OK, so walk me through this,... assuming we start with couples coming out of a swing with gents on left and ladies on right, ending up with men on opposite side, still to left of women.. bill
> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 10:28:22 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] Flutter Wheel > > On Sat, Feb 08, 2014, Bill Olson wrote: > > Rich Sbardella > >> > >> I am curious, why isn't the Flutter Wheel being used in contras > >> today. It basically accomplishes what a men's chain does but > >> generally has good flow. I believe that Roget Whynot wrote several > >> contras with a flutterwheel many years ago. > > > > I don't see how this substitutes for a gent's chain.. > > In a flutterwheel, the woman ends up on the same side but the men switch > sides -- it's functionally equivalent to men allemande 1.5 for position > but ends with couples facing the same way they started. In flow, it's > kinda like a star promenade without the ending whirlaround. Often > followed by Sweep a Quarter if you want the couples to change facing. > > Flutterwheel (and reverse flutter with the men in the center) are very > common moves in square dancing (part of the Basic program), but I've > never seen them in my more-than-quarter-century of contra. Dunno why; as > Rich says, it's a nicely flowing move. > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
