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 | | From: | Karen M. | | Subject: | Re: Two beginner contras (repost) | | Date: | 9 Jan 2005 07:29:06 -0800 |
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 | Aahz wrote:
If you know an appropriate SC, please tell me! Or should I just get
people into formation and start doing "random" calls, not worrying
about
whether couples end up with each other?
Dude, my cards are out in the car and it's cold outside. No offense, I
ain't getting dressed and going out just for you!! :)
Just put them into a SC, practice "pass through." Then do some glossary
figures. It doesn't matter who they end up with because they'll take
their partner with them. After you've worked through the list, drop the
needle and give it a try. (IIRC Kentucky running sets don't necessarily
stay with the music's A and B parts. Do it like that.)
Then do something like "Come Haste" (good luck finding that tune at a
danceable tempo!) so they can learn about 64 beats. And a simple contra
like Dud's Reel (which I modify to put the ladies' chain parts
contiguous) or Haymaker's/Lady of the Lake.
A group of new folks who've been woodshed in advance of a "real" dance
will have a grand time. Good luck!
--Karen M.
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| | From: | Mean Green Dancing Machine | | Subject: | Re: Two beginner contras (repost) | | Date: | 9 Jan 2005 08:40:17 -0800 |
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| In article <1105284546.134451.56780@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Karen M. wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>>
>>If you know an appropriate SC, please tell me! Or should I just get
>>people into formation and start doing "random" calls, not worrying
>>about whether couples end up with each other?
>
>Dude, my cards are out in the car and it's cold outside. No offense, I
>ain't getting dressed and going out just for you!! :)
Awwww! Please? Pretty please with sugar on top?
;-)
(Gotta say that I *love* living in the Bay Area. Except that it's been
raining for roughly two straight weeks now.)
>Just put them into a SC, practice "pass through." Then do some glossary
>figures. It doesn't matter who they end up with because they'll take
>their partner with them. After you've worked through the list, drop the
>needle and give it a try. (IIRC Kentucky running sets don't necessarily
>stay with the music's A and B parts. Do it like that.) Then do
>something like "Come Haste" (good luck finding that tune at a danceable
>tempo!) so they can learn about 64 beats. And a simple contra like
>Dud's Reel (which I modify to put the ladies' chain parts contiguous)
>or Haymaker's/Lady of the Lake.
Sounds like a plan. What I meant about not worrying about partners was
that I'm thinking of sticking in some half ladies chain and some 1.5 turn
men's allemande to switch partners around. Good idea?
>A group of new folks who've been woodshed in advance of a "real" dance
>will have a grand time. Good luck!
Thanks!
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