[Callers] Definition, description

[Amy Wimmer via Callers]

Thanks JD, et al, for your replies. I now know what to do!
-Amy



> On May 2, 2015, at 10:11 PM, JD Erskine via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> On 02/May/15 17:47, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:
>> 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
>
> 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
>
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