[Callers] Itty-bitty dances, triplets, odd numbers
Kalia Kliban via Callers
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Mon May 4 12:51:53 PDT 2015
On 5/4/2015 7:14 AM, Bill Olson via Callers wrote:
> Kalia, You said you already had a triplet with contra corners in it, BUT
> I figured I'd offer this anyway. I often call Chorus Jig as a triplet,
> (B2 being 1's (bal and) swing to bottom of set and others move up). I
> found that in a triplet dancers can learn contra corners very easily
> without the confusion that comes in a duple set. With Chorus Jig, in
> addition to the distinctive choreography you mentioned, there's also the
> historical significance of calling a dance 100's of years old I guess.
>
> bill
My cunning plan, when I was envisioning a huge crowd of 7 or 8 couples*,
was to teach Microchasmic early in the evening to get the contra corners
concept across, and then do Chorus Jig later on. The best laid plans
oft gang agley...
Kalia
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