[Callers] "Dixie Twirl" term

Wed Aug 7 16:44:38 PDT 2019

Hi Becky,

The most common alternative term I hear is "Thread the Needle". Thanks for
your post. It definitely merits consideration. One other term out there
that may need revising is "Nantucket Sleighride". (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_sleighride)        Chuck Abell uses
"Sow the Wheat".

Regards,

Greg

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:37 PM Becky Liddle via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I hesitate to make my first post to a new (to me) list be about culturally
> sensitive terminology because I fear that that sometimes stirs up
> controversy, but this is a remarkable coincidence:
>
> I finally got around to joining this list yesterday because I wanted to
> ask the list whether anyone knows a less objectionable term for the Dixie
> Twirl move: I encountered the move in a dance I was interested in learning
> to call,
> [image: Image 2019-08-05 at 4.49 PM.jpg]but I’d be unwilling to call
> using a dance term with the word “Dixie” in it. Then I realized I could
> just say “middles arch, rights lead under” and thus both avoid the term
> “Dixie” and avoid making my first post on this group be about culturally
> sensitive terminology. :-)
>
> But then in receiving my very first Caller’s Digest, I see a
> recommendation for using the term Dixie in a dance name. So I’m getting up
> my courage to post, hoping that I’m not wading into a hornet’s nest...
>
> I would recommend against using Dixie in a dance name or even using it as
> a dance term. Please allow me to explain:
>
> I lived in Alabama for 14 years. In my personal experience, Dixie is a
> term that is nearly always used by white people with warped nostalgia for
> the antebellum South (choosing to ignore the fact that things weren’t so
> great for black residents back then). I find that glorifying “Dixie” is
> done by the same folks who glorify the rebel (confederate) flag: It’s done
> supposedly in the name of honoring heritage, but its closeted purpose is to
> express longing for the "Good Old Days" when whites were in charge and
> blacks were subordinate.
>
> For those interested in the topic here’s an article that touches on the
> current controversy around the word:
> https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Heart-of-Dixie-vanishing-from-Alabama-license-1964800.php
>
> I’ll just be avoiding it. I’m planning to go with “middles arch, rights
> lead under” unless someone can suggest a better term or phrase?
>
> Thanks all, and lovely to meet you!
>
> Becky
>
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> *Date: *August 7, 2019 at 4:07:07 PM EDT
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> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 23:36:49 -0400
> From: Luke Donforth <luke.donev at gmail.com>
> To: Gregory Frock <gregfrock at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Callers at Lists.Sharedweight.net" <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Riffing on "The Nice Combination"
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> Good suggestion. And thank you all for the other variants and ideas :-D
>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:05 AM Gregory Frock <gregfrock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> For title, might I suggest "The Dixie Combination"? The couple trading
> figure is often called a Dixie Twirl, and there already exist "A New
> Combination" and "The Nice Combination".
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I was programming for tonight, and looked at Gene Hubert's classic "The
> Nice Combination" (N B&S, Dwn 4, turn as cpls, C L 3/4, P S, Ld/robin
> chain, LHS); and wondered what the simplest variant that would flow well
> with a gents/larks chain instead of a ladies/robins chain.
>
> What I've come up with is below. Anyone got a prior on it? Anyone got a
> variant with a gents/larks chain they like more?
>
> The New Combination
>
> A1 -----------
> (4,12) Neighbors balance and swing
> A2 -----------
> (6) Down the hall four line
> (4) Pair on the right make an arch, gent/lark on the left lead through,
> lady/robin on the right walks to far side, inverting the line
> (8) Come back up the hall and bend the ends
> B1 -----------
> (6) Circle left 3/4
> (10) Partners swing
> B2 -----------
> (8) Gents/Larks chain (pull by left, courtesy turn with neighbor)
> (8) Right-hand star 1x
>
> I'm planning on using Gene's original tonight in Belfast (and probably
> the vast majority of the time, it's a great dance); but I thought an
> accessible gents/larks chain would be nice.
>
> I appreciate hearing your thoughts.
>
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