23 Jul
2014
23 Jul
'14
1:57 p.m.
Yes, the 1’s fall back into line. I call “end the swing facing up, 2’s cast up the
outside” and teach it as the 2’s coming together to [gently] push off each other in the
middle, as many English dancers do. Then the 1’s step back into line (and don’t step on
the 2’s going up the outside).
After the 2’s swing, I also say “end facing up” and the 1’s cast down the outside, then
the 2’s separate and fall back into line.
As for the CW/CCW and needing to free a right hand, isn’t that actually typical of any
cast off?
-Eric
On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:11 AM, James Saxe <jim.saxe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So, Eric, in your alternating version of "Chorus
Jig", what
happens after the #1 couples swing? Do they fall back to
proper sides (M1 to caller's R; W1 to caller's L) and the 2s
cast up the hall from a standing start? And then after the
2s have their partner swing, do they also fall back proper
(M2 to caller's R, W2 to caller's L? If dancers are indeed
proper (men to caller's R, women to callers L) in A1 and A2,
regardless of whether 1s or 2s are busy, then, as I figure
it, dancers alternately experience cw and ccw rotation during
the assisted cast off (by contrast with the ordinary "Chorus
Jig" where it's always ccw for men and cw for women) and it
will be M2 rather than W2 who needs to free his right arm
from around his same-sex neighbor's back in order to start
contra corners. Do I have this right, or am I missing
something?
--Jim
On Jul 23, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Eric Black via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I’ve done an alternating contra corners of Chorus Jig since shortly after Jim Kitch
started the trend. Hadn’t thought about whether it would work for any contra corners
dance.
>
> Eric Black
> eric(a)mirador.com http://eric-black.com
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>
> On Jul 23, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Kiran Wagle once pointed out that, after a post DC dance discussion, some people
discovered that any contra corners dance could be turned into an alternating corners
dance. Having considered this on most, if not all, of the contra corners dances I know, I
don't feel right about calling an old contra corners dance by a new name just because
I called it in the alternating style. With that in mind:
>>
>> Thanks for telling me the name of the dance! I'm sure I the Hillsboro Jig in
my collection.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ~erik hoffman
>> oakland, ca
>>
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