[Callers] Re: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4

So I remember the 4 facing 4 configuration as being called a "Portland Fancy" or "as in Portland Fancy". The "Portland Fancy" dance itself dates back to the 1800's and has several versions. Here's a 32 bar one from David Millstone: https://youtu.be/J3o2m1aNq0M The B part has "lines forward and back" and then pass thru to start again.. Pretty clear what F&B means, but when I call the dance I always call "lines of 4 forward and back" as several others have suggested on this thread. In doing my research on this, I came across this video entitled Portland Fancy with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. This is from the 1950 film "Summer Stock" where an old time barn dance disintegrates into a swing dance.. Kind of says what was happening back in the 50's with traditional dancing but somehow, we survived.. heh heh.. here it is: https://youtu.be/ILjNJ-4RUYE bill <https://youtu.be/ILjNJ-4RUYE> ________________________________ From: Michael Dyck via Contra Callers &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 2:33 PM To: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net &lt;contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: [Callers] Re: "long lines forward+back" in 4-face-4 On 2022-10-18 9:26 a.m., Michael Dyck wrote: Whoops, that should be: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibibl… (Checked it this time.) -Michael _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net