I have found that the dancers need a good deal of prompting at first  
since ending the swing mid phrase is rather counter intuitive, but  
they get the idea and it flows just fine.
On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Barbara Groh wrote:

> It's been my experience that dancers have a lot of difficulty ending  
> a swing mid-phrase.  It just doesn't feel right. And some people  
> don't hear or feel the phrasing well enough to be on time.  Often  
> those dances need to be prompted at that point, all the way through  
> to the end.
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Mitchell" <jamitch3 at mindspring.com 
> >
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> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Du Quoin Races
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>
>> How much trouble do folks have ending a swing in the middle of the
>> phrase?  I hadn't registered that it did that until I started
>> transcribing it.  Seems like it would really need particular tunes  
>> for
>> the dancers to be able to hear that.  What kinds of tunes have you  
>> done
>> it to?
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On 2/7/2010 5:20 PM, Susan Moffett wrote:
>>> This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first
>>> half for its precision and the second half for its flow. With the
>>> tight tune, it can be magical!
>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Martha Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would second that.
>>>>
>>>> In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (plug,  
>>>> plug),
>>>> edited
>>>> by the dance's author, Orace Johnson, it says of DuQuoin Races:
>>>>
>>>> A2 Balance (4) (Women step forward across the set to take  
>>>> neighbor's
>>>> place,
>>>> while men loop right to take partner's place, thus forming long  
>>>> wavy
>>>> lines
>>>> with the women facing out, and the men facing in.)
>>>> Balance. Men cross set as women loop right.
>>>>
>>>> I particularly like the contrast between the somewhat quaint and  
>>>> formal
>>>> language of the explanation in parentheses with the curt,  
>>>> efficient "Men
>>>> cross as women loop right".
>>>>
>>>> M
>>>> E
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Chris Weiler (home) <
>>>> chris.weiler at weirdtable.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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