strathspey@strathspey.org:29267

Malcolm and Helen Brown

Re: Ladies Chain

March 5, 2002, 8:09 a.m. (Message 29267, in reply to message 29250)

Greetings,

As Chris suggested that I put the ladies' perspective, I shall put
pen to paper so to speak.

I can't really remember learning a Ladies Chain when I first started
dancing (well it was nearly 40 years ago!) but I do remember that
nobody thought it was a nice formation.   Like Malcolm, I was taught
it in the Prelim. class by Duncan Macleod and basically that is how I
have always done it - at least it is in my mind - reality now may be
something different.   I don't have a concept of a diagonal line.
I do think that the sets are now wider than they were even 30 years
ago so the lady cannot quite reach the opposite side of the set at 
the end of 2 bars but makes the movement more of a flowing one.   
Perhaps we should think of it as 4 and 4 rather than 2 and 2 and 2 
and 2.

Helen  

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