Square Dancing OMG.

[bjarvis]

justetthon has a schedule conflict this coming Monday evening so she offered me the chance to call C1 for the Ettcetteras in her place. As intimidating as this is, it's simply too good an opportunity to pass up so I agreed; this will be my first full dance outside of my usual Chesapeake Squares/DC Lambda Squares circuit. Now I'm frantically writing fresh C1 choreo...

Tonight, we had our small C1 group dancing in Arlington with Doren McBroom. We had nearly enough bodies for two squares, much more than usually attend. Doren gracefully offered me a tip so I pulled out the laptop & mic --yes, I was hoping-- and test-drove some of the material I'm planning to use on Monday.

Unbeknownst to me, sabotage was afoot...

In the middle of my 4th figure or so, Doren slipped a note to me: "Work 'pass out.'" Okaaaaay... Presuming he wanted to illustrate a point of some kind, I flipped to sight-calling a figure. I brought them to an 8-chain-thru position and called 'pass out' --and every dancer on the floor instantly collapsed in a heap.

None of us could dance or call for two full minutes. Bitches. :-)

When we recovered, the rest of the tip went well. There's a couple of lefty calls which I may flag for extra cuing and one spot of overflow I want to fix, but the rest seemed solid. I still have some writing to do in the next couple of days, then spend the weekend running checkers against the material to confirm flow and handedness. Whee!

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[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

sabotage was afoot...I brought them to an 8-chain-thru position and called 'pass out' --and every dancer on the floor instantly collapsed in a heap.

oh very nice. It's times like that you hope someone has a camera.

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

its almost like trying to understand a british person with a thick accent or listening to a rugby match. but i enjoy these square dance posts regardless.

[sfbearhoney.livejournal.com]

You'll need to let me know what dancing there is in the DC metro area next week besides Thursday Lambda club night.

[canseefour.livejournal.com]

it's simply too good an opportunity to pass up
Good for you! - you should NEVER pass up these opportunities. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

About 25 years ago, Anne U. had a habit of saying "nice clap" after she called wheel thru. At a convention with 20+ squares on the C1 floor she started her tip with wheel thru and we all just stood and applauded. After a few minutes, she recovered and managed to say "Really nice clap". You're in good company.

[stormecho.livejournal.com]

Work "Left Pass Out" - it's a C1 floor doing an A2 call.

it's Ettseteras, hon!

[justetthon.livejournal.com]

you'll do fine. I will await a full report! :-)