Well stated, Beth. Yours, Dave Harvey
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 2:25 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, come on, folks. One of the contra dance traditions has been a small > set of named moves and, for the most part, directional names for any new > moves. So, for example, we say, "Pass through to an ocean wave," instead > of "Pass the ocean." Please, please fight any tendency to give obscure > names for moves. If it is not descriptive, it is not appropriate. And since > I have never met Allen Ortep, I am quite sure that an "Allen Ortep turn" > would say absolutely NOTHING to me as a dancer. (Even if I did know him, I > suspect it would not tell me much. Seeing it in the dance below implies to > me that he thinks quite highly of himself, but it does not tell me how to > dance. And I was doing the two's variation in Petronella which uses a left > turn back in the early 80s. Nothing new there.) > > Part of what caused a huge problem in the evolution of Modern Western > Squares was the introduction of many newly named figures in the early 60s. > Every caller wanted to invent the next great move. It moved the activity > into a realm where you must take all those lessons and keep dancing > regularly to remember all the fancy names. > > Keep it simple, keep it folk, keep it welcoming. > > Beth Parkes > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Callers] How to Call a Petronella Turn? > > Things change slightly with this dance by Allen Ortep...... > > Allen Ortep's First Contra Becket Counter Clockwise > > A1 Star left > Right and left through on right diagonal > > A2 Long lines forward, on the way back, partners roll away with a 1/2 > sashe > Circle right 3/4, pass through along set by left shoulder > to meet couple passed during the right and left of A1 > > B1 Balance and swing this neighbor. > > B2 Allen Ortep turn (balance in a circle, then move as an individual > to the left one place in the circle while twirling > counterclockwise) > Partners swing. > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >
