Sorry I was unclear. Because some contra callers say “mad robin” and some contra callers say “double mad robin,” meaning the same thing, and if you’ve learned it as “mad robin” and a new-to-you caller says “double mad robin,” you’ll think it’s a different figure.
> On Sep 28, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Folk Dance <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think the distinction is necessary is it? "mad robin with your > neighbour" is clearly distinct from "1s in the middle mad robin" so why add > double mad robin? It'd be like calling most petronella's double petronellas > because they have four people moving but the original petronella is for 1s > only. > > Bob > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:29 PM Read Weaver via Callers > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > It’s perhaps worth saying during the teaching “also called a double mad > robin,” since dancers will sometimes hear that (from callers who know ECD). > I’ve seen confusion on moderately experienced contra dancers’ faces (and > feet) at the term “double mad robin” (thinking you go around twice, or that > it involves more than 4 people) because they’ve only ever seen the figure > with 4 people moving and they’ve only ever heard it called “mad robin.” > (In the English country dance “Mad Robin,” only two people are moving in the > eponymous figure.)
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