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Bernie Hewitt

Re: "That hardest of contact sports, Scottish country dancing!"

July 1, 2006, 10:19 p.m. (Message 45710, in reply to message 45708)

I'll try this one again.  The last attempt seems to have escaped
before it was ready to go.
 
Having played for dancing for many years, I have seen a fair number of
sprained wrists and ankles, one broken leg and a few bruised buttocks,
but the prize for the most original SCD injury must go to a lady at
her first class not far from Edinburgh last year.
 
It was her first time in a class, along with a couple of other
newcomers.  They'd done the warm up, and the teacher explained what "a
set" was, and got everyone lined up.  She then talked about the bow
and curtsey, demonstrated it, then asked the musician (me) for another
chord so that the class could have a go.  This particular lady tried
to curtsey, got it wrong, and fell to the floor writhing about in
agony with a dislocated kneecap!
 
Who needs contact with other dancers?  (Or was it just the chord?)
 
Bernie Hewitt