[Callers] another new word idea

[Rich Sbardella via Callers]

Erik,
I have heard Frontier Whirl as a California Twirl, but never Frontier
Twirl?  Are you sure?  (Maybe I am mistaken.)
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> What Michael Fuerst said at a readable size (It's still coming through to
> me in some microscopic font):
>
> > Are you also contemplating  to abandon the awkward to say "California
> > Twirl"
> > If you use your gypsy alternative for new dancers, will you advise them
> > of all the synonyms being conjured ?
>
> Aha! A whole new topic. Well, actually old. Larry Edelman, one of my
> favorite dance callers, and someone I feel lucky to have spent time with,
> and from whom I have learned so much, use to complain about "California
> Twirl." I don't recall his reasons, but he always called it a "Frontier
> Twirl," which I think he got from old square dance books.
>
> I've been using "right shoulder turn," and "left shoulder turn," and
> mentioning that there's been a discussion on the use of the word Gypsy.
> Then again, somewhere around sixty percent of the time I tend to call a
> "right hand turn," instead of "allemande right," as it's more descriptive.
>
> This, in some ways, gives another reason for using different words: the
> use of descriptive calls. Thus abandoning a non-descriptive call for one
> that is more readily interpreted by all dancers has other benefits than
> just abandoning a word that some--or all--find pejorative .
>
> ~erik hoffman
>     oakland, ca
>
>
> On 1/27/2016 7:03 AM, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote:
>
> Are you also contemplating  to abandon the awkward to say "California
> Twirl"
> If you use your gypsy alternative for new dancers, will you advise them of
> all the synonyms being conjured ?
>
> Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801      217 239 5844
>
>
>
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