Welcome To The Dark Side!

[bjarvis]

Yet another member of the square dance cult has joined the LJ cult! Welcome, stormecho!

Comments

[apparentparadox]

Did he join just so he could fight for calling the LJ tip at convention? I swear, most of the LJ square dancers are also callers.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to imagine callers arm-wrestling for the privilege of calling the LJ tip, but the image evades me. :-)

Personally, I'd love a chance to call for the leather tip some day. Not this year, but some future time...

Practice sessions

[(Anonymous)]

We can arrange for private practices for the leather tip. Speak to me at PTOH.

\ebob

[moofedct.livejournal.com]

LJ tip?

leather tip?

What's with the tip biz?

When Cults Collide

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

A tip is a square dance unit of measure. Typically, it's a single session within a full dance in which dancers will dance to extemporaneous ("patter") calling for 5-7 minutes, then dance for a 3-4 minute singing call ("a singer"). The dancers will then thank the dancers in their square and take a few minutes' break before forming up in a square again for the next session. Each combo of patter+singer is a tip.

Just like technical conferences, we have birds-of-a-feather special sessions. These vary in size and may last 30-60 minutes, depending on the popularity. The bear tip is for bears & admirers; the leather tip has an expectation of everyone dancing in leather; the redwood tip is for tall folks, the munchkin tip for the shorter dancers, a women's tip for women only, etc.. Sometimes the hosting committee will make time & space available for make-your-own specialty tips: at the last big gay convention, someone (fuzzygruff?) organized a session of LJ members.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Oh good! A C5 dancer! ;-)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to fight for it...I'd rather dance! ;-)

Re: When Cults Collide

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

I notice you avoided moonshine tips

yellow rocks!

(not that I can say much, not having danced in 6 or 7 yrs)

Calling

[stormecho.livejournal.com]

NOT AT ALL! You couldn't have really thought that.

Re: Calling

[apparentparadox]

Of course I didn't think that! It was just supposed to be funny.