23 Dec
2009
23 Dec
'09
10:40 p.m.
Hi Rickey,
Having just called this last week in San Francisco, I can confirm that I've seen it
both ways you describe. I normally have both
the women's and men's line balance as left and right, just so it's consistent.
Another variant I see is that at the end of the
gent's allemande, some gents don't want to do the balance at all and just go swing
their neighbor. I personally feel this looses
the nicety of the line-of-4 wave (which is how I learned it), but
what's-a-caller-to-do? I use reminder nudges by occaisionally
re-calling just the "find your neighbor going into a wave and balance" line, but
eventually you just let the dancers dance, yes?
Enjoy!
Ric Goldman
letsdance(a)rgoldman.org
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[mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Rickey
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 2:07 PM
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Trip to Lambertville - 2 Questions
Hi,
I have two questions about Steve Zaikon-Anderson's "Trip to
Lambertville".
(1) At the end of A1 the men are in a long wavy line and they
balance. It
seems that dancers are balancing right and then left most
often. Since the
next figure is Gents Allemande Left, balancing left then
right instead would
seem better as this would make sharing weight on the gent's
allemande more
satisfying. (2) I have seen two versions of A2. In one the gent's
allemande left to their neighbor for a balance and swing. In
the other
version the gents allemande left to a wavy line of 4 across
the set, balance
in that wave and then swing their neighbor. In Nelson, NH,
where I dance a
lot this version (into the wave of 4) is how it is danced. I
am planning on
calling the dance at the Scout House in Concord MA soon and
am wondering
which version is more common there.
Thanks for whatever help you can give,
Rickey Holt,
Fremont, NH.
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