Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:15:30 -0700
From: Tony Saletan <tony.saletan@post.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [trad-dance-callers] No Walk Thru squares
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How about "Sheehan's Reel" by Roger Whynot?
A1:    4 women f&b
          4 gents f&b
A2:    4 women RH*
          4 women LH*
B1    Pass your partner, with the next one do-si-do
        Swing him
B2    Promenade to the gent's place.
You needn't, of course, use the tune of the same name.
Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seth Tepfer" <labst@emory.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:32 AM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] No Walk Thru squares


> I'm tired of hearing "I don't like squares" at contra dances. I'm also
> tired of whining about them, or 'taking a stand about it.'  Neither seem 
> to
> make a difference. Therefore, I'm just going to do something about it. I
> hereby state my intentions:
>
> * I will call more squares at regular dances - always two squares,
> sometimes more. Each set (whether dance weekend or local dance) will
> contain a square - unless the organizer directly requests no squares or
> there is no room.
> * I will make all my squares short walk-thru or no walk-thru. I will only
> walk thru a figure OR a break, but not both.
> * I will run my squares at a brisk tempo (130 bpm+)
> * I will keep my squares short and sweet. Opener, figure x2, break, figure
> x2, closer. That's it. No tags that go on and on and on. Keep 'em wanting 
> more.
>
> In that vein, what 'no walk thru' squares do people have? I realize that
> the list of 'NWT' squares is proscribed by the fact that in some
> communities dancers avoid squares and are not conversant with certain
> figures, transitions, traditions. On the other hand, the number of 
> standard
> and regularly used contra figures grows.
>
> currently, my list of NWT or very short WT squares includes:
>
> Ladies Star Turn
> Left Hand Star Breakdown
> Camilles Quadrille
> Six Pass Thru
> Golden Slippers
> Because, Just Becasue - um, the non-singing square version of this (what
> was the original dance?)
>
> I'm looking for more squares that walk that fine line:
> * within the range of abilities for and are interesting to your 'standard'
> modern urban contra dancer
> * do not require much if any of a walk thru
>
> Is this too odd of a request?
> Thanks
> Seth
>
>
>
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