I tend to think of the zig as four beats and the zag as four more. Four total would be zesty or rushed, depending on the crowd and music.
Jerome On Friday, March 24, 2017, Tom Hinds via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > I believe that zig left, zag right normally takes 4 beats. If the dancers > zag a little farther so men can easily take a left hand that would take an > additional 2 beats for a total of 6 counts. I'll confirm the timing this > Saturday. > > For me there's this issue of how much we ask the dancers to adjust. It > seems that asking dancers to adjust is common in English and perhaps less > common in contra. > > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
