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3 Hands Across Print

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Can you please advise if there is a recommended technique for the joining of hands in the hub of 3 hands across?
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Allemande Print

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“When dancing an allemande, some people have their hands and arms in allemande hold by the end of the previous phrase, others lift them on the first beat of the first bar of the allemande.  Is there a standard way of starting an allemande?”
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Back to Back Print

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What shape should this be?  Is it a rounded triangle or a four- sided kite?
Is the passing back to back principally on bar 2, or does it also use bar 3?
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Book 46 - notes from teachers Print

Notes on dances in Book 46 from teachers at Summer School 2010
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Bows & Curtseys Print

Clarification of when and how the dancing couple should acknowledge each other during the dance.

Question: Has there been a decision that the dancing couple should acknowledge each other with a bow / curtsey in 3rd place, before stepping down to 4th place.
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Diagonal Rights & Lefts Print

Defining whether the formation lasting 8 bars which involves three couples should be called "Diagonal Rights & Lefts" or be called "Two, half Diagonal Rights & Lefts"

Question: Should the formation which lasts 8 bars, and involves three couples, be called "Diagonal Rights & Lefts" or "Two, half Diagonal Rights & Lefts"? (i.e. the last 8 bars of "The Whistling Wind")
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Half Poussette Print

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I have a query about the Half Poussette (strathspey) - when do 1st lady and 2nd man change back to right foot - is it permissible after 2 bars or do they finish the figure before changing feet at the end of 4 bars?
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Hands Across Print

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During verbally coaching is it good practise to use the term wheel to describe the formation hands across?
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Lead down the middle and up Print

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Should hands be joined at chest height or at waist height?  How should dancers move in to meet at the start of the formation, do they curve in or dance diagonally down?
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Pas de Basque Print

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I have recently been told that the jete in the pas de basque begins on the third beat but does not finish until the fourth beat of the measure (reel time). In other words, the leg in jete should not be fully extended on beat three, but reaches extension sometime during the fourth beat. Please tell me whether that is correct, and whether completing the jete by the end of the third beat would be considered wrong and result in failure if taught in that way in an examination?

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Pas de Basque Print

Clarification of the 3rd position used in dancing Pas de Basque

Question: Is the third position used in the pas de basque different from that used in skip change, and should the feet come into contact?
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Reel of Three Print

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When the manual uses the phrase, "dances round the loop by his right", does this meant the dancer's right shoulder is towards the center of the loop? if, should bar 3-4 of the basic reel of three across the dance (6.23.2) read that the 2nd man dances round the loop by his left (rather thank his right)?

 
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