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Lara Friedman-Shedlov

Bonnie Anne (Was: dances for 3 cpl sets?)

June 2, 2008, 8:54 p.m. (Message 52604)

We used to do Bonnie Anne all the time when I danced with the university
groups in Scotland, but I've never encountered it here in the U.S.   Usually
we encored it with the men dancing as women and vice versa.  It was great
fun. I recently taught it to our group here in the Twin Cities, and I
selfishly hope it will catch on a bit, so I can dance it more often.

For those of you who do dance Bonnie Anne:  Do you dance it as written, with
the poussette right round at the end? Or do you "cheat" and do a regular
(progressive) poussette?  If I recall correctly, when I danced it with New
Scotland at Edinburgh University, we used to do a regular poussette.

Lara Friedman-Shedlov
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA