My impression had been that "strip the willow" is weaving down the
middle, whereas "peel the banana" is a descriptive name for an outside
move - a head couple casts off and each line follows their respective
head to the bottom. Peel the banana is definitely better understood by
beginners/ONS dancers than cast off! Although I use both when teaching.
If the heads are casting off around a short set or a square, maybe
"cast off and promenade half way" and/or "peel the orange" might be
more evocative! idk
Joy
Durham, NC
On Nov 13, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Bill Olson wrote:
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
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