strathspey@strathspey.org:44849

Ron Mackey

Re: Two Chords

March 23, 2006, 1:04 a.m. (Message 44849, in reply to message 44835)

On 22 Mar 2006 at 16:53, Anselm Lingnau wrote:

 but imposing drastic 
> changes (such as the poussette-on-the-right-foot-for-men idea) isn't 
> possible; anything of the sort would merely create lots of confusion and 
> argument, and (if the changes are too severe or too ridiculous) would 
> probably be ignored by large parts of the community. 


	It is my experience that the current ruling _ is_ ignored by 
many men, anyway.   That is, among those who can do a proper 
PdeB.!! 

 (Tinkering with the strathspey poussette, 
> for example, is fine for the RSCDS since they invented it in the first place; 
> note the ongoing controversy on exactly when hands should be dropped on set & 
> link to see just how big the RSCDS influence is concerning issues that do not 
> matter one way or another to a large majority of dancers -- however strongly 
> people like the originator of the concept may feel.)

	Well, the RSCDS influence is quite strong enough on that 
point as I understand that the original deviser of S & L  designed it 
without the use of hands?  On the basis of the above argument they 
should not have done so as it wasn't theirs in the first place.
??