[following up late after Memorial Day vacation] On Fri, May 23, 2014, Donna Hunt wrote: > > Pass the ocean; Gents cross to opposite side and Ladies take left and > turn 1/4 > > Swing through; all turn your neighbor by the right 1/2 and then the > gents pull by the left. (Ladies stay where they are on the side of > the set and then their partners pull by left to meet them) > > hope that's clearer.
Not really ;-) These are not the definitions used in MWSD, and I would expect some confusion unless you both made that clear to the dancers and taught these moves carefully using your definitions. Personally, I prefer the MWSD definitions (with possibly some alteration for simplicity because you know who the dancers are with your configuration): Pass The Ocean: pass through, face partner, step to wave Swing Thru: turn by right 1/2, turn by left 1/2 (i.e. in your case I'd make this "neighbor turn by right 1/2, men turn by left 1/2") If you actually really truly mean "pull by" in your definition above (as opposed to the ending figure being still a wave), I strongly recommend that you change the figure name to something other than "swing through". -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers@lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
