Again, a good time was had by all. We invented many new "progressions" besides having the first couple run down the line to be the second couple...
Everyone got a chance to call - Bob and David and Larry and Kay and Chrystal and Martha. Kay and Chrystal had tales to tell of their calling at the last St Louis English Country Dance, and Larry told us about his demo of Youth Contradancing at the Lindy Hop Dance last week.
David gets the Most Improved Since Last Week award, and I got the Most in Need of Help This Week award.
Our most interesting puzzle was helping Kay figure out why people get confused with Colin Hume's dance "St Louis." It's a really wonderful dance when you know it cold, but although Kay herself knows it really well, and explains it clearly, there are just a couple of points at which dancers who aren't listening closely can make wrong assumptions, and, well, screw it up royally. We thought some of it might be because the A part is so simple - basically forward and back, a cast and a two hand turn -- followed by a fiendish B part. Lulled into satisfaction, you can't believe you are suddenly crashing and burning. But I think we identified the main points at which people's usual "half listening" causes them to become confused.
The next calling party is next Tuesday, October 2.
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