At the end of B2.1 the ladies, having completed a chain to the neighbor
and a courtesy turn, are naturally facing in, so it should be
straightforward that a left-hand star once around will bring them back
to this place, facing in, at which point new neighbors give right hands
to each other and the dance begins again. While teaching the dance, an
instruction to "keep left hand with your old neighbor, give right hand
to your new neighbor" as the star ends should orient everyone
correctly. ... Bob
Robert Jon Golder
164 Maxfield St
New Bedford, MA 02740 USA
508-999-2486
On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Rickey wrote:
Hi,
In “United We Dance”, by Bob Isaacs, I am curious how you tell people
to
re-form the long wavy lines after the star in B2, to continue the
dance. To
set up these lines from an improper formation before the dance starts
it
seems sufficient to me just to tell the men to turn and face out and
take
their neighbor’s right in their right. It is the transition from the
star
left that ends the dance to that long wavy line that puzzles me some –
for
the women. It seems that the men can naturally end that star facing
out,
but it seems that the women will end that star also facing out and
will need
to take an extra turn to face in to set up that long wavy line for the
continuation of the dance. How do you tell folks to make this
transition?
Other comments are, of course welcome, but it is this transition that,
for
the women, I am wondering about. The full dance is below. Thanks,
Rickey Holt,
Fremont
Starting formation: “Right hand long wave with neighbor”. I take this
to
mean two such waves, down the sides.
(A1) Balance and ROM slide Right / Balance and ROM slide Left
(A2) Balance and swing Neighbor
(B1) Circle left ¾ / Swing Partner
(B2) Ladies Chain / Star Left.
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