strathspey Archive: Dancing on crutches (was Wheelchair dancing)

Jenn Sawin writes:

> Two of us then devised a dance (strathspey) easily done by
> 3 couples all on crutches. The key was to minimize handing and
> maximize other forms of interaction.

Red House on crutches! Now, there's a Ceilidh item :)

Jim Healy
Pert, Scotland

>> [Jenn Sawin:] Two of us then devised a dance (strathspey) easily done by
>> 3 couples all on crutches. The key was to minimize handing and
>> maximize other forms of interaction.
>
>[Jim Healy:] Red House on crutches! Now, there's a Ceilidh item :)

Pretty hard on the crutches I'd say!

Cheers, Oberdan.

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um, Jim, the OTHER key was to have it be a strathspey!

<snip>Jenn Sawin writes:
> Two of us then devised a dance (strathspey) easily done by
> 3 couples all on crutches. The key was to minimize handing and
> maximize other forms of interaction.
Red House on crutches! Now, there's a Ceilidh item :)
Jim Healy
Pert, Scotland

I danced one dance on crutches a couple of years ago at Pinewoods. It was
Sean Truibhas Willichan and it seemd to work pretty well. My partner was
Jane Angstrom, who was rather good at adjusting to the unusual situation.
It gave me a big lift after my injury and it didn't seem to bother the
other dancers.

Strathspey setting was a little strange, but worked if you didn't go too
far to the sides. I did not give hands when I crossed or set on the
sides. If I remember correctly, we might have done a two hand turn after
dancing down the middle, with my partner's hands on my shoulder and my
hands on the crutches ;-).

Hugh Goldie Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
goldie@duke.usask.ca

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Oberdan Otto wrote:

> >> [Jenn Sawin:] Two of us then devised a dance (strathspey) easily done by
> >> 3 couples all on crutches. The key was to minimize handing and
> >> maximize other forms of interaction.
> >
> >[Jim Healy:] Red House on crutches! Now, there's a Ceilidh item :)
>
> Pretty hard on the crutches I'd say!
>

Just the thing if Bobi Yaga's house took a trip. ;)