I’m liking calling “look-see” so much, especially with the family/community/ONS dances that are my mainstay. It’s easy to call, emphasizes eye contact, flirty and fun like the original move. After quickly teaching it or doing a funny demo, everyone seems to grasp it easily. I’d love to hear others thoughts on the pros and cons of using this. I got the idea from a discussion on the Callers listserv several years ago.
> On Oct 9, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Martha Wild via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > I hate "right shoulder round". It has the problem of using the term right in > it. That makes it easy for people to confuse with a right allemande or a > right shoulder do-si-do as you are calling it. Or right and left through. > People often hear the first syllable you say to get direction, and that > confuses them, especially if you have other moves starting with “right” in > them in the dance. Also, the syllables don’t stand out - shoulder has little > oomph, round similarly. There’s little way to shorten it as you call, which I > like to do to cut down on interrupting the music. It’s a long string of words > for one move. I do not use it. I use “spiral”, which a number of other > people also use around here. I just really, really don’t like “right shoulder > round”. I’m afraid “walk all around” has similar issues, at least for me - > walk is used in other situations, you might have people walking individually > around the small or large set, and be shortening that to “walk” - to me, walk > could mean anything. Okay, it’s not always a perfect spiral, because you > don’t always swing afterwards, but it has the virtue of people knowing what > they are supposed to do immediately. > Martha > > >> On Oct 9, 2019, at 7:12 AM, Bob Hofkin via Callers >> <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> >> "Walk all around" [the left-hand lady] has been the MWSD terminology, and it >> seems adequate to me. Why create new terminology? >> >> Bob >> >> On 10/9/2019 9:56, Adam Carlson via Callers wrote: >> >>> BTW, I'm really saddened that the term "right shoulder round" has become >>> the standard replacement for gypsy. It's about as evocative as "modified >>> ballroom position paired rotation" is for swing and takes too long to say. >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Delia Clark PO Box 45 Taftsville, VT 05073 Office/mobile: +1-802-457-2075 deliacla...@gmail.com www.deliaclarkconfluence.com
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