<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’d say the place where the timing on circle 3/4 is crucial is when it’s circle 3/4 and pass through to the next. Either this move is being called more frequently or it’s being done (make that “done”) as 8+0 more frequently than was true up until a few years ago, because as a dancer I run in to bad timing with it a lot more than I used to. I’d urge callers to either avoid dances that end with this, or explicitly teach it as 6+2 in the walk through, and again while calling as needed. It invariably leads to many many instances of starting the next move (with a new couple) late, either everyone arriving late or some arriving late and some on time.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 21, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">...</span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span><b class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Circles, Allemandes, & Circumference</span></b></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">...</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">At times there has been discussion about how a circle left ¾, swing someone is a 6, then 10 beat set of figures. I think of it as 8 & 8, but let dancers do whatever they want. Then we have a circle left ¾, ring balance, California twirl. The timing of this is definitely 8, 4, 4.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It is easy to have a good connection, give good weight in a circle ¾, and make it last 6 or 8 beats by expanding or contracting the circle. Aware dancers will adjust to make the move fit the timing of the dance. Circle left ¾ into a balance: make the circle bigger so the path is a bit longer. Want that extra two beats of swing? Contract the circle, and get there early…<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>