strathspey@strathspey.org:44823

simon scott

RE: Two Chords

March 21, 2006, 10:49 p.m. (Message 44823, in reply to message 44821)

A couple of people have raised this point in favor of 2 chords, but I 
would argue that two chords ALREADY causes confusion, and that hardly 
anyone is really "used" to it.  In the 16 years I have been dancing in
the 
UK, the US, and Canada, I've never been at a social dance where a large 
percentage of the room didn't end up scrambling.  Even if you remember
to 
do it, a chord just isn't enough time to cross to the other side of the 
set, so it ends up being rushed and chaotic every time.

So, obviously, I'm another vote in favor of moving to the correct place
to 
start the dance while forming sets and one chord (unless a 2nd is needed

to acknowledge another dancer in the set -- Bobby Brown's Canadian 
Breakdown is a perfect example).

Lara Friedman-Shedlov

I think Lara is so right in what she say. For me a chord is for the bow
and curtsey not for an (unnecessary) move across the set.

What do most 1C and 2C do during the second chord. Do you acknowledge
twice?

As Iain Boyd said earlier two chords would be more useful in the Dashing
White Sergeant. There they would have a valid purpose.

Simon
Vancouver