17 Sep
2023
17 Sep
'23
9:40 a.m.
On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:40:56 -0300 (ADT), Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers wrote:
I am about to introduce Mad Robins to my group for the
first time in its 15 year history (reminder, we are an island
here in Halifax where 99+ percent of the dancers never dance anywhere else)....
and I was feeling reluctant to use the term M.R., since it goes against the principle I
try to use here for our
"always lots of beginners" group, of using intuitive, descriptive names for my
figures. But also a bit torn because
I do love the term "mad robin" and we will probably only use it in one dance :)
I use the term "shuttle", which I think is very descriptive, though I point out
to the experienced dancers that it's
often known as a "mad robin". And I don't understand why it's so
popular in North America for both English and Contra.
I had been seriously considering the term "Mirror
Do-si-do" as an alternative - because to me, this describes the
term perfectly
I don't think it does. If there were a mirror down the length of the hall and
let's assume we're in starting positions
with ones improper, a mirror do-si-do would be the ones close together sliding down the
middle and the twos further
apart sliding up the outside, and then the twos sliding down the middle and the ones
sliding up the outside.
Colin Hume