<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450248067185_40608">Good idea from Colin. One might also say "slide about, men (or women) in front"</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450248067185_40599"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450248067185_40548">Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450248067185_40547"><span style="font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450248067185_40779">http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolution-the-self/201406/8-situations-when-you-should-keep-your-mouth-shut</span></div></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:57 AM, Colin Hume via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:20:58 +0000 (UTC), Michael Fuerst via Callers <br clear="none">wrote:<br clear="none">> "Mad Robin" became part of contra in the last ten years or so. <br clear="none">> Unless someone comes up with more succinct and descriptive words,<br clear="none">> we are probably stuck with "Mad Robin"<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I use the word "shuttle" (though in the walkthrough I say that some <br clear="none">people call it "Mad Robin" or "Sliding Doors"). Three reasons:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Shuttle is very descriptive whereas Mad Robin is just jargon.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Very few dancers in England have danced the Playford dance "Mad Robin" <br clear="none">(whereas "English" dancers in the States dance it regularly).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It's nothing like the original move in "Mad Robin". There it is done <br clear="none">by one couple only, and there's none of this "locking eyes" stuff that <br clear="none">many Americans love. Cecil Sharp's description (starting with the <br clear="none">ones below the twos and both couples proper) is:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"First man moves up the middle and casts down to the same place; while <br clear="none">his partner casts up and moves down the middle to her place."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"Cast" starts with turning away from your partner, not doing a crab <br clear="none">movement.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Colin Hume<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:colin@colinhume.com" href="mailto:colin@colinhume.com">colin@colinhume.com</a> Web site <a shape="rect" href="http://colinhume.com/" target="_blank">http://colinhume.com</a><div class="yqt9333182116" id="yqtfd09073"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>