Re: [Callers] Right & Left Through

Kalia said, "a right and left through over and back (4 changes of rights and lefts for you English dancers)". Q1: Why for English dancers? Dancers in England do R&L Throughs, and I am pretty sure that ECD dancers in the USA do them as well. Q2: "Four changes" does NOT (to the best of my knowledge) have any courtesy turns in it, whereas wherever I have danced in the UK or the USA (extensively in both countries) R&L Throughs DO. How do you do a R&L Through? Q3: When the dance is proper like this, then the two men are courtesy turning each other - is that what makes the difference? In my experience the men turn shoulder to shoulder, possibly with arms around each other, but they still do a turn which wouldn't happen in "four changes". (And the ladies likewise of course.) Q4: Does anyone know how a R&L Through was done, and with what styling, back when this dance was written? Thanks. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent