And the image didn't come through... Sorry, it's online at http://www.uvm.edu/~ldonfort/slalom.jpg
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:26 PM Luke Donforth <[email protected]> wrote: > I got some off-list questions about Green Mountain Ski Wedding, and I > figured I'd answer them for everyone, since the description isn't > completely clear. > > Someone asked about the DSD in A1, but not in B1. You could put a long > lines there. This dance doesn't really stay square to the music. So while I > have a whole group oval in A1 with a DSD, B1 is just a whole group oval. > It's a very "squishy" dance. > > Someone asked why the A2 slalom is up the set rather than down: > It's up because the top couple is at the bottom at the beginning of A2. > The path they take moves through some number of couples, such as: > > [image: image.png] > (Please excuse the drawing in MS Paint, let me know if it doesn't come > through.) > > When working with young kids, I'll tell the couples standing on the sides > to pretend to be trees, and have the skiing couple dodge and weave through > them. > > > > Green Mountain Ski Wedding >> Longways/Proper/Beginner >> >> A1 ----------- >> Whole Group Oval Left until across from partner again >> Partner Do-si-do >> A2 ----------- >> Bottom (was top) couple slalom (weave) back and forth up the set (cutting >> through lines) >> B1 ----------- >> Whole group oval right until across from partner again >> B2 ----------- >> Partner allemande Left >> Partner allemande Right >> > > -- Luke Donforth [email protected] <[email protected]>
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