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 before it is the >�Spanish Dance and gives as the formation, "The first couple at the head of >the room, with their backs to the wall; >�the next couple facing the first; the third couple with their backs to the >second; the fourth couple facing the >�third; and all the rest are formed in the same manner, every two couples >facing each other, without regard to >�numbers." > >� ��Then it says, "As each couple arrives at the end of the room, they must >turn round and wait for the next couple to >�meet them, the gentlemen being careful to have their ladies always on the >right hand. > >� ��This seems to be describing a longways dance instead of a circle. �Under >Sicilian Circle it says, "This dance is >�formed precisely the same as the Spanish Dance," so that would seem to be a >longways dance as well.
If you look in Dick's Quadrille Call Book page 101: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=013/musdi013.db&recNum=100 it says much the same thing: "In this dance the disposition of the couples is exactly the same as for the Spanish Dance (see diagram on page 97)" However on page 97 for Spanish Dance it says: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=013/musdi013.db&recNum=96 "The best arrangement is to place the couples in a complete circle, each alternating couple facing the opposite way to the rest" and there's a diagram confirming this. Colin Hume Email co...@colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com
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