I collected a dance recommended by someone and do not quite understand part of it. I need a description of what the gents are doing in B2 when they "loop over their left shoulder." Can you 'splain me? Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute A1 Nbr B&S A2 Cir L 3/4 Ptr sw B1 LLF&B Star R (hands across) B2 Bal star, ladies pull by to trade places while gents loop over their left shoulder Star L (hands across) Thanks! -Amy _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

On May 2, 2015, at 10:11 PM, JD Erskine via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Hullo Amy, Yup. At the end of the A2 the men are in their progressed places and return to them after every action they take in the B parts. The women finalise their progression with the diagonal pull-by. The bit you're asking about for the men is a Turn Single - Left (CCW). This is a loop over their left shoulder and back to where they started it, a "go around a pizza/sewer hole/round piano stool" move. No other movement or change of position like one would find in a Petronella turn. More a loop than a pivot or sharp turn on one's own axis. Like so much of dancing it is a burn-up time figure, in this case 4 beats or 2 bars. As a style/enjoyment point I'd teach the Stars (certainly the first one) with a hand-shake grasp. Compared to a pack-saddle/wrist-hold type it is nicer to balance a Star with and allows for the ladies to retain their grasp without having to switch it, for their pull-by. It also lets the men get free without any rearrangement of limbs. Here is a handy page about elements of dance at The Round http://round.soc.srcf.net/dances/elements Cheers, John -- J.D. Erskine Victoria, BC Island Dance - Folk & Country dance info - site & mail list http://members.shaw.ca/island.dance/ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net