20 Sep
2017
20 Sep
'17
7:37 p.m.
In the 1980s in the SF Bay Area at English dances (which was where I saw
Sicilian Circles regularly) "opposite" was the term generally used.
Nowadays if I call an evening of longways dances and include one
Sicilian, if I say "opposite" I get a lot of blank looks, so I say
'neighbor' and the problem goes away.
"Opposite" seems like a self-descriptive term but if it's not getting
used elsewhere in the evening it's a speed bump.
-- Alan
On 9/20/17 6:18 AM, Sue C. Hulsether via Callers wrote:
Does anyone have an opinion about the use of the term
“neighbor” and
the term “opposite” in a Sicilian Circle?
“Neighbor” is more correct from a contra perspective, but “opposite"
feels more correct to me from a square dance perspective.
thanks,
sue
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