as a birthday present for my wife by her best friend, so it has a personal connection too. ;-) On 2/6/2013 9:23 AM, Emily Addison wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

You can start with dances where you see a next neighbor briefly but return to your first neighbor: Sneak Preview (Claudio Buchwald) Poetry in Motion (Lisa Greenleaf) Stripes and Solids (Lisa Greenleaf) Mary Cay's Reel (David Kaynor) Or dances where you see a shadow briefly but return to your partner: Another Nice Combination (Tom Hinds) Summer of '94 (Mike Richardson (Lisa Greenleaf variation)) Then you can be with your shadow for a while longer: Chrysalis (Don Flaherty) - hey with your shadow, meet your partner Balance to My Lou (Becky Hill) - one of the many from the petronella with extra spin genre Or with your next neighbor for a while longer: Traveler's Welcome (Jim Kitch) - reasonably easy progressions forward and backward and forward Or see lots of neighbors: Vote with Your Feet (Bob Isaacs) - becket, so it's not as confusing for dancers out at the end Yoyo Zhou On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Jack Mitchell <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers

Yoyo, I'm curious why you think a dance being in Becket formation would make the end effects less confusing (either for dances with out-on-minor-set interactions in general or for "Vote with Your Feet" in particular) than in a duple improper dance of otherwise similar complexity.

On 2/6/2013 6:23 AM, Emily Addison wrote: One that I've been using a fair bit is Moon and Stars Contra. I don't know who wrote it, so if anyone out there does, please tell me. Moon and Stars duple improper A1 1-4 Balance the ring and California twirl your P to face old Ns 5-8 With those olds Ns, LH star once around A2 1-8 Come back to current Ns for balance and swing B1 1-4 Men allemande 1-1/2 5-8 P swing B2 1-4 Circle L 3/4 and pass through 5-8 New N dosido into a ring of 4 As some other folks have noted, it's a good idea to introduce the dancers to all the characters in the sequence before you start moving. You've got your current Ns in the circle with you, look over your shoulder for your old Ns, and look past your current Ns for the next Ns. In this dance it's good for the folks who go out at the end in the B2 to turn as a cpl right away. They're needed just 8 bars later. I've had beginner dancers get confused by that, and am now trying to be more mindful of letting them know how soon they need to be ready to come back into the pattern. Again, let me know if you know who wrote this dance! Kalia _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers