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Attracting Young Folks/Music Tempo

May 10, 2006, 9:09 p.m. (Message 45221)

To me, one sign of a 'superior' dancer is someone who can adapt to the
tempo.  As someone who's watched more dancing (and demo's) than I care to
remember, there's nothing worse than one head bobbing out of sync with the
others.  This happens even in 8 hands around and back: 7 heads in sync, one
not.  It is a glaring, obvious error that the audience sees over all other
'mistakes.'  

To be brutally honest, if a person can't pick up the beat from Scottish
Country Dance music--and slow down or speed up to match--they should sell
their ghillies.  (;)

Margaret Sarna
Michigan