Spring Ball & Brunch weekend

[flammifera]

I actually typed up a detailed entry on the Spring Ball & Brunch. But, it's at home on my laptop, and so far, I haven't had a chance to post it while I've been home in the evenings. Also contributing to my disinclination to make that lengthy and general post is my desire instead to highlight a select few occurrences from the weekend, special

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[flammifera]

but I do think that it's not quite a California twirl in Scottish, since it's generally somewhat slower, and involves dancing around one's partner (or neighbor) rather than simply pulling past.

Fair enough. I've edited the entry to be a little more precise; what I meant was that the figure was *generally* a California twirl.

The best solution would probably be to say "California twirl" and then describe it anyway, as is commonly done for some of the less common official figures.

I completely agree. And I certainly realize that not every Scottish dancer would know what a 'California twirl' is from a talkthrough. Again, I suppose that I wasn't quite precise; I basically meant that the MC should have the freedom to at least mention, 'like a California twirl', before or after the figure's described. Because there were at least one or two people I know of (say, Cameron, who's familiar with English and contra and Scottish, but perhaps not as experienced with formal Scottish talkthroughs) who were confused by all the words, but would've known what to do if told 'California twirl'.

[tirerim]

Yeah. It's also not entirely the MCs' fault, though, since they tend to follow what the language of the dance instructions says. (And yes, they can modify it, of course, and are expected to if it says something ridiculous that can be abbreviated to the name of a standard Scottish figure, but they aren't really required to for something like a California twirl.)

[flammifera]

It's also not entirely the MCs' fault, though, since they tend to follow what the language of the dance instructions says.

Oh yes. I am specifically *not* blaming the MCs. ;)

[tirerim]

Well, imho that's the way to go, but the RSCDS might still officially frown on it. It's not like they can actually do anything about it, though.