Erik, I have heard Frontier Whirl as a California Twirl, but never Frontier Twirl? Are you sure? (Maybe I am mistaken.) Rich Sbardella Stafford, CT
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > What Michael Fuerst said at a readable size (It's still coming through to > me in some microscopic font): > > > Are you also contemplating to abandon the awkward to say "California > > Twirl" > > If you use your gypsy alternative for new dancers, will you advise them > > of all the synonyms being conjured ? > > Aha! A whole new topic. Well, actually old. Larry Edelman, one of my > favorite dance callers, and someone I feel lucky to have spent time with, > and from whom I have learned so much, use to complain about "California > Twirl." I don't recall his reasons, but he always called it a "Frontier > Twirl," which I think he got from old square dance books. > > I've been using "right shoulder turn," and "left shoulder turn," and > mentioning that there's been a discussion on the use of the word Gypsy. > Then again, somewhere around sixty percent of the time I tend to call a > "right hand turn," instead of "allemande right," as it's more descriptive. > > This, in some ways, gives another reason for using different words: the > use of descriptive calls. Thus abandoning a non-descriptive call for one > that is more readily interpreted by all dancers has other benefits than > just abandoning a word that some--or all--find pejorative . > > ~erik hoffman > oakland, ca > > > On 1/27/2016 7:03 AM, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote: > > Are you also contemplating to abandon the awkward to say "California > Twirl" > If you use your gypsy alternative for new dancers, will you advise them of > all the synonyms being conjured ? > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
