Isn't 'strip the willow' the same as "reel the set" as in a Virginia reel.. I never thought the peel the banana was part of that figure, but maybe it IS!!
b > Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:35:28 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Peel the Banana > > I think that "strip the willow" is also used, though perhaps only in the > dance by that name. > > Les > (who is new here, first post) > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Bill Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ben, Paul Rosenberg calls it "Peel the Banana" and has written a whole > > book of "family dances" by that name.. > > > > > > bill > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:26:03 -0600 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Callers] Peel the Banana > > > > > > Dear Callers, > > > > > > I'm writing a dance for 6 couples (in a rectangle, one at the top and > > > bottom, two on each side), and I want to know if one of the moves I wrote > > > already has a name. > > > > > > Bottom couple makes an arch. Top couple splits and walks around the > > outside > > > of the set, each taking the side couples with them. They then go up > > through > > > the arch and back to place. > > > > > > If this move doesn't have a proper name, I'm just going to call it "peel > > > the banana" because I feel that's the best way to describe it. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Ben Hornstein > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Callers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
