Hi Becky,

 

I’ve sometimes come across this a Paired Twirl, a Paired California Twirl, a California Four,  or an Arch and Swap (taught this way):

 

               In a line-of-4 facing all the same, middles raise an arch and, keeping hands, right-hand pair goes under the arch (led by end dancer) while left-hand pair cross over to the other side (led by the end dancer).

               End result is the same line-of-4, facing back the other way, much as a California Twirl does for 2 dancers.

 

This description also avoids any gender-specific terms in case that’s an offense issue for others.

 

Just my $.02,

Ric Goldman

 

From: Callers <callers-bounces@lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Becky Liddle via Callers
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2019 4:37 PM
To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] "Dixie Twirl" term

 

Hi all,

 

I hesitate to make my first post to a new (to me) list be about culturally sensitive terminology because I fear that that sometimes stirs up controversy, but this is a remarkable coincidence:

 

I finally got around to joining this list yesterday because I wanted to ask the list whether anyone knows a less objectionable term for the Dixie Twirl move: I encountered the move in a dance I was interested in learning to call, 

Image 2019-08-05 at 4.49 PM.jpgbut I’d be unwilling to call using a dance term with the word “Dixie” in it. Then I realized I could just say “middles arch, rights lead under” and thus both avoid the term “Dixie” and avoid making my first post on this group be about culturally sensitive terminology. :-)

 

But then in receiving my very first Caller’s Digest, I see a recommendation for using the term Dixie in a dance name. So I’m getting up my courage to post, hoping that I’m not wading into a hornet’s nest...

 

I would recommend against using Dixie in a dance name or even using it as a dance term. Please allow me to explain:

 

I lived in Alabama for 14 years. In my personal experience, Dixie is a term that is nearly always used by white people with warped nostalgia for the antebellum South (choosing to ignore the fact that things weren’t so great for black residents back then). I find that glorifying “Dixie” is done by the same folks who glorify the rebel (confederate) flag: It’s done supposedly in the name of honoring heritage, but its closeted purpose is to express longing for the "Good Old Days" when whites were in charge and blacks were subordinate. 

 

For those interested in the topic here’s an article that touches on the current controversy around the word: https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Heart-of-Dixie-vanishing-from-Alabama-license-1964800.php

 

I’ll just be avoiding it. I’m planning to go with “middles arch, rights lead under” unless someone can suggest a better term or phrase?

 

Thanks all, and lovely to meet you! 

 

Becky



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Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 23:36:49 -0400
From: Luke Donforth <luke.donev@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
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Good suggestion. And thank you all for the other variants and ideas :-D

On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:05 AM Gregory Frock <gregfrock@gmail.com> wrote:


For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading
figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New
Combination" and "The Nice Combination".

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:


Hello all,

I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The
Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin
chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well
with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain.

What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a
variant with a gents/larks chain they like more?

The New Combination

A1 -----------
(4,12) Neighbors balance and swing
A2 -----------
(6) Down the hall four line
(4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through,
lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line
(8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends
B1 -----------
(6) Circle left 3/4
(10) Partners swing
B2 -----------
(8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor)
(8) Right-hand star 1x

I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably
the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an
accessible gents/larks chain would be nice.

I appreciate hearing your thoughts.

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