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  Bruce Herbold July 9, 2011, 3:21 a.m. (Message 61082)

  Re: Tandem Reels (was Re: Reels in Bishop of Columbus)

  If so what do YOU call petronella turns?
  
  
  Bruce Herbold
  
  On Jul 8, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Rod Downey <xxx.xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx.xx> wrote:
  
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  > 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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