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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Don,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> I get confused when Americans use Sashay in a dance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Do you mean Sashay as in Roll Away with a Half Sashay – where it just means step to the side?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Or do you mean Sashay as in the dictionary: “walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the hips and shoulders”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Or do you mean Gallop, where you take your partner in a Ballroom (or Two Hand) Hold and charge across using Side-Together, Side-Together steps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> I think you mean the last one. We always say Gallop in the UK. It avoids a lot of confusion and is much more in keeping with the actual move.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> (Yes, yes, I know Americans have been using Sashay for a long time, and, like Humpty Dumpty, you can pay the words extra at the end of the week to make the words mean anything you want, but Gallop is such a better way of saying it! I can’t imagine what would happen if I asked a bunch of English teenagers to Sashay across the floor :-) ).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Happy dancing, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> John <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Sweeney, Dancer, England john@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Callers <callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Veino via Callers<br><b>Sent:</b> 21 September 2018 20:48<br><b>To:</b> Shared Weight <Callers@sharedweight.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Callers] Easy contras for teens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It appears that the formatting on this one may have gone awry, so here's another try:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE - Becket - Don Veino 20180914<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A1 Left diagonal Neighbors SeeSaw Sashay* w/Partner<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[Gents back to back to start, can substitute a diagonal left couple conventional SeeSaw]<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2x, give RH to Neighbor<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A2 Wave/4 across Balance Right & Left, Slide/Twirl Right<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Wave/4 across Balance Left & Right, Slide/Twirl Left<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>B1 Neighbor Balance & Swing<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>B2 Gents low LH Balance (L adjust to left), Pull By & Partner Swing<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[or Give & Take to Ladies, Partner Swing]<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>*With your Partner Sashay around your next Neighbors following the path of a SeeSaw<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>End effects: Wait out crossed over on left diagonal for SeeSaw<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Don Veino <<a href="mailto:sharedweight_net@veino.com" target="_blank">sharedweight_net@veino.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> [snip]<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>