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Rod Downey July 9, 2011, 3:34 a.m. (Message 61083)
Re: Tandem Reels (was Re: Reels in Bishop of Columbus)
alas; there are things which cannot be changed, and petronella turn is now part of the millieu. I wonder if this is what the movement was called before the RSCDS. However, it is not a good plan for the future. rod On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Bruce wrote: > Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 18:21:07 -0700 > From: Bruce <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> > Reply-To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > To: "xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx" <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Subject: 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: > >> >> >> >> 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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