March 20, 2006, 8:39 p.m. (Message 44779)
Eike, There are many four-couple dances which begin (each round) with the couples three and four on the opposite side. It has been traditional (but nowadays increasingly questioned) to begin with everyone in a normal four-couple longwise set and for the dance's music to begin with two chords, the first for the usual bows and curtseys, the second for the lower two couples to change sides prior to the actual outset of dancing. Likewise regards from Southern California, Robb In a message dated 03/20/2006 10:01:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, xxxx.xxxxxx-xxx@xxx.xx writes: