strathspey@strathspey.org:40469

Ron Mackey

Skip change of step (was Cross over two couples, etc.)

Jan. 29, 2005, 1:22 a.m. (Message 40469, in reply to message 40438)

> Interesting about the jete-assemble at the end of a phrase. This seems to
> have been part of quadrille technique, and gives a very nice finish to a
> phrase (Ron Wallace teaches it in the Caledonian Quadrilles). I don't know
> whether it was used for country dancing or not.
> 
> Rosemary

	Could it be that teachers who insist on eight skip changes in 
eight bars would have been incorrect in those days> And did they do 
what most people do today i.e. seven skip changes and a step-
together??  :))