Encore - four times through - for 2 couples

Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov

Message 19030 · 25 Oct 1999 19:56:57 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

> What is so very wrong with doing "two couple dances" (known as "duple
> minor" elsewhere) the way they were intended to be done, ie in long sets?

I don't have a problem with it in theory, but I think most people would
find it incredibly exhausting to be "active couple" more than three times
in a row in a Scottish country dance. This is mainly because SCD does not
use a walking step, as most contra or English country dancing does. The
footwork for SCD makes the dances more physically taxing.

--Lara Friedman-Shedlov
Minneaplis, MN

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