strathspey@strathspey.org:23210

Jana Hopper

The Wild Geese/Balance in Line

Oct. 24, 2000, 4:16 p.m. (Message 23210)

Although I do not have access to the original just now, the first figure in
The Wild Geese is a "balance in line" down the middle of the dance.  It is
not written that way in what I have available but is written as "set in a
line down the dance, all hands joined" (or some variation of those words)
but with no reference to balance in line.  The specific reference in the
RSCDS manual states that "balance in line can be danced on the sidelines,
across the dance, or diagonally" but does not say anything about down the
middle of the dance.  I think this figure should also be a "balance in line"
but I am not of a mind to challenge the RSCDS on this point....yet.

Jana  Blue
(Prelim Certificate Candidate)