25 Mar
2017
25 Mar
'17
10:41 p.m.
To my knowledge, it depends on the dance; i.e. how many beats has the
choreographer allowed for. Some dances are timed to 2 beats zig, 2 beats
zag. Some are timed for 4 beat zig and 4 beat zag.
I believe that "Cows are Watching" (just looked online) and Weave the
Line, as examples, are the latter.
I can't recall the name of a dance with the similar zig/zag into a gents
alle L as "Cows" that, I think, has 2 beats/zig timing.
Ken
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:43:36 -0500
From: Jerome Grisanti via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
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I tend to think of the zig as four beats and the zag as four more. Four
total would be zesty or rushed, depending on the crowd and music.
Jerome
On Friday, March 24, 2017, Tom Hinds via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I believe that zig left, zag right normally takes
4 beats. If the
dancers
zag a little farther so men can easily take a
left hand that would take
an
additional 2 beats for a total of 6 counts.
I'll confirm the timing this
Saturday.
For me there's this issue of how much we ask the dancers to adjust. It
seems that asking dancers to adjust is common in English and perhaps less
common in contra.
Tom
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