On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 17:18:12 -0600, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote:
� ��It appears that in that book the dance formation is
given as a longways, duple, improper set. �Not the circle of
�couple facing couple that we typically connect to the Sicilian circle formation. �The
dance just before it is the
�Spanish Dance and gives as the formation, "The first couple at the head of the room,
with their backs to the wall;
�the next couple facing the first; the third couple with their backs to the second; the
fourth couple facing the
�third; and all the rest are formed in the same manner, every two couples facing each
other, without regard to
�numbers."
� ��Then it says, "As each couple arrives at the end of the room, they must turn
round and wait for the next couple to
�meet them, the gentlemen being careful to have their ladies always on the right hand.
� ��This seems to be describing a longways dance instead of a circle. �Under Sicilian
Circle it says, "This dance is
�formed precisely the same as the Spanish Dance," so that would seem to be a longways
dance as well.
If you look in Dick's Quadrille Call Book page 101:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=013/musd…
it says much the same thing:
"In this dance the disposition of the couples is exactly the same as for the Spanish
Dance (see diagram on page 97)"
However on page 97 for Spanish Dance it says:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=013/musd…
"The best arrangement is to place the couples in a complete circle, each alternating
couple facing the opposite way to the rest"
and there's a diagram confirming this.
Colin Hume
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