strathspey@strathspey.org:44644

Fiona Grant

On being pedantic rather than pedestrian, and enthusing about dance week-ends with friends

March 12, 2006, 1:13 p.m. (Message 44644)

Hi Carl

You are spot on as you say: pedantic (a favorite pastime of many of us on
this list)

But then we are a self selected group of SCD obsessives, and a sizable
proportion of us are RSCDS certificated teachers too.

If we stick to the third definition below, then maybe we shouldn't be too
self deprecatory.

Etymology: Middle French, from Italian pedante
1 obsolete : a male schoolteacher
2 a: one who makes a show of knowledge 
  b: one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the
presentation or use of knowledge 
  c: a formalist or precisionist in teaching

Fiona,
Persona pedante 
In snowy Bristol, England, just back from a wonderful branch week-end away
dancing and walking at Haytor in Dartmoor National Park.
http://www.chycor2.co.uk/westcountryviews/dartmoor/haytor/haytor.htm

If any dancers are looking for a country house dance location, we can
recommend Moorlands, Haytor, Dartmoor.

Moorlands stands high up in the moor close to Haytor Rocks, one of the best
known natural features in the Dartmoor National Park. Superb walks start
from the front door. Occupying 12 acres of grounds, it has sweeping views
over the rolling Devon countryside and towards the coast. Moorlands is set
well back from the B3387 between Widecombe in the Moor and Bovey Tracey. The
Country House's setting inspired Agatha Christie to write her first book,
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, whilst staying at the house. And it has
ballroom!
http://www.hfholidays.co.uk/countryhousehotels/dartmoor/index.asp