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Difference Between Briefing a dance and Recapping a Dance

March 6, 2006, 2:44 a.m. (Message 44502)

In response to Susi Mayr question about the difference between briefing a  
dance and recapping a dance: Briefing a dance would be the emcee giving  
instructions as you would find them in a dance book: "On bars 1 - 8, first and  
second couples dance rights and lefts.  On bars 9 -16, first couple dances  down 
the middle and up to second place, with second couple stepping up on bars  11 
and 12."
 
Recapping a dance would just give little jogs to the memory: "Rights and  
lefts followed by down the middle and up".
 
DOUG SCHNEIDER
Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers
St. Louis Missouri/Illinois USA