Thanks JD, et al, for your replies. I now know what to do! -Amy
> On May 2, 2015, at 10:11 PM, JD Erskine via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 02/May/15 17:47, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote: >> I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand >> part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2 >> when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me? >> >> Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute >> >> A1 Nbr B&S >> A2 Cir L 3/4 >> Ptr sw >> B1 LLF&B >> Star R (hands across) >> B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over >> their left shoulder >> Star L (hands across) >> >> Thanks! >> -Amy > > Hullo Amy, > > Yup. > > At the end of the A2 the men are in their progressed places and return to > them after every action they take in the B parts. The women finalise their > progression with the diagonal pull-by. > > The bit you're asking about for the men is a Turn Single - Left (CCW). > > This is a loop over their left shoulder and back to where they started it, a > "go around a pizza/sewer hole/round piano stool" move. > > No other movement or change of position like one would find in a Petronella > turn. More a loop than a pivot or sharp turn on one's own axis. > > Like so much of dancing it is a burn-up time figure, in this case 4 beats or > 2 bars. > > As a style/enjoyment point I'd teach the Stars (certainly the first one) with > a hand-shake grasp. Compared to a pack-saddle/wrist-hold type it is nicer to > balance a Star with and allows for the ladies to retain their grasp without > having to switch it, for their pull-by. It also lets the men get free without > any rearrangement of limbs. > > Here is a handy page about elements of dance at The Round > http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements > > Cheers, John > -- > J.D. Erskine > Victoria, BC > > Island Dance - Folk & Country > dance info - site & mail list > http://members.shaw.ca/island.dance/ > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
