strathspey@strathspey.org:8387

Jon Kay

Re: Mairi's Wedding

July 31, 1997, 8:59 p.m. (Message 8387, in reply to message 8323)

xxxxxxxx_xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx.xxx sez:
> No wonder many folks (Peter Price - you listening?) 
> have given up contras as too risky!  Hate to see that happen to SCD!

Despite this, in many places it is far easier to convince beginners to
return to Scottish than contra dancing, because beginners are more
likely to enjoy themselves and see people having fun around them.  Ahem.

I think the problem here is really that Mairi's Wedding and
Montgomeries' Rant are danced so frequently that people forget 
they are actually complicated.  I doubt that would have happened, say,
with Black Mountain Reel. 

						Jon