Some Comments About Gorilla C1

The 60 sequences on this CD theme four of the hardest calls on the C1 list, and use them from many non-standard positions. The CD is organized as follows:

Tracks 1 – 24: Percolate and Tally Ho

Tracks 25 – 33: Counter Rotate

Tracks 34 – 44: Vertical Tags

Tracks 45 – 60: Generalized sequences on all of the four calls mentioned above.

 We make the following suggestions to improve your square’s success rate with Percolate and Tally Ho.

There are many calls that begin with a form of circulate - circulate, ½ circulate, or circulate 1-½. We recommend dancing any of these calls by having everyone in the square do the proper circulate, then stand still until everyone else finishes their circulate. This helps everyone to see the intermediate setup before proceeding with the rest of the call.

There are two reasons why this is especially critical when dancing these two calls from non-standard positions.

1. Often some of the dancers have a much longer circulate path, and hence they take longer to finish that part of the call. Your square will experience greatly improved success if everyone practices the discipline of waiting for all team members to finish the circulate part of the call before proceeding.
2. The resulting setup after one of these circulates is often very different than the beginning setup, and this resulting setup is not obvious when you begin the circulate. A full circulate from a T-Bone setup or any half circulates will change the original setup.

Hence, it’s always a good idea to exercise discipline and wait for everyone to complete the circulates before proceeding with the remainder of the call. Dancer's success rate will improve dramatically if they can see the setup in which they’re working. Do your best to help them.

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