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M Quinton

M Quinton

Oct. 9, 2001, 12:16 a.m. (Message 27795)

Can anyone clear up a query on bars 21-22 in Jack O'Carron?   I have two
sets of instructions -one gives the two circles of three dancing to the
right ie.anti- clockwise , and the other to the left (clockwise). The first
would appear to be better as one would start with the right foot, which is
free after the setting, but I have usually found at dances that people go to
the left. As I have to teach it this week I would like to teach the correct
version.
Thanks
Mary
Deal UK
Marjorie McLaughlin

Marjorie McLaughlin

Oct. 9, 2001, 12:47 a.m. (Message 27796, in reply to message 27795)

Mary,

The instructions that appear in Volume II of the Imperial Book are:

"21-24  First lady with second couple, first gentleman with fourth couple,
slip three hands halfway round moving anti-clockwise and open out into two
lines across the dance . . ."

It is easier to move to the right after the pas de basque, but I suppose the
movement you've observed is because our instinct with circles is to begin to
the left. This is one case where differences of opinion in execution of the
movement, or differences in what one has been taught could cause problems.

Good luck,

Marjorie McLaughlin
San Diego, CA
Brian Charlton

Brian Charlton

Oct. 9, 2001, 1:34 a.m. (Message 27799, in reply to message 27795)

G'Day,

The original instructions say:

First lady with second couple, first gentleman with fourth couple, slip
three hands halfway round moving anticlockwise .....

There is no substitute for the original!!

Brian Charlton,
Sydney, Australia.
M Quinton

M Quinton

Oct. 10, 2001, 12:53 a.m. (Message 27827, in reply to message 27795)

Many thanks, Marjorie, Brian and Eric for your help with the clearing up of
the direction for the circles in Jack O'Carron.It is as I thought, people
are dancing what they think the instructions should be rather than what they
are!
Mary
Deal UK

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