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Norah Link

"Rice and Lefse" danced to great acclaim!

Feb. 13, 2005, 12:01 a.m. (Message 40634, in reply to message 40595)

It's not all that uncommon to see this progression in a 3-couple set dance.
It is uncommon to take the 3-couple set dance with this progression & dance
it in a 4-couple set.  It does work, though.

Izayoi (Tokyo 10th Anniversary), which Marjorie McLaughlin taught at the
Vienna Millenium workshop, and which will be on the Montreal Ball programme
this year, is described in the book as being a dance that can be danced as
either a 3-couple set dance OR danced in a 4-couple set with 1s & 2s
progressing together.  But the devisor hoped it would be done in a 4-cpl
set.  The particularly nice thing about this dance is that if the set is
sufficiently experienced, the original 1s & 2s can repeat the 1st 8 bars an
extra time as the new top couple starts - that brings the 1s to the bottom &
the 2s flow right into the next figure as the supporting 3rd couple. Thanks
to Marjorie for introducing us to this dance!

Norah
Montreal, Canada