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Volleyballjerry
Dec. 14, 2005, 5:46 p.m. (Message 43519)
Interesting name. I wonder what engendered it. Could be Dutch crossing something (a river, a canal?) within the Netherlands, Dutch crossing (the Channel, a border?) to some other country, foreigners crossing into the Netherlands...or even each person's paying his own fare for the (ferry?) crossing...does the expression "going Dutch" have meaning beyond the United States??? Robb Quint Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
I have dropped a line off to Colin Hume to see if he can shed some light on the name None of the published descriptions, including Colins in Dances with a Difference Vol 3 explain the origin of the name mm At 12/14/2005 10:46 AM, you wrote: >Interesting name. I wonder what engendered it. Could be Dutch crossing >something (a river, a canal?) within the Netherlands, Dutch crossing >(the Channel, >a border?) to some other country, foreigners crossing into the >Netherlands...or even each person's paying his own fare for the >(ferry?) crossing...does the >expression "going Dutch" have meaning beyond the United States??? > >Robb Quint >Thousand Oaks, CA, USA >_______________________________________________ >http://strathspey.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/strathspey M.G. Mudrey 106 Ravine Road Mount Horeb, WI 53572 xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx 608-437-3701
Mike wrote: > I have dropped a line off to Colin Hume to see if he can shed some > light on the name I don't have any information on the name, either; but I see that my photocopy gives these details about the devisor, Ernst van Brakel: at the time the dance was published he was chairman of the NVS (Dutch Folk-Dance Society; he's been a teacher of both English and Scottish country dances for many years; he has contributed several dances to the NVS booklet "Triple Dutch"; and he uses the recording of "The Merry Lads of Ayr" (RSCDS Bk. 1) for the dance. In the dance instructions, the C1&2 parts are designated "the Dutch crossing." Pat
I just got this back from Colin Hume who is most closely tied to Dutch Crossing. >From: Colin Hume <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >To: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> >X-Mailer: PocoMail 3.4 (2130) - Licensed Version >Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:28:49 GMT >Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: Dutch Crossing > > >On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:54:05 -0600, M.G. Mudrey, Jr. wrote: > > Colin, Can you shed some light on Dutch Crossing? > >A Dutch Crossing is a diagonal crossing. It is an insult probably >dating from the wars between the English and the Dutch - the >implication is that a Dutchman can't even cross the road in a >straightforward manner but has to be devious about it! > >Colin Hume > >Email xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Web site http://www.colinhume.com M.G. Mudrey 106 Ravine Road Mount Horeb, WI 53572 xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx 608-437-3701