26 Aug
2009
26 Aug
'09
5:14 a.m.
Tina Fields wrote:
Men in Plaid has a Gent's Chain. With which hand is this typically
done? Gents pull by R as ladies do, or by L?? I just called a dance
this weekend with this move, and a discussion with the male dancers
about this both ahead of time and afterwards yielded mostly that
they're unaccustomed to the move. The dance I called had this chain
followed by a 1/2 hey, and one thing that is clear is that they have
to be congruent (e.g., gents chain by L --> gents pass by L to start
the hey).
I've only ever danced gents chains as the mirror image of ladies
chains (pull by left to start). As someone who dances both roles a
good bit, I don't like the move: it feels like someone calling a
counter clockwise swing.
Jeff