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L. Friedman-Shedlov

L. Friedman-Shedlov

Re: Two Chords

March 21, 2006, 7:38 p.m. (Message 44821, in reply to message 44795)

> I agree totally! I like the idea of crossing over on the 2nd chord (although
> doing so on the first and bowing/curtseying on the 2nd would be fine too, but if
> you start trying to change this now, you'll end up with confusion for the next
> few decades).

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
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

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