8 Jul
2022
8 Jul
'22
1:35 p.m.
Hi all,
I understand that some people object to the use of the word
Dixie (I don't necessarily agree, but please let's not get into that now).
I am currently using "Grand Twirl" as an alternative name for
a Dixie Twirl, since "Grand" generally implies "everyone" and the
move
applies to all four dancers in the line.
Has anyone come up with a better term?
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
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8 Jul
8 Jul
2:11 p.m.
Does this figure actually need a name? It's rare enough that I would just
describe what the dancers do, and prompt it with a shortened version of
those words ("make an arch, come back up" or something)
Jeff
On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 9:35 AM John Sweeney via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I understand that some people object to the use of the word
Dixie (I don’t necessarily agree, but please let’s not get into that now).
I am currently using “Grand Twirl” as an alternative name
for a Dixie Twirl, since “Grand” generally implies “everyone” and the move
applies to all four dancers in the line.
Has anyone come up with a better term?
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music
Ceilidhs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
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2:25 p.m.
Hi Jeff,
The Caller’s Box has 64 dances so far, and I just wrote another… I would
have thought that was enough. Maybe not.
They give “As a couple, California Twirl” but I am not too keen on that.
Happy dancing,
John
From: Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>
Sent: 08 July 2022 15:11
Does this figure actually need a name? It's rare enough that I would just describe
what the dancers do, and prompt it with a shortened version of those words ("make an
arch, come back up" or something)
Jeff
Hi all,
I understand that some people object to the use of the word Dixie (I don’t
necessarily agree, but please let’s not get into that now).
I am currently using “Grand Twirl” as an alternative name for a Dixie
Twirl, since “Grand” generally implies “everyone” and the move applies to all four dancers
in the line.
Has anyone come up with a better term?
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
3:17 p.m.
I like "Grand Twirl." If you want something with a similar mouthfeel to the
original, though, you could try "Daisy Twirl"?
On Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 10:25 AM John Sweeney via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
The Caller’s Box has 64 dances so far, and I just wrote
another… I would have thought that was enough. Maybe not.
They give “As a couple, California Twirl” but I am not too
keen on that.
Happy dancing,
John
*From:* Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>
*Sent:* 08 July 2022 15:11
Does this figure actually need a name? It's rare enough that I would just
describe what the dancers do, and prompt it with a shortened version of
those words ("make an arch, come back up" or something)
Jeff
Hi all,
I understand that some people object to the use of the word
Dixie (I don’t necessarily agree, but please let’s not get into that now).
I am currently using “Grand Twirl” as an alternative name
for a Dixie Twirl, since “Grand” generally implies “everyone” and the move
applies to all four dancers in the line.
Has anyone come up with a better term?
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
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7 Oct
7 Oct
8:14 p.m.
New subject: New dance for your consideration
Hey folks please give your thoughts and suggestions on this 4x4 dance that has a column
circulate
Title: Tarab*
Author: Seth Tepfer
Formation: 4x4
A1: Long lines (8), in fours, Robins/Right hand chain to neighbor (8)
A2: Robins DSD (8), Neighbor swing (8)
B1: in fours, balance the ring (4), petronella spin to a wave of two - give neighbor right
hand (now in columns); balance (4), "circulate 2" (column circulate forward two
spaces) (4)
B2: balance (4), "circulate 2" (column circulate forward two spaces) (4); robins
turn around and partner swing; end swing facing original direction and new couples
progressed and on the other side of the 4-some
*Tarab is Arabic for a musically induced state of ecstasy or enchantment. Rhymes with
scarab.
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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