On 6/12/2015 9:17 PM, Jeff Kaufman via Callers wrote:
Huh. If learned it as:
G right in L left: California twirl
G right in L right: box the gnat
G left in L left: swat the flea
G left in L right: star through
I recently encountered the ML/WR twirl under the name of Jersey Twirl,
in the conte
If you mean twirl to swap with Gent starting on right of Partner, I believe
this has been named a Jersey Twirl in prior work. Or so I was informed when
writing my dance featuring two of them - Raeden's Twirls.
-Don
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Keith Wood via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedwei
Huh. If learned it as:
G right in L left: California twirl
G right in L right: box the gnat
G left in L left: swat the flea
G left in L right: star through
Or just tell people what hands to join and then "twirl to swap".
On Jun 12, 2015 10:40 PM, "Charles M. Hannum via Callers" <
callers@lists.sh
Indeed, the only times I've seen “star thru” used in contra, it was
directly borrowed from MWSD.
This is what Callerlab says. Even in Tech Squares it's considered
incorrect to call it from other formations.
24. Star Thru
Starting formation: Facing Dancers (man facing woman)
Command example: S
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015, Jeff Kaufman via Callers wrote:
>
> Nit: a "California twirl with other hands" is traditionally called a "star
> through".
Really? I haven't seen Star Thru in contra much; in MWSD, at least, Star
Thru is normally done with partners facing each other, as opposed to the
Califo
Nit: a "California twirl with other hands" is traditionally called a "star
through".
On Jun 12, 2015 10:00 PM, "Keith Wood via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I was inspired by the Blues Brothers version of Sweet Home Chicago to
> write a 24 bar Contra recently:
>
> Short But S
I was inspired by the Blues Brothers version of Sweet Home Chicago to
write a 24 bar Contra recently:
Short But Sweet
Becket
A1Circle left 3/4
Swing neighbour
A2Balance the ring
Nevada twirl with partner (California twirl with other hands)
With next couple, bal
