To John and All; You bring up some interesting points about teaching this dance and shadows in general. Of course, anytime there is a shadow dancers are going out of the minor set, so a dance like this should be avoided with a largely beginner crowd. Sometimes it is useful to identify a shadow at the beginning of a walkthrough, but since there are two shadows here, I avoided that. Instead, I identified them as their "chain shadow" and "star shadow." When they faced on the L diagonal in B1, I also avoided any mention of them - at that point, I wanted the dancers to only think of their partner. In general, I am more inclined to do a second walkthrough with shadows to emphasize their recurring nature. The give and take figure doesn't give any flow, but since it can go to either side and to partners or neighbors, it is a very useful figure. It also allows a caller to vary the programming by swapping out of the common figures circle L 3/4 (if going to the gent's side) and gents allemande L 1 1/2 (to lady's side). Best of all, it gives the caller a chance to teach it with some colorful language. I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set, and "turn on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have some good lines for this one? Bob> From: jn32157(a)hotmail.com> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:32:07 -0400> CC: roger_auman(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Callers] A New Dance> > > I like the dance; I'm always partial to lost-and-found dances. As an occasional caller, I've had little success calling give and take dances. The give and take moves people away from being across from another couple and into a kind of zigzag formation. Newcomers and dancers with poor awareness of where they are supposed to be invariably choose the wrong couple for the next move. > > For this dance, after the neighbor swing, I would tell the dancers to identify their shadow, then the couple to the right of that for who to do the diagonal right and left through with. The dancers will still be the zigzag formation after the R&L through. I'd ask them to identify the couple that did not include their partner to star with. > > I would like some feedback as to whether that's a good way to talk about position, or if there's a better/simpler way to teach that> > John Nance> From: isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:19:42 -0400> CC: roger_auman(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Callers] A New Dance> > > To All;> > With the premission of the author, I'd like to share a new and interesting dance;> > The Boomerang Effect Becket-L Roger Auman> > A1. 8 Ladies chain to N1> 8 R diagonal ladies chain to Sh1> > A2. 4 Give and take to gent's side (1)> 12 N2 swing> > B1. 8 L diagonal R and L through> 8 Star L 3/4 (2)> > B2. 16 Partner gypsy and swing> > (1) - Give and takes to a neighbor are rare, but Roger makes the correct choice here. The natural circle L 3/4, N2 swing creates a sharp change of direction on the R diagonal/circle L transition.> > (2) - All start the star across from a second shadow.> > The neat part of this dance is that on the R and L through all pass their partner, only to boomerang back to them later on. As far as I know, the passing your partner on a L diagonal R and L through is new.> > Roger Auman is a longtime dancer and up-and-coming caller from Philadelphia. He's written some other good ones, and if interested, you can contact him at the email on the CC line.> > Bob> > _________________________________________________________________> Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare!> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmail… _______________________________________________> Callers mailing list> Callers(a)sharedweight.net> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get it now.> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL1006269… _______________________________________________> Callers mailing list> Callers(a)sharedweight.net> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctW…