Re: [Callers] Ralph Page Style

I started dancing in the Boston area in the late 60s and the transitions B2->A1 in Chorus Jig and Rory O’More were exactly as Jim has described them. It was in fact fun to vary the transition from one form to the other to make the dance more interesting. Both rolling into a cast off and pulling across (after moving back but not letting go from the swing) were both great fun. It needs to be remembered however that the style of swing was generally different back then. Most people used some form of barrel hold (as was promoted by Ted S.) rather than a ballroom hold. (Also important for dancing in often very crowded halls.) Bob