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Andrew Smith

Re: The RSCDS dance publication process

Aug. 8, 2008, 7:07 p.m. (Message 53353, in reply to message 53349)

Yes, the turns are 4-bar turns and "give...briefly" are the operative words, 
though "touch" might have been better.
Malcolm interpreted this as "taking hands" which to my mind implies a longer 
contact, and no, I find it neither strange nor difficult. In a very large 
set it might be, but even when the dance was done as part of the Thursday 
night dem in the Younger Hall in a generously spaced set each dancing couple 
were very nearly shoulder to shoulder as they came round, so hand contact 
would not have been at all difficult.
I do not intend to get in to a "which beat of which bar" debate. It is a 
suggestion which I approve and it is up to dancers to use it or not 
according to their own preference and skill level.
Andrew Smith,
Bristol, UK.