Two thoughts:
1 If you want to do a singing call yo Louie Louie, why not?  If you have fun with it, the dancers will have fun with it.
2 Lots of the old singing calls were intended to have the dancers doing the figures at the same time that they were being called, but yhe assumption behind those dances was that the dancers would do them so often that they would memorize the figure. Callers have been coming up with ways to modify those old squares for decades, in order to prompt the dancers right before the figure should be done. Your current version of Louie Louie has lots of places where the dancers are standing and waiting for the call. I think it would be a good idea to modify it so that the call comes at the point when you would prompt if you weren't singing, either as part of the lyrics, or spoken between the lyrics.

Jacob


On Oct 16, 2017 12:12 PM, "Ridge Kennedy srk3nn3dy@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]" <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

Dear All,

I'm including a link to a YouTube video (many thanks to Cindy Harris) that was created on Friday at the Pittsburgh Contra Dance. 

The dance has been a work in progress for -- well maybe 15 years -- maybe even a bit more.  I've done it about five or six times.  Friday was the latest iteration.  There are a few obvious bobbles, but it's a pretty clean iteration.

My question, to anyone who cares to take a look at it is this.  Is it:

A) Interesting, looks like fun, go ahead and share it with the world
B) Blackmail material; delete it and let it not see the light of day

You can comment (kindly please) on list or directly to me at mailto:ridgek@gmail.com

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Here's the link:


Sincerely,

Ridge

ps: Same day -- I also attended the annual celebration of Game Seven of the 1960 World Series.  The organizers replay the radio broadcast at The Wall -- a portion of the old Forbes Field outfield wall.  The game was nip and tuck -- back and forth -- an epic battle and -- The Pirates Won! Mazeroski came through again, hitting the greatest home run in baseball history.  What a game!





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Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]

When you stumble, make it part of the dance.