The term I use depends on what other dances I plan to be calling in the
evening. Sometimes it is neighbor, sometimes it is corner.
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> On Sep 20, 2017, at 6:35 AM, Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers
> wrote:
>
> I don't think correctness needs
In the 1980s in the SF Bay Area at English dances (which was where I saw
Sicilian Circles regularly) "opposite" was the term generally used.
Nowadays if I call an evening of longways dances and include one
Sicilian, if I say "opposite" I get a lot of blank looks, so I say
'neighbor' and the
In the walk through I usually say the person who is NOT your partner is
your NEIGHBOR...do (whatever) with them...this sets the term and the
orientation in their mind
On Sep 20, 2017 9:35 AM, "Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I don't think correctness
I don't think correctness needs to be considered. As long as the dancers
understand that they're going to do something with the person next to them
who isn't their partner, I'm happy, and either term conveys that.
Nowadays I think that I'm more likely to hear the word neighbor come out of
my
Does anyone have an opinion about the use of the term “neighbor” and the term
“opposite” in a Sicilian Circle?
“Neighbor” is more correct from a contra perspective, but “opposite" feels more
correct to me from a square dance perspective.
thanks,
sue
Sue Hulsether
shulset...@mac.com