24 Mar
2011
24 Mar
'11
7:16 p.m.
On 3/24/2011 10:51 AM, Tina Fields wrote:
This is such a rich topic, key for making the dances
inclusive and fun. John,
thanks for opening it up. It would make a great hands-on workshop at a dance
camp.
In the meantime, I've not heard two terms you used. What are:
* a "Lindy Anchor" (on Lines Forward & Back)
* A "North Country Ladies' Chain"?
I have no idea what a "Lindy Anchor" is, but Hugh Stewart describes a
North Country Ladies' Chain this way in his Elements of English Country
Dance (<http://www.srcf.ucam.org/round/dances/elements>):
In a /North Country Ladies Chain/ the woman follows the same path, but
the man collects her with his left hand, holds it above her head so she
goes under his arm and then while he still faces in the same direction
he transfers her hand from his left to his right so that they end
standing side by side holding inside hands. Rather than fumbling to
change hands behind his back an accepted alternative is for the man to
turn to keep looking at her as he changes hands.
(I'm having trouble picturing it; I'd have to get up from the computer
to try it).
--Nick