[Callers] another new word idea

Erik Hoffman via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Wed Jan 27 15:15:55 PST 2016


Hi Rich and All,

My memory of "Frontier Twirl" is pretty strong. But then again, it's the 
80s I'm talking about...

~erik

On 1/27/2016 1:20 PM, Rich Sbardella wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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"
>
>     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.
>
>     ~erik hoffman
>         oakland, ca
>

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