“There’s quite a bit of MWSD terms sneaking into contra choreography these
days. “
Yes, but beware! Contra callers have borrowed the terms, but sometimes changed
the definitions!
E.g.
At the end of a Square Thru an MWSD dancer will not turn and will have their
back to the last person they passed.
At the end of a Square Thru a Contra dancer will usually turn to face the next
person in their minor set, or to face whichever direction the caller has
specified.
The call used to be “x Changes of Rights and Lefts” but someone must have
thought “Square Thru x” sounded cooler…
“’When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means
just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’”
See also:
Allemande
Mad Robin
Dosido
Petronella
Swing
Etc.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 940
574
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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