Tina Fields wrote:
>
> Men in Plaid has a Gent's Chain. With which hand is this typically
> done? Gents pull by R as ladies do, or by L?? I just called a dance
> this weekend with this move, and a discussion with the male dancers
> about this both ahead of time and afterwards yielded mostly that
> they're unaccustomed to the move. The dance I called had this chain
> followed by a 1/2 hey, and one thing that is clear is that they have
> to be congruent (e.g., gents chain by L --> gents pass by L to start
> the hey).
>

I've only ever danced gents chains as the mirror image of ladies
chains (pull by left to start).  As someone who dances both roles a
good bit, I don't like the move: it feels like someone calling a
counter clockwise swing.

Jeff
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20090826/c7298536/attachment-0001.pgp>