ANYONE Start

It is often useful to designate that certain people are to start a call, with everyone joining in after the first part. There are two general ways to do this:

   <anyone> start
or
   initially <anyone>

These are very nearly the same, and in many cases may be used interchangeably. However, there are differences that you may need to be aware of. These arise most often when the centers are the designated people.

The concept `<anyone> start' means that the designated people do their part of the start of the call. They do this in the entire setup. That is, they are aware of the spots occupied by the others.

The concept `initially <anyone>' means that the `<anyone>' concept is applied to the first part of the call. When a selector name is used as a concept, what happens depends on what the formation is, and on who are designated. If the centers are designated, they do the first part of the call, working in the center. They are usually unaware of the other people around them.

Suppose we have an hourglass and wish to have the centers start a `reverse order alter the wave'. The parts of `reverse order alter the wave' are `flip the diamond', `diamond counter rotate twice', `fan back', and `swing'. We clearly want the centers to work by themselves, flipping the center diamond. The result will be twin diamonds, from which everyone can finish the call.

We could say:

   initially centers reverse order alter the wave

The `centers' concept picks out the center diamond, and tells them to work in that diamond.

If we had said

   centers start reverse order alter the wave

it wouldn't work. The centers would try to do their part of a `flip the diamond' in the entire hourglass, which is impossible.

A similar thing happens if we have a galaxy and call

   initially centers tally ho.

The centers recognize their 2x2 box, and do a `1/2 circulate'. If we had said

   centers start tally ho

the centers would have to try to do a `1/2 circulate' in the galaxy, which is impossible.

Suppose we have a galaxy and wish to have the centers begin a `with confidence'. That is, the centers `hinge' but the ends do not do a `1/2 circulate'. The first part of `with confidence' is `centers hinge while the ends 1/2 circulate'. If we say

   centers start with confidence

the centers will do their part of a `centers hinge' in the entire galaxy. That means, of course, that they will recognize themselves as centers, and will `hinge', so the call will work. If we had said

   initially centers with confidence

the centers would recognize only their center box, from which a `centers hinge' is impossible because the centers have been designated twice.

In some cases you can do it either way. From appropriate facing diamonds, you can call

   centers start swing the fractions
or
   initially centers swing the fractions
or just
   swing the fractions

From the setup obtained by having the centers `step and fold' from a tidal wave, you can call

   ends start 2/3 recycle
or
   initially ends 2/3 recycle

The ends know how to do the `centers fold' in either case.

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