29 May
2014
29 May
'14
12:03 p.m.
[following up late after Memorial Day vacation]
On Fri, May 23, 2014, Donna Hunt wrote:
Pass the ocean; Gents cross to opposite side and Ladies take left and
turn 1/4
Swing through; all turn your neighbor by the right 1/2 and then the
gents pull by the left. (Ladies stay where they are on the side of
the set and then their partners pull by left to meet them)
hope that's clearer.
Not really ;-)
These are not the definitions used in MWSD, and I would expect some
confusion unless you both made that clear to the dancers and taught
these moves carefully using your definitions. Personally, I prefer the
MWSD definitions (with possibly some alteration for simplicity because
you know who the dancers are with your configuration):
Pass The Ocean: pass through, face partner, step to wave
Swing Thru: turn by right 1/2, turn by left 1/2 (i.e. in your case I'd
make this "neighbor turn by right 1/2, men turn by left 1/2")
If you actually really truly mean "pull by" in your definition above (as
opposed to the ending figure being still a wave), I strongly recommend
that you change the figure name to something other than "swing through".
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