Hi Becky, The most common alternative term I hear is "Thread the Needle". Thanks for your post. It definitely merits consideration. One other term out there that may need revising is "Nantucket Sleighride". ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_sleighride) Chuck Abell uses "Sow the Wheat".
Regards, Greg On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:37 PM Becky Liddle via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I hesitate to make my first post to a new (to me) list be about culturally > sensitive terminology because I fear that that sometimes stirs up > controversy, but this is a remarkable coincidence: > > I finally got around to joining this list yesterday because I wanted to > ask the list whether anyone knows a less objectionable term for the Dixie > Twirl move: I encountered the move in a dance I was interested in learning > to call, > [image: Image 2019-08-05 at 4.49 PM.jpg]but I’d be unwilling to call > using a dance term with the word “Dixie” in it. Then I realized I could > just say “middles arch, rights lead under” and thus both avoid the term > “Dixie” and avoid making my first post on this group be about culturally > sensitive terminology. :-) > > But then in receiving my very first Caller’s Digest, I see a > recommendation for using the term Dixie in a dance name. So I’m getting up > my courage to post, hoping that I’m not wading into a hornet’s nest... > > I would recommend against using Dixie in a dance name or even using it as > a dance term. Please allow me to explain: > > I lived in Alabama for 14 years. In my personal experience, Dixie is a > term that is nearly always used by white people with warped nostalgia for > the antebellum South (choosing to ignore the fact that things weren’t so > great for black residents back then). I find that glorifying “Dixie” is > done by the same folks who glorify the rebel (confederate) flag: It’s done > supposedly in the name of honoring heritage, but its closeted purpose is to > express longing for the "Good Old Days" when whites were in charge and > blacks were subordinate. > > For those interested in the topic here’s an article that touches on the > current controversy around the word: > https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Heart-of-Dixie-vanishing-from-Alabama-license-1964800.php > > I’ll just be avoiding it. I’m planning to go with “middles arch, rights > lead under” unless someone can suggest a better term or phrase? > > Thanks all, and lovely to meet you! > > Becky > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *[email protected] > *Subject: **Callers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 5* > *Date: *August 7, 2019 at 4:07:07 PM EDT > *To: *[email protected] > *Reply-To: *[email protected] > > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 23:36:49 -0400 > From: Luke Donforth <[email protected]> > To: Gregory Frock <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination" > Message-ID: > <cafrkozzzwn9meb9_tjem06o_ebqttpxrs6huu7gf58kxk9m...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Good suggestion. And thank you all for the other variants and ideas :-D > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:05 AM Gregory Frock <[email protected]> wrote: > > For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading > figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New > Combination" and "The Nice Combination". > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The > Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin > chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well > with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain. > > What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a > variant with a gents/larks chain they like more? > > The New Combination > > A1 ----------- > (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing > A2 ----------- > (6) Down the hall four line > (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through, > lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line > (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends > B1 ----------- > (6) Circle left 3/4 > (10) Partners swing > B2 ----------- > (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor) > (8) Right-hand star 1x > > I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably > the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an > accessible gents/larks chain would be nice. > > I appreciate hearing your thoughts. > > -- > Luke Donforth > [email protected] <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > Luke Donforth > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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