On Thu, May 17, 2018, Jack Mitchell via Callers wrote: > > What would you call a circulate like this? Would it be a partial > circulate? Or, in the interest of not adding any more terminology, since > only half of the people are going to end up in a wave after each one, would > it be better to just say "ladies take 4 steps forward to a long wave of > ladies, gents face in", etc? > > *A1* Balance Wave > Circulate (Gents Loop, ladies take 4 steps forward) to a long wave > of ladies > Balance Wave of Ladies > Circulate (ladies walk forward and face in, gents take 4 steps > forward) to a long wave of gents > > *A2* Balance Wave of Gents > Gents step forward ??? N Sw
Not picturing the starting formation, so it's a bit difficult for me to figure out what you want, but it's certainly the case that MWSD (Modern Western Square Dancing) allows partial circulates (e.g. "Box Circulate 1 1/2" -- which typically produces exactly the formation you're describing). If your starting formation is long waves BGBG up/down the hall, thinking of each group of four as a box gives you the typical MWSD starting formation for "Box Circulate 1 1/2". I also note that MWSD has no direct equivalent to your circulate from the wave of ladies ("promenade" could be used because it requires a face in afterward, but it's a rarely-used gimmick) -- I would normally use two calls to achieve the effect you want ("diamond circulate and ladies face in"). Dunno how best to describe this using contra terminology. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/