Feb. 2, 2006, 10:34 a.m. (Message 44041, in reply to message 44040)
D___, spellchecker was over officious - for "Wells" read "Wellies" In message <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx>, Bryan McAlister <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx> writes >I think it depends on the quality of the grass - a flat firm lawn is >fine, but tiring, a stretch of grass of dubious flatness, long grass, >rabbit holes, snakes, midges, spiders, slugs, crunchy snails etc. needs >wells. > >In message <xx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx>, xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx writes >>Ron wrote: >> >>"After all the Fetes, Garden Partys, Lawn Dances (as some used >>to be called) and various other events I have attended over the years I >>have only rarely seen dancers in trouble over the surface underfoot. A >>bit damp sometimes, worms to slip on, a bit bumpy - but nothing to >>hinder the dancing." >>Fair enough. I suppose a nicely mown lawn would do as well as (or better >>than) many of the really hard floors that one often has to dance on. When I >>made my original comment I was actually thinking of the farmers' >>fields I used >>to dance on. >> >>I don't know about anyone else, but I find dancing RSCDS style on a rough >>field or even a rough lawn really tiring. Not that I do it often. But from >>what I remember, it's probably skip change that I find the most challenging >>step to do on a rough surface. >> >>FWIW, >> >>Chris, New York. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>http://strathspey.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/strathspey > -- Bryan McAlister