Re: [Callers] United We Dance - final transition

Rickey, It might help dancers to know that at the long wavy lines, the neighbor in their right hand at the beginning of the dance will be in their left hand at the end of the dance, which is aided by the left hand star. Perhaps if you suggest the man GENTLY take the left hand of the women in front of him at the end of the star (original neighbor) and face out, that would guide both of them to the correct position. The women coming at him from his right will be his new neighbor for the next round of the dance. This is a very nice transition. It'll be fun to experiment with it in some new dances. Mark Hillegonds Ann Arbor, MI Email: mhillegonds(a)comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rickey Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 3:37 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] United We Dance - final transition Hi, In “United We Dance”, by Bob Isaacs, I am curious how you tell people to re-form the long wavy lines after the star in B2, to continue the dance. To set up these lines from an improper formation before the dance starts it seems sufficient to me just to tell the men to turn and face out and take their neighbor’s right in their right. It is the transition from the star left that ends the dance to that long wavy line that puzzles me some – for the women. It seems that the men can naturally end that star facing out, but it seems that the women will end that star also facing out and will need to take an extra turn to face in to set up that long wavy line for the continuation of the dance. How do you tell folks to make this transition? Other comments are, of course welcome, but it is this transition that, for the women, I am wondering about. The full dance is below. Thanks, Rickey Holt, Fremont Starting formation: “Right hand long wave with neighbor”. I take this to mean two such waves, down the sides. (A1) Balance and ROM slide Right / Balance and ROM slide Left (A2) Balance and swing Neighbor (B1) Circle left ¾ / Swing Partner (B2) Ladies Chain / Star Left. _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers