Oct. 8, 2001, 2:45 p.m. (Message 27779)
> All descriptions, cribs and ball programmes should > ALWAYS mention the deviser for every dance. It is _much_ more useful to cite a source from which a copy of the dance can be obtained. I suspect that few devisors (statistics please, Alan) publish leaflets and books of only their own dances - most (wild guess) publish the occasional dance in compilations published by groups and Branches. Peter Hastings Royal Observatory Edinburgh :)
Oct. 8, 2001, 3:01 p.m. (Message 27780, in reply to message 27779)
Peter Hastings wrote: > > > All descriptions, cribs and ball programmes should > > ALWAYS mention the deviser for every dance. > > It is _much_ more useful to cite a source from which a copy of the dance can > be obtained. I suspect that few devisors (statistics please, Alan) publish > leaflets and books of only their own dances - most (wild guess) publish the > occasional dance in compilations published by groups and Branches. I have a list of 1643 dance devisers. 187 of these are noted as being 'solo' producers of publications. I.e. 11% Alan