Hi Don,

              I get confused when Americans use Sashay in a dance.

              Do you mean Sashay as in Roll Away with a Half Sashay – where it just means step to the side?

              Or do you mean Sashay as in the dictionary: “walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the hips and shoulders”?

              Or do you mean Gallop, where you take your partner in a Ballroom (or Two Hand) Hold and charge across using Side-Together, Side-Together steps?

              I think you mean the last one.  We always say Gallop in the UK.  It avoids a lot of confusion and is much more in keeping with the actual move.

              (Yes, yes, I know Americans have been using Sashay for a long time, and, like Humpty Dumpty, you can pay the words extra at the end of the week to make the words mean anything you want, but Gallop is such a better way of saying it!  I can’t imagine what would happen if I asked a bunch of English teenagers to Sashay across the floor :-) ).

            Happy dancing,                         

                   John                                  

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From: Callers <callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Don Veino via Callers
Sent: 21 September 2018 20:48
To: Shared Weight <Callers@sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy contras for teens

It appears that the formatting on this one may have gone awry, so here's another try:

DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE - Becket - Don Veino 20180914

A1 Left diagonal Neighbors SeeSaw Sashay* w/Partner

[Gents back to back to start, can substitute a diagonal left couple conventional SeeSaw]

Gents Allemande Left 1+1/2x, give RH to Neighbor

A2 Wave/4 across Balance Right & Left, Slide/Twirl Right

Wave/4 across Balance Left & Right, Slide/Twirl Left

B1 Neighbor Balance & Swing

B2 Gents low LH Balance (L adjust to left), Pull By & Partner Swing

[or Give & Take to Ladies, Partner Swing]

*With your Partner Sashay around your next Neighbors following the path of a SeeSaw

End effects: Wait out crossed over on left diagonal for SeeSaw

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Don Veino <sharedweight_net@veino.com> wrote:

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