March 5, 2002, 8:09 a.m. (Message 29267, in reply to message 29250)
Greetings, As Chris suggested that I put the ladies' perspective, I shall put pen to paper so to speak. I can't really remember learning a Ladies Chain when I first started dancing (well it was nearly 40 years ago!) but I do remember that nobody thought it was a nice formation. Like Malcolm, I was taught it in the Prelim. class by Duncan Macleod and basically that is how I have always done it - at least it is in my mind - reality now may be something different. I don't have a concept of a diagonal line. I do think that the sets are now wider than they were even 30 years ago so the lady cannot quite reach the opposite side of the set at the end of 2 bars but makes the movement more of a flowing one. Perhaps we should think of it as 4 and 4 rather than 2 and 2 and 2 and 2. Helen -- _ _ |_|_ |_| Malcolm & Helen Brown - York (UK) - x.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx (Tir-Nan-Og) _ |_|_ |_| _|_| Connecting via NETCOM Internet Ltd |_|