strathspey@strathspey.org:29418

Andrew Buxton

RE: Corstorphine Fair

Jan. 30, 2002, 5:57 p.m. (Message 29418, in reply to message 29256)

Harry Ways wrote:

	>> The Wee Green Book defines how the dance is done for most
people.

	> Perhaps for the simpler dances, but I think most people would
have a problem
	> with more complicated dances unless they had some previous
famiiarity with
	> them, or had at some time seen the full instructions or been
taught the
	> dance.


	Yes, I agree that one can't learn a complicated dance just from
Pilling (though it often helps in getting the picture more than the
written instructions).  But there has been much discussion on the list
about the need for a "right way" of doing a dance so that everyone in
the set knows what to expect.  In my experience, what people expect is
what is in Pilling (which they've just checked).  They probably don't
know or can't remember what's in the original!

	Andrew Buxton