strathspey@strathspey.org:12457

Bryan McAlister

Re: Instant Fun Set Dance

June 25, 1998, 9 p.m. (Message 12457, in reply to message 12419)

In article <xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxx-xxxx-xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Hanny D. Budnick
<xxxxx.xx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes
You wrote
>Under the circumstance: do you have any suggestions for a suitable dance
>for that session which is - well - ALMOST instant fun?
>
I suggest you look at some of the older _and simpler_ reels. Corn Rigs
or Inverness Reel, there are lots of others...
The main problem with many of these is the Poussette which is simply
solved as these dances were done either with a polka type step to pass
or by a birl where the man puts both hands round partners waist and they
spin. Not very RSCDS but definitely tradtional scottish country dancing
and much more fun with non RSCDS dancers.
My Love she's but a lassie yet is another good one, again do the
poussete old style to pass and avoid the complications _for the
inexperienced dancer_ of the 1920's version.
Bryan McAlister B. Arch RIBA ARIAS MaPS, Linlithgow,Scotland 
Web page http://www.bryanmac.demon.co.uk     
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