Barbara, The two things that are most confusing when changing genders are the chain and the swing.
For the chain, you might review courtesy turn and also the twirl. Make sure twirlers know their hand should be directly over the head of the twirlee, and their hand should remain open (not gripping). When I mentioned to one group that the twirler's hand should remain open, a roar of women's voices said "Yes!" and I just added, "gentlemen, the twirlees have spoken..." --Jerome > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:59:44 -0500 > From: "Barbara Groh" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] workshop ideas > Message-ID: <5FA24AD8CD704FACAB0B65CA47B4C4AC@Babs> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hey, y'all, > > I'm going to be facilitating a "gender-swap" w.s. at Moondance in a few > days. I've never been to a workshop on this topic, and I thought I would > solicit ideas from the group. Has anybody been to (or perhaps led) a > gender-swap session? Any gems you can share with me on what worked well > or > what didn't? > > Thanks!! > Barbara > > -- > Jerome Grisanti > 660-528-0858 > http://www.jeromegrisanti.com > > For the good are always the merry, > Save by an evil chance, > And the merry love the fiddle > And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats >
