4 Feb
2023
4 Feb
'23
9:49 p.m.
Newbie question: Why is it called a "Sicilian" circle?
While certain dances came from long ago with that label, wouldn't many/most
contras work, as long as the circle isn't too small and the 1s and 2s are
comparably active?
--jh--
On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 4:39 PM Amy Cann via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Glad you like it!
For what it's worth, at a ONS I often do a scatter mixer that's
basically half of "Haste to the Wedding" -
Circle L, circle R
Star R star L
everybody bow, promenade and find someone else
for a little, then turn the scatter promenade into the big ring and go
from there.
On 2/4/23, Winston, Alan P. <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
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Any —
That’s great! I hadn’t encountered that, and I really have to put it in
my
toolbox for ONS - way faster/more fun than
getting people who have no
idea
what a Sicilian *is* to pair up and form one.
(The best I had up to this
point was make a big circle, pick a pair and make them face, and then (in
Susan Michael’s words), say “Chain Reaction - pair up like this all the
way
around.). So this’ll be good even for symmetric
Sicilians.
— Alan
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From: Amy Cann <acann(a)putneyschool.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:11 PM
To: Winston, Alan P.
Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net; Charles Abell
Subject: Re: [Callers] Re: Sicilian Circle question
Here's how I learned:
"Everybody promenade the usual way, two-by-two around the room - now
stop where you are."
"Starting from this point right in front of me (gesture to where head
couple of center set usually stands for contras), you're going to
count off in pairs of couples and take hands four in this big ring.
"Half of you can just stay facing the usual promenade direction - you're
1s"
"Half of you will need to turn as a couple and face the 'wrong'
direction - you're 2's".
It links the role of 1s/2s to the familiar line-of-direction we use
for promenading and coupledancing
-- who feels most "normal", and who feels as if they're
accommodating/supporting.
On 2/4/23, Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> To your questions:
>
> 1: Right, the vast majority of Sicilians are completely symmetrical.
>
> 2: Because of this, I don't think there's a default for whether CW or
CCW
> are the "1s". You can just pick
which one you want.
>
> 3. Yes, there are non-symmetric Sicilians -= I'm looking at notes for
> "The
> Molly Andrew", a waltz Sicilian; it has the 1s ("those facing
clockwise")
> do
> the figure through the 2s and then the 2s through the 1., and it's fine
so
> long as you get across who goes first. Way
better to indicate that
> visually rather than just say it.
>
> -- Alan
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> From: Charles Abell via Contra Callers
> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 12:06 PM
> To: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Re: Sicilian Circle question
>
> Hello group, It's been a while since I called a Sicilian Circle, but I
may
> soon - two questions:
>
> 1. Typically, one couple isn't considered the "ones" and the other
> "twos", right?
> 2. If there are ones and two, which couple would be considered the
> "ones"
> - CW or CCW?
> 3. If there are not typically ones and twos, has anyone tried
ascribing
> those roles for a Sicilian circle dance. That
is, I had an idea for a
> dance
> that ends with a square dance figure requiring one couple to arch first,
> thus the need for separate numbers.
>
> I did attempt to find an answer online and was not initially successful.
> Thoughts?
>
> Chuck
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