[Bg-dance] Oopsie on Grene Gynger
Tim McDaniel
tmcd at panix.com
Mon Jun 4 08:48:55 PDT 2012
Grene Gynger was the new Gresley I taught, the one that starts
- a trace: trett, retrett, double forward; repeat
- forward heart pattern
- take one hand with your partner and take two slips down
I specified the trailing hand: "lord's" side left hand taking "lady's"
side right hand. Star complained that it felt awkward to take the
trailing hand, which is why we tried two hands and then none.
I rechecked the instructions from Emma and Martin. They (really she,
I think) *did* specify leading hand. I had been going by the diagram
but I must have been holding it upside down.
Given that
- Gwenllian has concerns about her shoulder
- "rake" doesn't specify anything about hands or not
- we didn't in practice need to hold a hand to keep good distance
while raking
I plan to teach it and remember it without hands.
Nevertheless, I would like to try it one more time while holding the
leading hand just to see how well it works.
Danihel de Lindocollino
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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