Ok, sounds like I was wrong.  If the line gets inverted entirely, then Keith is correct that this dance doesn't work.  Neighbors are on the same side of the set to start the lines down, so they'll be on the same side coming back up, which won't work with a partner swing next.

I'm pretty sure I've danced this dance before, but with Lady 2 doing a normal right-hand-high, left-hand-low, while Lady 1 turns alone.  If that's not Robert's instruction then we must be missing something with the dance.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Eric Black via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Sorry,  I forgot that I have scanned images of my cards so I can check before I go home.

I misremembered, the dance as I have it from Robert Cromartie is called “Dixie Gal”.

The note about the Dixie Twirl move is:

  Dixit Twirl: don’t let go!  Left-most leads under arch made by right-most pair to other side, right-most

  sweeps across to other side.  Inverts the line, left-most down is left-most up.

This is kind of like a “Right Hand High, Left Hand Low” except that it’s a line of 4, not just 3 (usually a gent and 2 ladies).

I suppose it’s open to interpretation as to whether the “4 vs. 3” distinction warrants a different name for the move.

I’ve also heard it described as a “California Twirl for couples”.

I got it from Robert, don’t know when.  I see that it’s published in Give and Take, my copy of which is at home.  There

may be more explanation there (or rather, less?).

-Eric

Eric Black

eric@mirador.com

http://eric-black.com

On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Dave Casserly via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Yes, that's my interpretation as well (or, in Keith's words, "W2 Dixie twirls the two M, while W1 lets go and turns alone").

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

So while the rest of the line is turning itself inside out, W1 is not involved at all?  I thought W1 was part of the inversion, thus ending up on the R end of the line once it was facing up. I was having the same confusion Keith was.  So to clarify, lines of 4 down the hall after the N swing.  W2 (2nd from the L) raises R hand to swap the gents, while W1 simply turns to face up.  At the end of this maneuver all are next to their partners in the line o' 4, ready for to come back up the hall and swing.  Have I got that right?
Kalia

On 7/23/2014 10:34 AM, Dave Casserly via Callers wrote:

Ahh, I see: it's the A1/A2 where there's confusion.  It's the second

*lady* who does the right hand high, left hand low.  So, after that

move, she is facing up the set, with her neighbor in her left hand, and
her partner in her right hand.  The first lady is on the left end of the
set, facing up.  So the balance and swing is on the side of the set, not
in the middle.  The gents do NOT stay in the same place after the down
the hall; they switch places with each other when coming up.


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Keith Tuxhorn <keithlmt@gmail.com

<mailto:keithlmt@gmail.com>> wrote:

    A1/A2... I'm on the outside, holding my N's R hand... With the Dixie
    twirl, I'm still in that spot. When we bend the line, my P and I are
    above the 2s, in reversed position.
    B1: All are swinging in the center of the set. When the swing
    finishes, all are back to IMP position where they started.
    B2: With one petronella, I move to the side with my P. When I CA
    twirl, I'm turning with a N to progress.

    In B1, if the M cross to their P and swing, then you progress the
    wrong way. Is the instruction left out in B1 "W cross to P"... ?

    Keith

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