18 May
2018
18 May
'18
2:27 p.m.
On Thu, May 17, 2018, Jack Mitchell via Callers wrote:
What would you call a circulate like this? Would it be a partial
circulate? Or, in the interest of not adding any more terminology, since
only half of the people are going to end up in a wave after each one, would
it be better to just say "ladies take 4 steps forward to a long wave of
ladies, gents face in", etc?
*A1* Balance Wave
Circulate (Gents Loop, ladies take 4 steps forward) to a long wave
of ladies
Balance Wave of Ladies
Circulate (ladies walk forward and face in, gents take 4 steps
forward) to a long wave of gents
*A2* Balance Wave of Gents
Gents step forward ??? N Sw
Not picturing the starting formation, so it's a bit difficult for me to
figure out what you want, but it's certainly the case that MWSD (Modern
Western Square Dancing) allows partial circulates (e.g. "Box Circulate
1 1/2" -- which typically produces exactly the formation you're
describing). If your starting formation is long waves BGBG up/down the
hall, thinking of each group of four as a box gives you the typical MWSD
starting formation for "Box Circulate 1 1/2".
I also note that MWSD has no direct equivalent to your circulate from the
wave of ladies ("promenade" could be used because it requires a face in
afterward, but it's a rarely-used gimmick) -- I would normally use two
calls to achieve the effect you want ("diamond circulate and ladies face
in").
Dunno how best to describe this using contra terminology.
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