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bjarvisLast night was lots of fun, but a square dancing disaster in the mesmerizing style of a slow moving train wreck.
It felt like not a single person (except for newbies Gordy & Deb) was awake. I've never seen so many people find novel new ways of mangling "acey-deucey." Hell, "circle left" was a challenge. Still, everyone seemed to be in a happy, giggly mood. We did several tips of Plus, two of class-level MS and I did one of A2 (which I think was the most successful tip of the night).
I was personally gratified to receive several comments about my selections of non-traditional music, esp. an instrumental version of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" used for the A2 tip. I've been searching for up-tempo music not in the old bluegrass/country hoedown style and it looks like some choices are paying off. My quest for more singing calls continues though, as I have no more than a dozen I really like so far. I figure I need at least 25-30 in my repertoire to avoid repetition and provide variety of style & mood.
The latest eBay acquisition of 25 records arrived yesterday afternoon and I was able to scan through the lot in about an hour. If a recording isn't going to work for me, I can usually tell in the first 64 beats or so; the ones with promise are allowed to run their full length before I skip to the next. In all, there were two potential records out of this stack, although I can't recall which ones they were at the moment. We'll see if I still feel the same way after reviewing them again in a couple of days.
It felt like not a single person (except for newbies Gordy & Deb) was awake. I've never seen so many people find novel new ways of mangling "acey-deucey." Hell, "circle left" was a challenge. Still, everyone seemed to be in a happy, giggly mood. We did several tips of Plus, two of class-level MS and I did one of A2 (which I think was the most successful tip of the night).
I was personally gratified to receive several comments about my selections of non-traditional music, esp. an instrumental version of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" used for the A2 tip. I've been searching for up-tempo music not in the old bluegrass/country hoedown style and it looks like some choices are paying off. My quest for more singing calls continues though, as I have no more than a dozen I really like so far. I figure I need at least 25-30 in my repertoire to avoid repetition and provide variety of style & mood.
The latest eBay acquisition of 25 records arrived yesterday afternoon and I was able to scan through the lot in about an hour. If a recording isn't going to work for me, I can usually tell in the first 64 beats or so; the ones with promise are allowed to run their full length before I skip to the next. In all, there were two potential records out of this stack, although I can't recall which ones they were at the moment. We'll see if I still feel the same way after reviewing them again in a couple of days.
