Thank you for the historic perspective Colin! I don't call that dance that often myself, it's rather a niche piece :-)
It's an odd-ball enough dance that I use the long-lines version as a point of connection to the whole set. I certainly wouldn't object to a caller using an arm-around variant as couples; but I think taking away the ability for the lines to connect for the diagonal motion would add to the complexity. On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Colin Hume via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:51:14 -0500, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote: > > Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-) > > Luke - > > I'm not likely to call contras with swing dance moves, but I noticed that > in typical Becket fashion yours finishes with a partner > swing. It then starts again with "Long lines yearn forward on the left > diagonal, then Gents take new neighbor home and swing". > > Surely this is a "Give and take", which works better if you keep your arm > round your partner when going forward on the left > diagonal rather than joining hands in long lines. That's how Larry > Jennings defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to > know that. > > Colin Hume > > Email [email protected] Web site http://colinhume.com > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Luke Donforth [email protected] <[email protected]>
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