[Callers] Box - Swat - CA - Jersey/Nevada

[John Sweeney via Callers]

And don't forget that all the terms Colin mentions have meant different
things depending on the century, the country, the style of the dance and the
personal idiosyncrasies of the dancing master/caller.

But that has never stopped people enjoying the dances!

These forums are great for helping to spread standardised usage, but as long
as the caller makes the terminology clear during the walk-through then it
works.

Happy dancing,
John

John Sweeney, Dancer, England john at modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent & DVDs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

-----Original Message-----
From: colin at colinhume.com via Callers
[mailto:callers at lists.sharedweight.net] 
Sent: 15 June 2015 18:53
To: callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Box - Swat - CA - Jersey/Nevada

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:23:54 +0000 (UTC), Susan Elberger via Callers wrote:
> The more we create esoteric names for calls the less possible that
> becomes.

"Mad Robin" is pretty esoteric.  But so are "hey", "allemande", do-si-do,
"balance" and others - we're so used to these terms we forget that they are
meaningless to non-dancers.  (OK, they might know enough to do a do-si-do,
with arms folded.)

Colin Hume

Email colin at colinhume.com      Web site http://www.colinhume.com


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