Hi Elizabeth,
Yes, it is called a Dixie Twirl – here is how to do it:
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm
There are lots in Caller’s Box. Here is an easy one of mine:
https://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/DixieDoo-Dah.html
You need to emphasise that the end people need to get to the OTHER
end of their line!
Did you know that the three-person version goes back to 1651:
https://playforddances.com/dances/peppers-black/ ? It is the last figure. :-)
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
<http://www.contrafusion.co.uk> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in
Kent
From: Elizabeth Bloom Albert via Contra Callers
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Sent: 10 November 2025 16:08
To: Shared Weight callers list <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] Right hand high and left hand low figure
Dear callers and fellow dance writers,
I am writing a new contra dance and I have a question:
Has there ever been an instance where, during a “Right hand high and left hand
low,” everybody in a line of FOUR snakes under the raised arms (i.e., no one
turns alone) in order to come back up the hall?
Caller’s Box explains the move as “A way for a line of three to face the other
direction and swap ends without dropping hands.” I want it to be a line of
four. Will that work?
Thank you!
--
Elizabeth Bloom Albert
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