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?? :))