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Rod Downey July 9, 2011, 2:49 a.m. (Message 61080)
Re: Tandem Reels (was Re: Reels in Bishop of Columbus)
Hi Anselm, your points are well taken, but I did not advocate using Falcon Reels but personally use ``swapover reels'' which is descriptive. Naming formations is something which should be done without animals, birds, nor references to particular dances. best rod On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Anselm Lingnau wrote: > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 02:19:19 +0200 > From: Anselm Lingnau <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Reply-To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: Re: Tandem Reels (was Re: Reels in Bishop of Columbus) > > Rod Downey wrote: > >> It is unfortunate that because of >> the penetration of the RSCDS books compared to privately published ones >> formations often become attributed to the first RSCDS source rather than >> the original place someone published. > > »The Flight of the Falcon« is in »Anniversary Tensome«, which was published to > commemorate the 10th anniversary, in 1992, of the RSCDS Sutton Coldfield > branch. The late Barry Priddey was probably more timely about publishing his > anniversary books than yours truly, so it is reasonable to assume that the > book actually came out at around that time. > > »Pelorus Jack«, before the RSCDS picked it up for Book 41 in 2000, appeared in > Barry Skelton's »Dolphin Book«, which is dated 1994 (along with a whole bunch > of other dances featuring the same style of reel). With private publication of > dance books being as Rod describes, and with Barry Priddey being based in the > UK and Barry Skelton in New Zealand, it is not at all unlikely that we have a > case of »parallel invention« here, especially as it is impossible to say after > the fact exactly when the two Barrys came up with the actual dances, as > opposed to publishing the books. So, at least from the accessible evidence, I > personally would be hesitant about making statements like »These so-called > ›dolphin reels‹ must be called ›falcon reels‹ because Priddey had them first«. > > Which is not to say that maybe it wasn't one of the Society's brightest ideas > to call the formation a »tandem reel« in the Manual. It is probably sensible > to stay away from cutesy formation names involving animals (much like we're > told to stay away from cutesy formation names involving kitchen utensils > except for porridge stirrers), but I would defy anyone riding a two-seater > bicycle to change places twice while going around a tight figure-of-eight > curve. > > Anselm > -- > Anselm Lingnau, Mainz/Mayence, Germany ................. xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. -- William Shakespeare >
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