It works great as long as everyone spins the appropriate way. If you have new dancers in the crowd, it is worth teaching that when spinning R, one points one's chin to the R and follows it around. I have seen even dancers who have danced for awhile spin them selves the other way. When spinning the 'right' way, your left hand is free and momentum easily swings it to the center for a star L. If you happened to have spun the other way, there is no way to flow gracefully into the star. If I hadn't seen this awkward spinning from the stage, I would not have believed people could keep choosing what looks to me like such a counter intuitive motion, but they do. If this is the second spin to the R dance of the night or you have a crowd of at least somewhat experienced dancers, they will enjoy the flow very much. A
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Just wondering about a transition in Nathaniel Jack's "Walk the Plank." It > looks like a nice bouncy dance with good rebound, but there's a transition > from a petronella twirl into a LH star at the end, and in the absence of a > group of guinea pigs here at the house I thought I'd ask if anyone's tried > this and what they think. Here are the notes: > > Walk the Plank Duple Imp. > A1 4,4 Neighbor balance, Al right 3/4 > 8 Men Al left 1-1/2 > A2 16 Partner Bal + Swing, end facing down > B1 8 Down the hall in lines of 4, turn alone > 8 Come back up, bend the line to a circle > B2 8 Balance the ring, spin right one place > 8 Star left 1ce around. > > Is it comfortable to come from that twirl into catching L hands for a star? > > Kalia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
