28 Jun
2017
28 Jun
'17
10:38 p.m.
F&B would be called Into the center and back.
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord NH
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Rich Sbardella richsbardella(a)gmail.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I was thinking a Fwd & Back to start the dance, and a longer partner
swing, will take this from 32 bars to 40 bars. The Fwd and back and the
swing both provide some recovery time for those who may need it.
In theory the dance was exactly 64 steps, but my worry was about the
rollaway, box gnat, pull by, allemande left sequence.
Rich
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Colin Hume colin(a)colinhume.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:55:00 -0400, Rich Sbardella
richsbardella(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
Here is a square with MWSD roots. I am wondering
if is too much for an
experienced contra crowd?
Well, it's not a contra so you don't have to fit it into 32 bars! Just
call it unphrased. Watch the dancers, and if they want to
take longer on the short moves, let them. Let them have longer on the new
partner swing - most contra dancers in the States think
that's the most important part of the dance anyway. If you want to get
back on the phrase of the music you can add after the
promenade: "All join hands, go in to the middle and back. Swing your
partner once again". It doesn't matter if you're out of
synch with the music - just put in a shorter or longer break so that you
can finish the dance at a suitable point in the music.
Colin Hume
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