strathspey@strathspey.org:44877

simon scott

RE: Two Chords - from a deviser's point of view

March 25, 2006, 3:01 a.m. (Message 44877, in reply to message 44876)

Unfortunately, two chords for dances where 3rd and 4th couples or 2nd
and 4th couples or (occasionally) 1st and 3rd couples cross over before
beginning is, in my mind, not the norm.
   
  It is a custom that was introduced by John Drewry and which has been
taken up by some other devisers who have devised similar dances.
   
  When I have devised dances of this sort I have provided a diagram or
instructions specifying the 'starting positions'.
   
  I do not like two chords for positioning purposes and do not specify
them in the instructions for my dances and would prefer that two chords
not be used. 
   
  However, local custom will often prevail.
   
  Regards,
   
  Iain Boyd


I completely agree with Iain and I'd go as far as to say that if dancers
originally stand on the traditional side of the set in such dances they
are in fact in the "wrong" or "inappropriate" place.

Simon

   

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