I've danced "The weevil" three times in very different settings: once at a guinea pig dance, once at a weekend workshop, and once at our regular  barn dance on a nasty weather night when the caller ran out of triplets after two+ hours.  The dance is sufficiently different from  contra or square that all three groups had trouble.  The ends are odd.  I have a firm grasp of how it is supposed to go,  but in the middle of it all things are very hectic and it is difficult to turn the correct direction consistently .  It is fun when it's working. It is probably not for a ONS, though perhaps without incorrect muscle memory things would go more smoothly.    The group needs a high tolerance for temporary chaos.  You do recover the formation quickly after it breaks down.  One time the walk through was great, then chaos.  Another the walk through was not promising, but once we started dancing it clicked.

On June 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I have a dance called The Weevil by Richard Mason

It is a 7 person set (3 face 4)

It looks like it would be fun - but I have never had the opportunity to try it out.  Anyone had any experience with this one?
 


Mac McKeever

From: Frederick Park via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

Howdy Folks!

Interested to know of dances you’ve found that are NOT contra or square dances.
Catagorically fun dances, dances for irregular numbers of couples, circles of any sort, odd formations, etc.
Matters not what tradition they may come from or if you think of the dance as strictly for beginners, intermediate or advanced dancers.

Is this a dance you usually share? Is this a dance you save for “special occasions”?

Should be a fun “read”!

Best regards to all,

Frederick Park

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