Newbie question: Why is it called a "Sicilian" circle? While certain dances came from long ago with that label, wouldn't many/most contras work, as long as the circle isn't too small and the 1s and 2s are comparably active?
--jh-- On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:39 PM Amy Cann via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:11 PM > > To: Winston, Alan P. > > Cc: [email protected]; 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 > > <[email protected]> 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 > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 12:06 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> 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 -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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