[Callers] Nerdy dances

[Luke Donforth]

Thank you for the historic perspective Colin!

I don't call that dance that often myself, it's rather a niche piece :-)

It's an odd-ball enough dance that I use the long-lines version as a point
of connection to the whole set. I certainly wouldn't object to a caller
using an arm-around variant as couples; but I think taking away the ability
for the lines to connect for the diagonal motion would add to the
complexity.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Colin Hume via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:51:14 -0500, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
> > Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-)
>
> Luke -
>
> I'm not likely to call contras with swing dance moves, but I noticed that
> in typical Becket fashion yours finishes with a partner
> swing.  It then starts again with "Long lines yearn forward on the left
> diagonal, then Gents take new neighbor home and swing".
>
> Surely this is a "Give and take", which works better if you keep your arm
> round your partner when going forward on the left
> diagonal rather than joining hands in long lines.  That's how Larry
> Jennings defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to
> know that.
>
> Colin Hume
>
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