strathspey@strathspey.org:27882

SnowshoeTS

Re: Pre-Booking

Oct. 14, 2001, 5:28 a.m. (Message 27882, in reply to message 27791)

Hi

In Minnesota  SCD (and also in most local folk-dance circles ) it is not 
considered either unreasonable or unmanly for  a male to dance on the 
"women's" side especially to fill out a set. The first time Idid so the only 
problem was with the allemand-Iam 6'2'' tall and my partner (a very much less 
experienced dancer) was about 5'4'' tall-slight adjustments in the beginning 
made it work out well enough ;-}. The only disapproval seems to come from the 
G***'s Aunties ( of either sex).

The biggest problem seems to be that males don't dance on the complementary 
side often enough so in complicated figures or "set melt downs"(not that we 
EVER have those!!!!!) we tend to head for the men's side to sort things out 
.This leads to attempts to break fundamental laws of physics!!!

Kirk Bachler
Twin Cities Branch,Minnesota,USA,RSCDS
We have met the enemy and he is us.