Hi Don,
I get confused when Americans use Sashay in a dance.
Do you mean Sashay as in Roll Away with a Half Sashay – where it
just means step to the side?
Or do you mean Sashay as in the dictionary: “walk in an
ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the
hips and shoulders”?
Or do you mean Gallop, where you take your partner in a Ballroom
(or Two Hand) Hold and charge across using Side-Together, Side-Together steps?
I think you mean the last one. We always say Gallop in the UK.
It avoids a lot of confusion and is much more in keeping with the actual move.
(Yes, yes, I know Americans have been using Sashay for a long
time, and, like Humpty Dumpty, you can pay the words extra at the end of the
week to make the words mean anything you want, but Gallop is such a better way
of saying it! I can’t imagine what would happen if I asked a bunch of English
teenagers to Sashay across the floor :-) ).
Happy dancing,
John
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From: Callers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Don Veino
via Callers
Sent: 21 September 2018 20:48
To: Shared Weight <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy contras for teens
It appears that the formatting on this one may have gone awry, so here's
another try:
DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE - Becket - Don Veino 20180914
A1 Left diagonal Neighbors SeeSaw Sashay* w/Partner
[Gents back to back to start, can substitute a diagonal left couple
conventional SeeSaw]
Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2x, give RH to Neighbor
A2 Wave/4 across Balance Right & Left, Slide/Twirl Right
Wave/4 across Balance Left & Right, Slide/Twirl Left
B1 Neighbor Balance & Swing
B2 Gents low LH Balance (L adjust to left), Pull By & Partner Swing
[or Give & Take to Ladies, Partner Swing]
*With your Partner Sashay around your next Neighbors following the path of a
SeeSaw
End effects: Wait out crossed over on left diagonal for SeeSaw
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Don Veino <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
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