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mlamontbrown

RE: RE: Scottish Country Dancing VS Scottish Folk Dancing

Feb. 1, 2006, 4:43 p.m. (Message 44022, in reply to message 43960)

> Sent: 30 January 2006 18:51
> Oh, I re-read your post and realized we are probably saying the same thing in a
different way.
> The difference between SCD and waltz, however, is that no organized waltz society
in the
> manner of the RSCDS came along to *standardize* waltz. Thank God :-)
> 
> Steve Epstein

There may not have been a "Waltz Society", but there were many books written about
the correct way to waltz, and people being judged in competitions - the most recent,
widely publicised competition being on TV, where the winner was a professional
cricketer, - during the competition they danced a variety of ballroom styles, and got
some pretty severe criticism. 

Malcolm

Malcolm L Brown
York