[Callers] A Dance without Partner Swing

[Martha Wild]

I agree with Bill. Calling a neighbor swing only dance first, like Ted Sanella’s Holiday Jig, can help train those beginners that are dancing together. 

Martha

> On May 15, 2018, at 6:40 AM, billinhi--- via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 
> I agree with John Sweeney, but it all depends.
> For a large group of beginners, rather than spending time
> explaining the advantage of having an experienced partner or trying to split beginners up,
> the simple solution is have a dance where they don't swing together.
> 
> like:
> Easier Than Pie by Billy Boyer
> Essex Reel by Tony Parkes
> First Star by Ted Steele
> Open Rehearsal by Jacob Bloom
> Paul's Fishing Reel by Jim Gregory
> Saturday Night Reel by Herbie Gaudreau
> Sunrise Jig by Shelly Jenkins
> 
> I usually limit it to one dance, but it depends.
> Then there is the 'almost' situation where only the 1s or 2s swing.
> It has the same risk of 'disappointing' the dedicated swingers.
> 
> like:
> Alternating Corners by Jim Kitch
> Boiling Mud by Greg Byrne
> Three's Company by Paul Balliet
> and quite a few others.
> 
> Then there is the case where there is so much going on in the dance, that there just isn't
> anywhere to fit in a partner swing.
> 
> like:
> The Thirty-Fourth of October by Bob Archer
> Divided Star by Don Armstrong
> and other dances already mentioned.
> 
> But I grant you, I can't think of a reason I would call one of these,
> when there are so many other better dances...
> But then there is the argument that as a change of pace,
> with an interesting dance, most people won't really notice.
> But it's got to be a dynamite dance, or after dances with long partner swings.
> 
> As Grocho Marx once quipped,  "...but I take [my cigar] out of my mouth every once in a while."
> 
> Bill
> 
> Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
>> I cannot recall dancing a modern contra in the last few years that does not include a Partner Swing, so I have a few questions.
>> 
>> First, do you call any such modern dances without a partner swing?  Why or why not?
>> 
>> Second, if you do, do you announce it before the preceding dance so as to inform those pairs of dancer that love to swing together?
>> 
>> The Tease by Tom Hinds is one such creative dance that begs to be called.
>> 
>> Rich Sbardella,
>> Stafford, CT
>> 
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