On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 23:13:55 -0500, Amy Cann <ac...@putneyschool.org> wrote:
> Here's a thought I've been toying with for a while: > > A term we use in knitting to identify which way yarn twists is "N-wise > or Z-wise" > > (think of a piece of yarn, look at the slanty lines the plies make, look > at the center slashes of an N, then a Z. See it?) > > How many moves could be identified this way? > > "Facing up and down, the first corners on the N diagonal, allemande > once and a half." > "Facing across, Z diagonals start a hey by the left" > "Facing across, N's diagonal chain" You could do that, but it may be less confusing to just identify whether it's the person on the right or left in the couple: "Facing up and down, people on the RIGHT allemande once and a half" "Facing across, people on the LEFT start a hey, passing left shoulders" "Facing across, person on the RIGHT chain across" That being said, the one time I called a gender-free dance I just used "bares" and "bands", since that what the dance organizers directed me to do -- I just followed what was their custom, and it worked out fine Mark Widmer / central NJ
