Grand Chain

Priscilla M. Burrage

Message 20632 · 5 Mar 2000 16:23:58 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 XXxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote:

> {snip discussion of grand chain} It helps if the dancers are forewarned
> that the
> difference between across the set (about 6 feet) in ONE bar and up (or down)
> the set (about 3-4 feet) in TWO bars,

Whoops, am I mis-reading you, cece? I was taught that the distance from
the first man to the first woman was the same as the distance from the
first man to the third man.

Nevertheless, if you regard a grand circle as a rectangle instead of as a
circle (while being danced -- yes, I know it begins and ends as a square),
then, there is a problem of speeding upand slowing down. If it's a
circle, there is not.

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Priscilla Burrage Vermont US
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