11 Oct
2016
11 Oct
'16
12:07 p.m.
My opinion is "current Neighbor", from a dancer's standpoint, is equivalent
to simply saying "Neighbor" (but with possible added confusion). Current is
contextual in conventional experience, so many people would interpret it as
the closest Neighbor.
I've started trying to find remembered/distinguishing features to describe
the targeted individual in my call. For example, in my dance I posted
above, I call "...look AWAY, NEXT Neighbors Star Left, find your ALLEMANDE
Neighbor, Swing..." for the first few times through and then fall back to
simpler language once they've got it.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Chet Gray via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Does anybody have any experience with using
"original neighbor" vs
"current neighbor" in these outside-minor-set-interaction dances? My
thinking is to prefer "current neighbor" for dances with previous neighbor
interaction, and "original neighbor" for dances with future neighbor
interaction, but I don't have enough evidence for any strong decision in
the matter.