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Martin

Martin

April 8, 2006, 8:32 a.m. (Message 44994)


	    
	  
Chris1Ronald

Chris1Ronald

April 8, 2006, 4:04 p.m. (Message 44998, in reply to message 44994)

Martin wrote: 

"And I  remember how tiring it was marking the beat on the same foot -- in 
hard  shoes -- throughout the dance !

Which is one reason why I've never  wanted to teach it, even though I do 
remember enjoying the dance itself,  and may explain why my right foot is 
more prone to painful twinges than my  left !"
 
Ah!  Perhaps that's why my teacher preferred R L R hop, L R L hop  (with the 
emphaisis on the first beat of each bar, as has been  mentioned.)   I don't 
remember the steps being tiring, but I didn't  have hard shoes.    
 
The teacher was a folk dance teacher from Northumberland, by the  way.  I 
don't know if that would explain anything?
 
Chris, New York.
Mike Mudrey

Mike Mudrey

April 10, 2006, 2:36 a.m. (Message 45000, in reply to message 44998)

How does this differ from the Foula Reel?

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Helen Beaney

Helen Beaney

April 11, 2006, 11:56 a.m. (Message 45006, in reply to message 44994)

Me too - especially practising in Old Aberdeen High Street going from
dem. practice to the pub - the High Street was cobbled at the time! I
remember someone stopped us to ask the score - they thought we were
coming from Pittodrie (when the Dons were still a good team!).
  Helen
Now in Dublin

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