In addition to this important point, for the Give-and-Take dancers take only two steps forward before one dancer is drawn back to the other dancer’s side for a swing. Larry Jennings was particularly emphatic about the footwork. The list of good ladies-side Give-and-Take dances is long. It includes "Mystery Dance #3" and "Wedding Wonderland" by Linda Leslie, and "Freighthoppin’“ by Bob Dalsemer. … Robert Golder

On Mar 6, 2020, at 4:26 AM, Colin Hume via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 08:49:57 +0000, Ken Panton via Contra Callers wrote:
One idea: give and take BUT everyone take hands in long lines going forward then ladies pull P back to her side for
swing.

A lot of callers teach Give and Take as starting in long lines, but that's not how Larry Jennings invented it.  It
starts in a shoulder-waist hold - as you would have if you opened out after a swing - I find it much more satisfactory
that way.

There are a number of dances where the ladies pull in the Give and Take, for instance "Hemodynamic Contra"
by Andrea Nettleton.

Colin Hume

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