strathspey@strathspey.org:43960

Steven Epstein

RE: RE: Scottish Country Dancing VS Scottish Folk Dancing

Jan. 30, 2006, 7:51 p.m. (Message 43960, in reply to message 43917)

Steve Epstein wrote:

*Thomas Mungal III wrote:

**For example, the waltz after the beginning of the 20th Century,
went out of style when the fox trot became popular. The waltz had strong
Germanic associations so after WWI it fell into disfavor. It had to be
resurrected in the UK and was standardized, etc. So, one could say the waltz
is folk dancing. However, we know it is not considered folk dancing. It is
living dance in the same sense as SCD.**


Oh, I re-read your post and realized we are probably saying the same
thing in a different way. The difference between SCD and waltz,
however, is that no organized waltz society in the manner of the RSCDS
came along to *standardize* waltz. Thank God :-)

Steve Epstein