Larry Jennings, originator of the give and take figure, would concur -- the swing is part and parcel of the call. He would hold forth for a few minutes, explaining that dancers should take their opposite's reciprocal free hand, avoid entanglements with their current partner, and execute movement together and backward in a zesty four beats to allow twelve counts of swing time. And he'd mention that the dancer being drawn across the set should offer a bit of resistance, but not too much. Ridge

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:20 AM, Colin Hume colin@colinhume.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:35:01 -0800, Erik Hoffman Erik@ErikHoffman.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
> Looks like it's missing a couple swings.

I see "Give and Take" as "come forward, draw the opposite person back to your side and swing them - in other words I see the swing as part of the
move, like the swing in "Gypsy meltdown" or the California twirl in "Dive through". In the eponymous book, Larry Jennings says (page 3):

GIVE-AND-TAKE: The "swingers"," a man and a woman facing across the set, meet, join free hands, retreat to the designated side of the set, and
prepare to swing. Unless otherwise specified, the dancers retreat to the man's side."

Colin Hume

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