How about the casters from the star move up/down to the next hey - all sorts of interesting possibilities!
Bob On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Good points from Neal and Bev. > > I'm curious now about the timing of the ladies casting over right shoulder > and entering the hey. It does seem like it would better fit the music. > > RE: 3/8ths hey - there's a ton of dances with 3/8 hey called as half, as > the same hey can be different number of passes in different heys. > > Anyway, now I really want to dance a star-cast-hey transition... :) > > Ron > > On Aug 11, 2016 3:57 PM, "Neal Schlein via Callers" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't it actually a 3/8ths hey? ...Which is somewhat tricky to say: Three > Eights Hey For Four. Lots of numbers in there. Good enough reason to find > another explanation. ;-) > > What I'm seeing about not simply writing it out as a hey is that the star > is causing the ladies to move forward into the men's position. From a > static perspective it is definitely a partial hey, but the women's momentum > will want to carry them too far forward and it'll become mush for anyone > not paying attention. Turning back to the right is nice flow, and to me > there's nothing wrong with writing things like that into the dance. > > For example, I have long used a dance which cues the ladies to turn AWAY > from a star and swing the man behind them. Technically it is just a > u-turn, but every time I use that phrase three quarters of the ladies will > turn TOWARD the star (for a variety of reasons, including partner > "assistance"). It makes me cringe, because the dance is so much nicer if > they turn the other direction. > > Neal > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
