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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Seth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>1) Larry Jennings has a whole section on this in Give-and-Take. Page 42: Effective Lingo.<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'> He suggests that you don’t need any fancy names. Just use “Twirl to Swap”. As you do the walk-through you tell the dancers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Initial facing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Final facing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Which hands are joined<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'> You are quite right that Star Thru and California Twirl use the same hands (though Larry appears to have Star Thru wrong in his table!). The different is the initial facing, so one is a 90 degree turn, the other is 180 degrees.<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 have heard the opposite-hand California Twirl called a Nevada Twirl in California - I don’t think they know where Jersey is! Larry calls it a Courtesy Twirl.<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 agree with Lisa that we should try to use existing terminology correctly in order to avoid confusion.<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 style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And I wish that callers would use more of the useful terms. For example, many dancers must be confused by the words “Pass the Ocean”. They must wonder what that has to do with getting into a Short Wavy Line. If the callers called it an Ocean Wave, and explained that the call was short for “Pass Through to an Ocean Wave” I suspect it would be a lot easier to teach!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And Tidal Wave sounds so much better than Long Wavy Line. Or maybe that’s just me! :-)<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'>2) Part of the difference is what move you did before the Circle Left 3/4 and what comes after it. Circle Left 3/4 is 6 beats/steps. If it is sandwiched between two swings* then the dancers will be very happy to finish on the diagonal, get straight into the swing, and have two extra beats for the second swing. But if you have different moves before and after then you may want the circle to take the full 8 beats. If you want a circle-based move next then you might want to slide left first to absorb some of the time and finish the circle at the right time to start the next move. If you want to fall back into lines after the circle then you might want to go straight into the circle on the diagonal so there is time to fall back at the end of the circle.<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'> Whether the difference will actually affect the timing and flow once the dancers get into the groove is another matter entirely.<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'>* The sequence <Swing; Circle Left 3/4; Swing> takes up (nearly) half a dance without doing anything interesting. I believe that it is far too over-used. Choreographers, please be more creative! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs <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='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Tepfer, Seth via Callers<br><b>Sent:</b> 21 March 2019 16:57<br><b>To:</b> callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Callers] Opposite StarThru and functional difference in LD v Slide<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Two questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>1) We have box the gnat (right hand to right hand), swat the flea (left hand to left hand), and star thru (Lark/Gent right hand to Lady/Raven left hand). What is the name of the opposite of a star thru (Lark/Gent left hand to Lady/Raven right hand)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>2) What is the functional difference between slide left circle left 3/4 and on the left diagonal circle left 3/4?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Seth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>