strathspey@strathspey.org:27936

Tim Harrison

Re: Help with An' thou wert my only Dear

Oct. 19, 2001, 2:18 a.m. (Message 27936, in reply to message 27905)

Eric,

You're right. I had some typos in there. My statement should have been
"The greatest difficulty turned out to be the transition from the
rights and lefts at the end of the dance to the reel with 1st couple
and 2nd lady at the beginning of the next repetition. For some reason,
the new 2nd lady and 2nd man had difficulty remembering which of them
should be involved in the first reel of the dance. Sometimes both of
them would start and other times neither of them would start."

I'm guessing that one or both partners in the 2nd couple were either
asleep when their turn came or they had forgotten how the dance
started. If the new 2nd lady doesn't move, she's asleep (or forgot
what comes next). If the new 2nd lady starts correctly, her partner
starts also (because he's asleep), thinking he forgot to start.
Perhaps I had already taxed the dancers' minds with the previous dance
I taught. Or maybe it just wasn't a thinking night.

-- Tim Harrison
-- Austin, Texas