Concept: Twisted (anycall)
Used with: any call whose active's initial dance action contains a pass thru, pull by, touch, or single circling action.
Dance action: Those who start the call with a pass thru action, dance it as a no hands Touch 1/4 and Step Thru. Those who start the call with a Pull By action, dance it as 1/2 Pull By, Single Hinge, and finish the Pull By. Those who start the call with a Touch action, dance it as a Touch 1/4. Those who start the call with a single circling action, single circle an extra quarter.
Examples: From facing couples, Twisted Pass And Roll. From a single 8 chain thru with men in the middle, Twisted Right and Left Thru, Twisted Weave, Twisted Travel Thru. From a grand single 8 chain thru, Twisted Load the Boat, Twisted Chisel Thru, Twisted Plan Ahead. From heads step to a wave and heads 1/4 in, Twisted Split Square Thru. From a diamond plus everyone 1/4 in (women are centers), Twisted Single File Dixie anything, Twisted Single File Ladies Chain, Twisted Single File Flutter Wheel, Twisted Double Pass Thru. From a Zero Tag, Twisted Single Bring Us Together. From a thar plus everyone 1/4 in or an alamo ring, Twisted Right and Left Grand.
Comments: This concept is disorienting and difficult. It changes calls which are shape changes to non-shape changers and vice versa. It can cause bad flow (e.g. Twisted Square Thru 2). It is hard to sight call.
Twisted is not the same as Single Reflected, Initially Reflected, or even Initially Single Reflected since Reflected only applies to tagging calls. Pass Thru, Pull By, Touch, and Single Circle are not tagging calls.
By my definition, the Twisted action must come at the beginning of the call. This is intentional. I don't want a concept which asks us to search for the first occurrence of something (a pass thru, a 1/2 tag position, etc.).
By my definition, the initial dance action must contain a pass thru, pull by, touch, or single circle as opposed to the initial call in the definition being a pass thru, pull by, touch, or single circle. This is intentional. It gets us away from the parts of the definition and towards dance action. While Twisted Double Pass Thru is slightly bogus (since the ends are active at the beginning of a Double Pass Thru), I want to allow it.
By my definition, not all dancers have to participate at the start of the call. This allows Twisted Split Square Thru. Those that are active must perform one of the three dance actions. Those who are inactive do the call normally.
Calls which start with an Arm Turn action are not applicable for the Twisted concept.
Clark M. Baker
Belmont, Massachusetts
cmbaker@tiac.net
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