[Callers] Re: Does P swings (across set) work for you?

Hi, John. I do think it's interesting that (North American) contra rules are that both couples swinging in the middle at once is too crowded, but (North American) ECD is totally fine with everybody doing two-hand turns (which have a bigger radius) at once, and a Community Dances Manual dance like "Up the Sides and Down the Middle" is fine with having five couples swinging in the middle at once. ECD typically uses up more space than contra (my rule of thumb is 30sqft per dancer for ECD, 24 for contra, partly because ECD does fall back, come forward and contra does forward and back) but how different in size can sets formed by hands four, sometimes by the same dancers, be? -- Alan ________________________________________ From: John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 3:48 PM To: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Re: Does P swings (across set) work for you? Hi Emily, You say, “Can get away with in in longways dances but contras are a bit tighter”. Hmm… contras ARE longways dances! How much space you need depends on the dance, not the genre. A dance like Bases Loaded is a contra, but definitely needs a bit more space up and down the room. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent