[SCA-Dance] ly bens/parson's
Kelley Rambo
Kelley_Rambo at antiochne.edu
Mon May 19 13:12:31 EDT 2008
>Take inside hands as a couple (each man takes his woman's hand, her
> left hand resting on his right hand),
>Double forward,
>Double forward,
>Split and rejoin:
> Man 3 singles forward (step, feet together, step, feet together,
> step, feet together -- so the rhythm is step, pause, step,
> pause, step, pause)
> -- simultaneous with
> Woman 3 singles back (step, together, step, together,
> step, together)
> On the last beat, the man turns single right, halfway around, so
> he's facing down the set, and we do a very brief
> acknowledgement (a nod) to the partner
> Double back to rejoin one's own partner as a couple
> Arm left with partner halfway around (so the man is now facing up
> the set on the inside of the circle and the woman facing down
> on the outside)
> On the last beat, the woman twirls (so both are now facing up the
> set, but improper)
>The same "split and rejoin" starting from the current position,
> which means that the man and woman roles are swapped
> and at the end they're back proper again
>Take inside hands,
>Single forward, single back, drop hands, turn single outwards
> (man turns left, woman turns right)
>
>Repeat until the CD is done.
>
>We did have problems with collisions during the backing-up part. We
>found that it was best to do the split and rejoin angling a little
>away from the circle, so the inside people curve a little towards the
>center and the outside people swing out a little.
Yes, I think that's the part that we got tangled in. I posted a link to
the video that we learned from in a response to Justin. I think just
turning slightly would have kept us from getting tangled. It's been a
while since we tried it, so maybe it's time to do again.
Thanks,
cate
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