Glad you like it! For what it's worth, at a ONS I often do a scatter mixer that's basically half of "Haste to the Wedding" -
Circle L, circle R Star R star L everybody bow, promenade and find someone else for a little, then turn the scatter promenade into the big ring and go from there. On 2/4/23, Winston, Alan P. <wins...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > Any — > > That’s great! I hadn’t encountered that, and I really have to put it in my > toolbox for ONS - way faster/more fun than getting people who have no idea > what a Sicilian *is* to pair up and form one. (The best I had up to this > point was make a big circle, pick a pair and make them face, and then (in > Susan Michael’s words), say “Chain Reaction - pair up like this all the way > around.). So this’ll be good even for symmetric Sicilians. > > — Alan > > ________________________________________ > From: Amy Cann <ac...@putneyschool.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:11 PM > To: Winston, Alan P. > Cc: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net; Charles Abell > Subject: Re: [Callers] Re: Sicilian Circle question > > Here's how I learned: > > "Everybody promenade the usual way, two-by-two around the room - now > stop where you are." > > "Starting from this point right in front of me (gesture to where head > couple of center set usually stands for contras), you're going to > count off in pairs of couples and take hands four in this big ring. > > "Half of you can just stay facing the usual promenade direction - you're 1s" > > "Half of you will need to turn as a couple and face the 'wrong' > direction - you're 2's". > > It links the role of 1s/2s to the familiar line-of-direction we use > for promenading and coupledancing > > -- who feels most "normal", and who feels as if they're > accommodating/supporting. > > > > On 2/4/23, Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> To your questions: >> >> 1: Right, the vast majority of Sicilians are completely symmetrical. >> >> 2: Because of this, I don't think there's a default for whether CW or CCW >> are the "1s". You can just pick which one you want. >> >> 3. Yes, there are non-symmetric Sicilians -= I'm looking at notes for >> "The >> Molly Andrew", a waltz Sicilian; it has the 1s ("those facing clockwise") >> do >> the figure through the 2s and then the 2s through the 1., and it's fine so >> long as you get across who goes first. Way better to indicate that >> visually rather than just say it. >> >> -- Alan >> ________________________________________ >> From: Charles Abell via Contra Callers >> <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> >> Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 12:06 PM >> To: contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Subject: [Callers] Re: Sicilian Circle question >> >> Hello group, It's been a while since I called a Sicilian Circle, but I may >> soon - two questions: >> >> 1. Typically, one couple isn't considered the "ones" and the other >> "twos", right? >> 2. If there are ones and two, which couple would be considered the >> "ones" >> - CW or CCW? >> 3. If there are not typically ones and twos, has anyone tried ascribing >> those roles for a Sicilian circle dance. That is, I had an idea for a >> dance >> that ends with a square dance figure requiring one couple to arch first, >> thus the need for separate numbers. >> >> I did attempt to find an answer online and was not initially successful. >> Thoughts? >> >> Chuck >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >> > _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net