Re: [Callers] Chains: the other side of the coin

Hi Tavi, I do teach the twirls in a Ladies' Chain, occasionally at a regular dance, but more often in style and technique workshops at festivals. If anyone wants some pointers on how to teach good twirl technique then please see my article at http://modernjive.com/history/tension.html Although this is written for a different dance style, when you get to a point where there is (albeit briefly) some lead and follow, as in a twirl, then most of this article is directly applicable to the twirls and flourishes that we do in contra dancing. Because the dance style that this article was written for has a male lead, it uses the words "man" and "lady", but you can substitute anything you like to indicate who is the twirler and who is the twirlee. I hope you find it useful. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent