Darn spell check... that was meant to be "respectfully." :) I have to respectively disagree here.
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Don Veino <sharedweight_...@veino.com> wrote: > I have to respectively disagree here. > > In my experience, a "roll away" (RA) call has been conflated with a "roll > away with a half sashay" (RAHS) for many dancers (and callers) - but the > moves are distinct and can have choreographic significance. What I think > has happened is that callers are using abbreviated calls of something like > "roll" for the RAHS situation (which is more common) and that has colored > the interpretation. > > In my understanding, the two calls are like this (the "|" symbol denoting > the boundary between adjacent hands-four): > > "Gents Roll (Away) the Ladies" (Ladies only change position): > > Starting position G0 L1|G1 L2|G2 L3 > Ending position G0 L2|G1 L3|G2 L4 > > "Gents Roll (Away) the Ladies with a Half Sashay" (Ladies and Gents swap > position): > > Starting position G0 L1|G1 L2|G2 L3 > Ending position L1 G0|L2 G1|L3 G2 > > Of course, this can be also done in other configurations like circles and > boxes. > > I ran into this a short while ago while calling a new (to me) dance and > having the walk-through fail. I knew the dance was right and my instruction > was correct. Rather than try to figure it out on the fly I bailed to a > fall-back dance. As I video most of my gigs, I was able to go back to that > and see what happened. > > In this instance the difference between the calls was very significant. I > called a RA but the dancers (mostly) did a RAHS. This was in a box > configuration, meaning the dancer pairing became opposite to what was > intended. The next time I call this dance I will be sure to say "Roll Away > BUT NO Half Sashay, Gents stay put". > > -Don > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers < > callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> I don't think there is a difference. >> >> >> On Aug 21, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote: >> >> In Contra dancing, what is the difference between "Roll your ___ >>> Across/along" and "Roll away with a half sashay"? >>> >>> What are your favorite words to teach this move? >>> >>> thanks!! >>> claire takemori (Bay Area, CA) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >>> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > >