RE: Tournée - end of bar 4
Gary
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· 13 May 2010 15:42:38
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I was always taught to retain hands. But think about the "flow of the dance" - there is no logical reason to make the awkward move to release hands and then rejoin.
Gary
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From: Jim Healy [mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Tournée - end of bar 4
Greetings!
Shocked and stunned that Sophie does not have a manual to hand at work. Tut! Tut! ;o)
However, what it says for bars 2-4 is:
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2–4 Both couples dance round half-way, anti-clockwise, the two men turning their partners across in front of them on the fourth step so that all are in a line up and down the middle of the set, the women facing towards the man’s side and the men facing towards the woman’s side of the dance.
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So, no answer to Wouter's original question but I have always taught (and been taught) that both couples release one hand and retain the working hand (right at the top; left at the bottom) ready to start the turns.
HTH
Jim Healy
Perth, Scotland
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