I think it helps to explain the WHY of why you would want to turn over your right shoulder rather than to the left. To a newbie that might seem random.
For people who are just trying to memorize moves, it makes no more sense to spin right than to spin left. (It all feels terribly non-intuitive, and saying spin over your RIGHT shoulder won’t stick because they don’t know WHY right rather than left and there are too many other things to memorize.) But if you say “you want to spin to your right because you’re already turning to your right to take that person’s place, so if you want to spin, just continue that turn, spinning in the same direction you’re already turning” then they’ll realize they don’t have to MEMORIZE which way to turn—they just need to move in the direction they want to go.
Happy to explain the weird overly-cognitive folks to you. ;-)
Becky


On Sep 30, 2019, at 4:02 PM, joe micheals via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I’m joining the conversation late here so if already discussed forgive me…but when dancers fight momentum.  Like turning over their left shoulder on a Petronella.  I try to point out how joyful it is for me going over the right shoulder but i wonder if it is nature VS nurture when I see it persist…thoughts?
On Sep 29, 2019, at 5:44 AM, tom hinds via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Alan,

You raise an interesting question.  After I’ve had time to sleep on it, I’ve come up with some other issues to raise and.discuss.

I’m curious if you have a beginning workshop before the dance.

In my opinion the skills needed for a new dancer to not only survive their first dance but to actually enjoy it are many   And that means having a beginning session that approximates as close as possible the dance itself.  

In your email you mention larks and ravens.  If you do have a beginning workshop, are the newbies given the opportunity to practice/react to their new titles?   Not having that opportunity to practice reacting to their new titles may cause a bit of confusion on the dance floor.

Tom


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