Hi,
I always treat the dancers facing counter-clockwise as the active
dancers who get to do everything first, so they could be considered the #1s. I
believe this is a common convention. Promenades are usually done
counter-clockwise, which is also the normal Line of Dance for ballroom
On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 17:18:12 -0600, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote:
>� ��It appears that in that book the dance formation is given as a longways,
>duple, improper set. �Not the circle of
>�couple facing couple that we typically connect to the Sicilian circle
>formation. �The dance just
Offering up the following:
*Burning Ring of Arches **by Elizabeth Bloom Albert*
Sicilian Circle. QUADRUPLE Progression dance
*Key: 1’s = Couples who are facing CW around circle*
* 2’s = Couples who are facing CCW around circle*
A1 1’s Arch, 2’s Duck under;
oose from. How about, as a starting bid, "From Here to Infinity" by Bob
Isaacs...
Chuck
From: Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 11:18 PM
To: New Contra Callers List
Subject: [Callers] Re: Sicilian Circle question
It appears that in that book the dance formation is given as a longways, duple,
improper set. Not the circle of couple facing couple that we typically connect to the
Sicilian circle formation. The dance just before it is the Spanish Dance and gives as
the formation, "The first couple at
There is a specific old dance bearing the name "Sicilian Circle". You
can find it in, for instance, this 1857 instruction book from the
Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/musdi.094/ The name has
come to imply the formation and general pattern.
On 2/4/2023 3:49 PM, Joe Harrington
n - pair up like this all the
> way
> > around.). So this’ll be good even for symmetric Sicilians.
> >
> > — Alan
> >
> >
> > From: Amy Cann
> > Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:11 PM
> > To: Winston, Alan P.
> >
Amy Cann
> 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 ar
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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 cen
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>
> 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.
than just say it.
-- Alan
From: Charles Abell via Contra Callers
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 qu
I have a Sicilian Circle dance in my collection called Dip for the Oyster
which designates 1's and 2's to determine who ducks or arches first. In my
notes I have 1's facing CCW and 2's facing CW. However, I imagine this is
totally arbitrary and you could do it whichever way you like. In
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
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