Re: [Callers] Definition, description

[Amy Wimmer via Callers]

Thanks JD, et al, for your replies. I now know what to do!
-Amy



> On May 2, 2015, at 10:11 PM, JD Erskine via Callers 
>  wrote:
>
>> On 02/May/15 17:47, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:
>> I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand
>> part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2
>> when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me?
>>
>> Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute
>>
>> A1 Nbr B
>> A2 Cir L 3/4
>>   Ptr sw
>> B1 LLF
>>  Star R (hands across)
>> B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over
>> their left shoulder
>>  Star L (hands across)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Amy
>
> Hullo Amy,
>
> Yup.
>
> At the end of the A2 the men are in their progressed places and return to 
> them after every action they take in the B parts. The women finalise their 
> progression with the diagonal pull-by.
>
> The bit you're asking about for the men is a Turn Single - Left (CCW).
>
> This is a loop over their left shoulder and back to where they started it, a 
> "go around a pizza/sewer hole/round piano stool" move.
>
> No other movement or change of position like one would find in a Petronella 
> turn. More a loop than a pivot or sharp turn on one's own axis.
>
> Like so much of dancing it is a burn-up time figure, in this case 4 beats or 
> 2 bars.
>
> As a style/enjoyment point I'd teach the Stars (certainly the first one) with 
> a hand-shake grasp. Compared to a pack-saddle/wrist-hold type it is nicer to 
> balance a Star with and allows for the ladies to retain their grasp without 
> having to switch it, for their pull-by. It also lets the men get free without 
> any rearrangement of limbs.
>
> Here is a handy page about elements of dance at The Round
> http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements
>
> Cheers, John
> --
> J.D. Erskine
> Victoria, BC
>
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Re: [Callers] Definition, description

[JD Erskine via Callers]

On 02/May/15 17:47, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:

I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand
part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2
when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me?

Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute

A1 Nbr B
A2 Cir L 3/4
   Ptr sw
B1 LLF
  Star R (hands across)
B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over
their left shoulder
  Star L (hands across)

Thanks!
-Amy


Hullo Amy,

Yup.

At the end of the A2 the men are in their progressed places and return 
to them after every action they take in the B parts. The women finalise 
their progression with the diagonal pull-by.


The bit you're asking about for the men is a Turn Single - Left (CCW).

This is a loop over their left shoulder and back to where they started 
it, a "go around a pizza/sewer hole/round piano stool" move.


No other movement or change of position like one would find in a 
Petronella turn. More a loop than a pivot or sharp turn on one's own axis.


Like so much of dancing it is a burn-up time figure, in this case 4 
beats or 2 bars.


As a style/enjoyment point I'd teach the Stars (certainly the first one) 
with a hand-shake grasp. Compared to a pack-saddle/wrist-hold type it is 
nicer to balance a Star with and allows for the ladies to retain their 
grasp without having to switch it, for their pull-by. It also lets the 
men get free without any rearrangement of limbs.


Here is a handy page about elements of dance at The Round
http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements

Cheers, John
--
J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC

Island Dance - Folk & Country
dance info - site & mail list
http://members.shaw.ca/island.dance/

Re: [Callers] Definition, description

[Don Veino via Callers]

The Gents are turning counter-clockwise in place, essentially turning
around all the way to swap their arms in the star.
On May 2, 2015 8:47 PM, "Amy Wimmer via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand
> part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2
> when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me?
>
> Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute
>
> A1 Nbr B
> A2 Cir L 3/4
>   Ptr sw
> B1 LLF
>  Star R (hands across)
> B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over
> their left shoulder
>  Star L (hands across)
>
> Thanks!
> -Amy
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>

[Callers] Definition, description

[Amy Wimmer via Callers]

I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand
part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2
when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me?

Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute

A1 Nbr B
A2 Cir L 3/4
  Ptr sw
B1 LLF
 Star R (hands across)
B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over
their left shoulder
 Star L (hands across)

Thanks!
-Amy