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Cecilia Stolzer Grote

Re: What do you think about this?

Oct. 2, 2001, 8:54 a.m. (Message 27648, in reply to message 27615)

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In a message dated 10/1/01 8:43:22 AM, xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx writes:

<< It hit me in the wee hours of this morning.  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......???  >>
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Not necessarily, I've been to many, many Contra Dances where half my
partners never looked me in the eye, they were staring off into space... 
and I'm really not THAT ugly.

As with anything, it's usually dangerous to make broad generalizations.

Cecilia Stolzer-Grote
RSCDS San Francisco Branch