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Anselm Lingnau

Anselm Lingnau

Re: What do you think about this?

Oct. 1, 2001, 6:09 p.m. (Message 27618, in reply to message 27615)

Marilynn Knight <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes:

> What is the principle
> difference between Contra Dance Groups and Scottish Country Dance Groups,
> both ostensibly social:  one puts people ahead of perfection, the other puts
> perfection ahead of people......???

Whoa there, controversy alert! This reminds me of one of the entries in
my signature file:

  What is the difference between Jurassic Park and Microsoft? One is a
  high-tech theme park dominated by dinosaurs, and the other is a Steven
  Spielberg movie.                                       -- Mike Hammond

In fact I happen to believe that both genres do put people first, mostly
(and, speaking for SCD groups I have known, in many instances they do!).
They may differ in the degree of perfection that is desired by
individual dancers, but I shall go out on a limb and claim that there
will be contra dancers who strive for perfection just as there will be
Scottish country dancers who don't appear to mind scraping by with the
barest minimum necessary. Both these species must rely on the indulgence
of their fellow dancers :^)

Anselm
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weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.                -- A. Whitney Griswold

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