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This is a message of praise and thanks for Beverly Francis, who called a
family dance in White Plains on Friday night. I was in charge of two 6
year
old girls (1 my daughter, the other borrowed) and they both had a great
time. Her choice and presentation of material was also, I believe, very
enjoyable for the
adults. 

More of these would be a great idea.

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If any list members are likely to be in Southern England for the Millenium
celebrations and want to take in an English Ceilidh while they're here, take
a look at the following link.

http://www.mrscasey.co.uk/index.htm

Mrs Casey Music who run the Sidmouth Folk festival in Devon will be putting
on an event which promises to be really special, including three major
English Country Dance Bands, and a whole day's worth of family
entertainment.

Martin Appleby
Stömp Country Dance Band
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Country Dancers of Rochester is pleased to be hosting a

                    P L A Y F O R D  B A L L

                 Saturday, April 3, 7:30 - 11 PM

   Music by Spare Parts (David Kaynor, Liz Stell, Bill Matthiesen)
           Calling by Pamela Goddard and Richard Sauvain

At Covenant United Methodist Church, 1124 Culver Rd., Rochester, NY

There will be a practice session and style workshop in the afternoon, a
catered dinner, elegant refreshments, and housing available with local
dancers.

For more details, see our web site at 

   www.ggw.org/cdr/english.html

To register, download and print the flyer at that site, or e-mail me and
I will mail you a copy.  Registration deadline March 30.

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The dance was devised by Ron Jones, sometime Caller/Leader of the Croydon & Beckenham Folk Dance Club. At that time it met at Elmer's End Rugby Club.It was inspired by the issue by the EFDSS issuing an EP (remember those?) ED110 MONO "The Greensleeves No.2 - Jigs & Reels". It appeared on a pamphlet with a number of other dances devised by Ron (but which I no longer have) where the tune appears together with the suggested alternative for the dance  ( viz "Greenholm"). So far as I know this was the only dance on that leaflet which achieved popularity -  larely I suspect because it was taken up by one of the MacNamara sisters (Olive, I believe) and got a lot of exposure that way. Ron moved to Devon when he remarried and passed away a few years ago.

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The dance was devised by Ron Jones, sometime 
Caller/Leader of the Croydon &amp; Beckenham Folk Dance Club. At that time it 
met at Elmer's End Rugby Club.It was inspired by the issue by the EFDSS issuing 
an EP (remember those?) ED110 MONO &quot;The Greensleeves No.2 - Jigs &amp; 
Reels&quot;. It appeared on a pamphlet with a number of other dances devised by 
Ron (but which I no longer have) where the tune appears together with the 
suggested alternative for the dance&nbsp; ( viz &quot;Greenholm&quot;). So far 
as I know this was the only dance on that leaflet which achieved popularity 
-&nbsp; larely I suspect because it was taken up by one of the MacNamara sisters 
(Olive, I believe) and got a lot of exposure that way. Ron moved to Devon when 
he remarried and passed away a few years ago.</FONT></DIV>
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On Saturday, 27 March 1999, the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
is pleased to present a workshop and dance featuring Belgian caller
and dance composer, Phillipe Callens. 

The event will be held at the Park Avenue Congregational Church, Park
Avenue at Paul Revere Road, Arlington Heights MA. During the workshop,
from 2-5 PM, Phillipe will concentrate on his own material. Music will
be by members of Pleasures of the Town (Joyce Crouch, Doug Creighton,
and Susan Kevra).

For more information, call me at (978) 263-4778.

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ECDers --

A correspondent inquires:

============================================================================
I am an English country dance caller who is seeking the calling sequence for
"The Country Coll." Do you happen to know this dance? If not, might you
possibly refer me to somebody who does know it?

Any help you might offer in this regard would be highly appreciated. Thank you
for your time.
=============================================================================

I have never heard of this dance, but there's lots of dances I've never heard
of.  Do any of you have any ideas?

If we get an answer, I'll encourage my correspondent to sign up on the list.

Thanks!

-- Alan



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 "The Country Coll" is in Playford first edition. It appears in some later
editions as "Sir Nicholas Culley, or the Country Cull".


Will Linden  wlinden-AT-
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A dance called The Country Coll is published in the 1st through eighth
edition's of (the 1st Vol of) Playford's Dancing Master.  In the 4th edition
the name changes to The Country Coll, or Sir Nicholas Cully

Music in the form 4 bar A and 4 bar B, both parts repeated.

Dance is a longways duple minor dance with 3 figures

Dance is:

A1	(Everybody) Up a double forward and back
A2	That again
B1	Set and turn single
B2	That again

Next bit done by top two couples and then repeated until everyone is back
home

A1	Change with you partner (paunch to paunch as in Hole in the Wall
suggested)
A2	First man change with second woman followed by first woman change with
second man
B1	Set and turn single
B2	That again


A1	(Everybody) Into line, side by side right shoulder
A2	Into line, side by side left shoulder
B1	Set and turn single
B2	That again

Next bit done by top two couples and then repeated until everyone is back
home

A1	Change on the sides
A2	First couple change
B1	Turn on the sides
B2	First couple change

A1	(Everybody) Arm right with partner
A2	Arm left with partner
B1	Set and turn single
B2	That again

Next bit done by top two couples and then repeated until everyone is back
home

A1	Fall back from partner and come forward
A2	Half pousette as couples to change (1st man pushes and 2nd man pulls)
B1	Turn on the sides
B2	First couple change

Think of it as 3 completely separate dances stitched together like

Up a double and back etc
Jacks Maggot
Siding
Dicks Maggot
Arming
Portsmouth

Best of luck - Michael Barraclough









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Subject:	"The Country Coll"?

ECDers --

A correspondent inquires:

============================================================================
I am an English country dance caller who is seeking the calling sequence for
"The Country Coll." Do you happen to know this dance? If not, might you
possibly refer me to somebody who does know it?

Any help you might offer in this regard would be highly appreciated. Thank
you
for your time.
============================================================================
=

I have never heard of this dance, but there's lots of dances I've never
heard
of.  Do any of you have any ideas?

If we get an answer, I'll encourage my correspondent to sign up on the list.

Thanks!

-- Alan



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And not to be outdone, the following afternoon,
Sunday, March 28, 1999, New Haven Country
Dancers will present an afternoon dance
featuring Phillipe Callens with music by
Marshall Barron, Grace Feldman and Margaret Ann
Martin. 

The afternoon will be mainly dancing, with some 
instruction on style.  It will take place from
4:00-7:00 p.m., at the Branford Community
Center, 46 Church St., Branford, Connecticut. 
Admission will be $8.00

For any further information contact me via email.


*Directions to Branford Community Center, 46
Church St., Branford:  I-95 to exit 54 (Cedar
St. exit).  Take Cedar St. south toward Branford
Center (crossing Rte 1), until it ends at Main
St.  Go left on Main, immediately getting into
the right hand lane.  When Main forks, stay on
the right fork (South Main), and take the first
right-hand turn after that fork onto Eades St. 
Take Eades about two blocks until it ends at a
parking lot, jog left and then right into the
parking lot of the Community Center.  Dance is
on the second floor.


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Barbara---

I seem to have started something, as pointed out by Eric Arnold:
mispelling "Phillipe."

FYI, it's "Philippe"--and I did have it right before (like on the
flyer).

Lyrl

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Opps.
I mean oops.

Barbara

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> Barbara---
> 
> I seem to have started something, as pointed
out by Eric Arnold:
> mispelling "Phillipe."
> 
> FYI, it's "Philippe"--and I did have it right
before (like on the
> flyer).
> 
> Lyrl

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Well, the Boston Playford Ball this weekend  had great music, great dancers
and a great program, but now I'm suffering my annual case of post ball
blues. I think it's because the transition from the high feeling of the
dance floor to mundane reality is so sharp. It would be nice if we in
Boston had a way to taper off a little more gradually.  With that said, I'd
like to hear about post-ball events at other locations that might serve as
a model for us.
Best,
 Terry Gaffney


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Terry,

Here in the Bay Area we taper off by having an after party the evening of 
the ball, and then a brunch the next day, with dancing.  There are also some 
splinter events which keep things going into the next month.

However, the important thing here is that you need a fix.  I suggest 
registering immediately for the BACDS Playford Ball on March 27.  No doubt 
the excitement of the program and anticipation of the journey will keep your 
spirits up.  Contact me for details or see our website at 
http://timelord01.home.sprynet.com/playford

On a broader note, is Terry alone?  Have we discovered a heretofore 
unexposed dilemma?  Where's the expose from the Press?  Why hasn't NPR done
a follow-up?  Is it time to start a 1-800-PLAYFORD hotline?

Thanx, Ric Goldman

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999, gaff-AT-
neu.edu (Terence Gaffney) wrote:
>Well, the Boston Playford Ball this weekend  had great music, great dancers
>and a great program, but now I'm suffering my annual case of post ball
>blues. I think it's because the transition from the high feeling of the
>dance floor to mundane reality is so sharp. It would be nice if we in
>Boston had a way to taper off a little more gradually.  With that said, I'd
>like to hear about post-ball events at other locations that might serve as
>a model for us.
>Best,
> Terry Gaffney
>
>
>
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        The Folklore Society of Greater Washington
                    Presents the Annual
                             
                  Washington Spring Ball
                  Saturday, May 15, 1998
                             
                      at the historic
         Forest Glen Ball Room, Silver Spring, MD
                             
                         Music by
 Andrea Hoag, violin; Marty Taylor, flute and concertina;
                   Liz Donaldson, piano
                             
              Admission by prior reservation
 $20 for members of FSGW, BFMS or CDSS, $22 for nonmembers
                             
          Reception: 7:30 p.m.  Dance: 8:00 p.m.
        Light refreshments served during the break
                             
                             
                           
                             
                        The Program

  Barbarini's Tambourine   Bare Necessities     Dr. Vincent's Delight
  Easter Morn              Elverton Grove       Fair and Softly
  The Fandango             Hambleton's Round O  Handel with Care
  The Introduction         Irish Lamentation    Jamaica
  Juice of Barley          Leather Lake House   Newcastle
  The Old Batchelor        Ore Boggy            The Pursuit
  Red House                Sarah

                            

At the ball, dances will be prompted for a few rounds, but not walked
through.  Information about the preball practice session and driving
directions will be mailed with program booklets.  Work scholarships are
available for those needing one.  For more information, contact
Stephanie Smith at 3012293577 or Roger W. Broseus via email at
English-AT-
fsgw.org.

See info about the Forest Glen Ballroom at
www.operant.com/Seminary/ballroom.html

The Ballroom is located at the Seminary at Forest Glen:
www.operant.com/Seminary/main_page.html

General info location info (map): www.operant.com/Seminary/find_it.html

Save Our Seminary at Forest Glen is a co-sponsor of the Ball.

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Roger W. Broseus
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  REGISTRATION for the FSGW's annual Washington Spring Ball
                        May 15, 1999


NAME(s) as they are to appear on name tags.  (Indicate gender after each
name with a "M" or "F" or couple with a "C" after names.)


First:_______________________ Initial: ___ Last:______________________


First:_______________________ Initial: ___ Last:______________________


Address: _____________________________________________________________


City: ______________________________ State: _____ Zip:________________


Phone: AC: _____ Number ____________ Email: _________________________


Reserve ____ places at $20 for members of FSGW |_|, BFMS |_|, CDSS |_|
Reserve ____ places at $22 for nonmembers.


|__| Overnight hospitality needed.
     |__| Allergy / Prefer Nonsmoking? _____________________________

|__| Can provide overnight hospitality for _____ visitors.

Enclose check, payable to FSGW, with a self addressed, stamped,
business size envelope with appropriate postage (33cent plus a 22cent 
stamp for EACH dance program booklet after the first); if no SASE is 
provided, booklet(s) will be held at the door.

Send registration to:

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Terry---  

You wrote:

> ....now I'm suffering my annual case of post ball
> blues. I think it's because the transition from the high feeling of
the
> dance floor to mundane reality is so sharp. It would be nice if we in
> Boston had a way to taper off a little more gradually.  With that
said, I'd
> like to hear about post-ball events at other locations that might
serve as
> a model for us.

I went to the Portland OR one with my brother in '96 and '98. After
the Ball, everyone treks a few blocks down the street to a restaurant,
which is evidentally reserved for our use, where we eat, drink, and
sometimes sing. At 11 am on Sunday, we gather for a potluck brunch at
the community building in the co-housing development where Nan Evans
lives. There is a piano, and Fred gets out his cello, and other
musicians join in, and we dance.
    Like ours, it also has a dance the previous night, their usual 2nd
Friday dance. 
    We might want to think about some kind of a Sunday thing. The
Scots do it after their ball.
    ....on the other hand, I had to get up Sunday morning and sing in
the choir at church. 

---Lyrl





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Ric Goldman writes:

 >Here in the Bay Area we taper off by having an after party the
 >evening of the ball, and then a brunch the next day, with
 >dancing. There are also some splinter events...

Here in the east, we usually wear shoes at Playford Balls.

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> >dancing. There are also some splinter events...
>
>Here in the east, we usually wear shoes at Playford Balls.

Indeed, yes.  But at the brunch on Sunday following the Boston Scottish
Ball (to which Lyrl Ahern briefly alluded), we often dance barefoot on the
lawn, and there *are* some worm events.

On a more serious (?) note, I'd like to see some sort of informal brunch or
get-together or dance on the Sunday following the Ball.  Might even get me
to stay in town.  (I dance-commute back to Cape Cod following most Boston
dance events.)

-- Linda


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> However, the important thing here is that you need a fix.  I suggest 
> registering immediately for the BACDS Playford Ball on March 27. 

And you can pass through London, ON on your way through and make the 
Playford Ball on March 19!  

I'm hoping I'm not spilling the beans here, since nobody else is 
talking about it, but one thing I like about the London Playford Ball 
is having the 'advanced' workshop on the Sunday afternoon.  Gives me 
something to look forward to, almost as much as the ball itself.

*Then* you can go home and get the blues.


 
Christine

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At 06:12 PM 3/8/99 -0400, Terence Gaffney wrote:
>It would be nice if we in
>Boston had a way to taper off a little more gradually.  With that said, I'd
>like to hear about post-ball events at other locations that might serve as
>a model for us.

Dear Terry,

Nothing succeeds like excess.  New York holds an after-Ball party (hosted
this year by the incomparable party-giver & diva Sally Denmead), and then
on Sunday morning we hold a brunch for out-of-town ballgoers, their local
hosts, & the ball committee at our place.  And then the Tuesday after the
ball at our regular dance we share photos and eat leftovers and dance the
dances we *didn't* do at the ball and take extra good care of the newcomers
who started dancing with us during ball prep time yet somehow managed to
survive.  And the next weekend's NEFFA, so we don't have time for post-ball
blues!

Hugs,
Sharon Green
[CD*NY's Playford is April 17th.  Check www.cdny.org for details.]
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The weather outside was frightful,
but the dancing was so delightful
(and it really made getting home slow,
so please, no more snow, no more snow, no more
snow).

The ball was delightful, many thanks to the
organizers, volunteers etc. who put it on, and
to the other dancers for blissfully wonderful
dancing.  There are times when I feel great pity
for those who have never experienced the joys of
English Country dancing.  Saturday night was an
extended such period.

As for post-ball letdown, I usually have the
opposite reaction which is that the high after a
ball usually carries over and keeps my spirits
uplifted for several days. 

I have noticed however, a serious tendency
toward post-Pinewoods ECD Week Traumatic Stress
Disorder.  This strikes me as a rather serious,
underappreciated public health threat, and I
think  our national health organizations, NIMH,
CDC and CDSS ought to immediately begin
providing research funding on appropriate
therapeutic strategies.

Barbara Ruth
New Haven

---Terence Gaffney <gaff-AT-
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>
> Well, the Boston Playford Ball this weekend 
had great music, great dancers
> and a great program, but now I'm suffering my
annual case of post ball
> blues. I think it's because the transition
from the high feeling of the
> dance floor to mundane reality is so sharp. It
would be nice if we in
> Boston had a way to taper off a little more
gradually.  With that said, I'd
> like to hear about post-ball events at other
locations that might serve as
> a model for us.
> Best,
>  Terry Gaffney
> 
> 
> 

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Subject: Is there a dance in or near Providence, RI, June 12-15?
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Folks --

It now looks like I'll be in Providence, Rhode Island, for the DECUS 
conference (and pre-conference seminars) Saturday, June 12 through 
Thursday, June 17th.

The hotbeds list doesn't show any dances in Rhode Island.  Is there a
Providence dance, and will it happen in that time?  I'd love to come
as either a dancer or a caller.

I probably won't have a rental car, so my mobility will be somewhat limited.
Only evenings will be free.  

If there's no dance, does anybody have a suggestion for how I should spend
my free time, after I've visited H.P. Lovecraft's grave?

Thanks,

-- Alan


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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:

	. . .

> If there's no dance, does anybody have a suggestion for how I should spend
> my free time, after I've visited H.P. Lovecraft's grave?

Eat?  Drink?  Be Merry?


Eric


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My analgesics for post-Playford depression depend on the location of the
just-past event and the distance I need to travel to return home.
After-parties are great - but all good things (of this kind, at least) must
end. So if I have a drive of several hours, but no get-home deadline, I
check out slightly off-the-wall non-dance attractions along the way. I "Saw
Rock City" (wonderful childhood memories) en route home from Atlanta, and
visited Kentucky Down Under (Australian birds and animals who are treated
like pets and are quite spoiled, and a very decorative smallish cave) on
the way back from Nashville. Great fun.

My problem occurs following major dance weeks, especially Berea's Christmas
Country Dance School, blessedly only an hour away from home (soon to be
only 45 minutes, once my move across town is completed). While CCDS is
enormously inspiring and reinvigorating, life does seem - well, a little
drab immediately following. Some out-of-state regulars habitually visit
nearby Shakertown at Pleasant Hill on Jan. 1 - and an occasional blizzard
has closed the airport and brought unexpected but very welcome stranded
dancing friends my way. But one can't count on blizzards....and eventually
the airport re-opens.

So the best remedy for me is one that another poster listed: Have a very
full schedule of dance (and other) events, both large and small,
both alone and with friends, and learn to both cherish memories and
anticipate.

Susan,
Getting ready for Nashville in two weeks...oh, those Krispy Kreme
doughtnuts!

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Can anyone help please?
I have an email address for Peter Rogers of Frankfort, Kentucky:
PRogers-AT-
mail.state.ky.us which no longer appears to be current. Does anyone
have an update please?
Many Thanks

J Turner
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There's nothing quite like a long (10 hours for NYC, Philly, Baltimore,
D.C., the Flurry, 14 for Boston & Pinewoods, ...) meditative drive home
alone to mull over the weekend's events, to recall the pleasures, to think
about new dances to introduce or re-introduce at home, or the new sources
to browse through, or new ways of teaching some figure.  

I know that to many a long drive like that sounds dreadful, but often the
traffic is so light and well-behaved that much of the drive is very
relaxing, and it becomes an excellent way to ease out of the dance world
back into one's everyday world.  It's hard to imagine scurrying to an
airport, settling down with my knees in my face for a couple of hours, and
then scurrying again from an airport to home, only to face a bound of
tasks that didn't get done because I left in a hurry and didn't have time
to clean up behind me...  

And then there are the two four-day work weeks on either side of the dance
weekend, when I take a vacation day on either side to get there and
back...

But this snow stuff, of which we have been seeing more than I'd like for
some time now, can really screw up the relaxing quality of it -- but from
what I hear, air passengers don't have it that much better then, either.

But then, one can always while away any extra time by thinking of dances
one would like to write someday.

Eric Arnold
 Ann Arbor
(which is doing its best to achieve an all-time record for the most snow
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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:

> It now looks like I'll be in Providence, Rhode Island, for the DECUS 
> conference (and pre-conference seminars) Saturday, June 12 through 
> Thursday, June 17th.

[snip]
 
> I probably won't have a rental car, so my mobility will be somewhat limited.
> Only evenings will be free.  
> 
> If there's no dance, does anybody have a suggestion for how I should spend
> my free time, after I've visited H.P. Lovecraft's grave?

the boston early music festival runs through june 13 (very slight
overlap).  

you could look into dances is the boston area, which is accessible by
train or bus from providence.

perhaps brown university has some cultural life in the summer?

or check out the atlantic ocean...

susie lorand
(princeton, n.j., but a frequent visitor to new england)

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>the boston early music festival runs through june 13 (very slight
>overlap).

Gonna be great, too!

>
>you could look into dances is the boston area, which is accessible by
>train or bus from providence.

Wednesday night, 7:30

>or check out the atlantic ocean...

Or Narragansett Bay, or Buzzards Bay.

I live on Buzzards Bay.  It's beautiful here.  Let me know if you want to
check it out.

                            Emily L. Ferguson - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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A friend, Joseph Pimentel, asks for information about a dance called
"Yellow Stockings."  I don't know the dance, and could not find a
reference to it in the Country Dance Index or What was that Dance?, nor is
there a reference to anything by that name in Barlow.  Joseph says:

"anyway, the dance i'm thinking of is called "yellow stockings," or
 something similar.  jacquiline schwab (?) lead it in pittsburgh when bare
 necessities was there a couple weeks ago.  it is in 9/8 time, longways
 formation. here's what i recall of it:

 1-2     first corners 2-hand turn
 3-4     second corners same
 5-6     1s down the center and return
 7-8     1s cast, 2s lead up
 (i think there's also a 2s down the center and return, then cast, but i'm
 not sure.)
 in the last 4 bars, all do 4 changes of rights and left."

Can anyone out there provide more details?

Thanks!

Eric Arnold
 Ann Arbor

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Yellow Stockings is indexed in Where Was That Dance, v.2.  It comes from A
Choice Collection of Country Dances 1726.  



At 08:49 AM 3/12/99 -0500, Eric Arnold wrote:
>A friend, Joseph Pimentel, asks for information about a dance called
>"Yellow Stockings."  I don't know the dance, and could not find a
>reference to it in the Country Dance Index or What was that Dance?, nor is
>there a reference to anything by that name in Barlow.  Joseph says:
>
>"anyway, the dance i'm thinking of is called "yellow stockings," or
> something similar.  jacquiline schwab (?) lead it in pittsburgh when bare
> necessities was there a couple weeks ago.  it is in 9/8 time, longways
> formation. here's what i recall of it:
>
> 1-2     first corners 2-hand turn
> 3-4     second corners same
> 5-6     1s down the center and return
> 7-8     1s cast, 2s lead up
> (i think there's also a 2s down the center and return, then cast, but i'm
> not sure.)
> in the last 4 bars, all do 4 changes of rights and left."
>
>Can anyone out there provide more details?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Eric Arnold
> Ann Arbor

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If you can stay over you might want to check out the weekends or weeks at
Pinewoods. It is not that far t\from Providence and you might just cadge a
ride.

As to what else you  can do in the Providence area? Well-Newport Rhode
Island is quite close to Providence and a visit to the cottages (the
nineteenth and early twentieth century mansions of the very, very wealthy,
as well as to the Pavilion would be well worth your while. They are
magnificent examp les of extravagence-never to be equaled. Visits to Brown
or Rhode Island School of Design as well as the gorgeous eighteenth century
houses on Benefit street shouldn't be missed and the glass covered
nineteenth century cast iron shopping mall is most interesting. I think you
will find Providence more interesting than you expect. My oldest son went
to College at Brown and I found our visits most enjoyable.

Ben Stein
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Will be visiting Yardley, PA soon and am looking for info and/or directions to
English in the area.  Heard at the Boston Ball that there is a dance in
Princeton area also Titusville.  Any info would be appreciated, especially a
contact in Yardley area.  Re post ball blues, as well as post NEFFA blues etc.
Usually find the answer is the fun of having house guests.  Lots of after ball
chat over snacks etc  before retiring after coming home, and breakfast/brunch
chat helps ease the transition back to the "other" life. Miles to travel does
make a difference to many folks re dances post-ball altho a Sunday afternoon
dance certainly sounds intriguing, Terry.  At the same hall in Concord as the
ball ???? 
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Next ECD in Titusville:  4/2 and 5/7
Next ECD in Princeton: 4/14 and 5/26
There's also a special English/Contra Dance in Yardley 3/27.

I'll try emailing a flyer to your aol address.  If it doesn't come thru,
email me your snailmail address I'll mail you a flyer with all details,
directions etc.

Cheers,

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>
>Will be visiting Yardley, PA soon and am looking for info and/or directions
>to
>English in the area.  Heard at the Boston Ball that there is a dance in
>Princeton area also Titusville.  Any info would be appreciated, especially
a
>contact in Yardley area.  Re post ball blues, as well as post NEFFA blues
>etc.
>Usually find the answer is the fun of having house guests.  Lots of after
>ball
>chat over snacks etc  before retiring after coming home, and
>breakfast/brunch
>chat helps ease the transition back to the "other" life. Miles to travel
>does
>make a difference to many folks re dances post-ball altho a Sunday
afternoon
>dance certainly sounds intriguing, Terry.  At the same hall in Concord as
>the
>ball ????
>
>
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Friends,

I am forwarding a request from Morjorie Potter of Wilton, CT for directions
for Loxley Figure of Eight.  She believes it appeared in English Dance &
Song in the sumer of 1967, but doesn't have ready access to those volumes. 
Anyone?

Thanks,

Robin Hayden
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Robin Hayden asked on behalf of Marjorie Potter for instructions for Loxley
Figure Eight (note correct title).

Formation: 3 couple set
A1: 1st couple cross and figure of eight on the other side of the set
A2: 1st couple figure of eight on own side of set finishing home
B1: 1st and 2nd couples face, set and change places, the 2nd couple arching;
1st and 3rd couples repeat this, the 3rd couple arching
B2: All swing

The dance was supplied by Mrs Fanny Howkins of Loxley in Warwickshire
Published in English Dance and Song Vol 29 (1967)
It has been recorded by The Boxwood Consort

Antony Heywood
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It has also been recorded by the Claremont Country Dance Band on their recording Juice of Barley.

Thanks for the notation I have been meaning to look it up for years.

Graham

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   >Robin Hayden asked on behalf of Marjorie Potter for instructions for Loxley
   >Figure Eight (note correct title).
   >
   >Formation: 3 couple set
   >A1: 1st couple cross and figure of eight on the other side of the set
   >A2: 1st couple figure of eight on own side of set finishing home
   >B1: 1st and 2nd couples face, set and change places, the 2nd couple arching;
   >1st and 3rd couples repeat this, the 3rd couple arching
   >B2: All swing
   >
   >The dance was supplied by Mrs Fanny Howkins of Loxley in Warwickshire
   >Published in English Dance and Song Vol 29 (1967)
   >It has been recorded by The Boxwood Consort
   >
   >Antony Heywood
   >The Netherlands
   >
   >
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Continuing his East Coast Tour, Philippe Callens will be calling an evening 
of English Country Dances for Country Dance*New York.
Tuesday March 30, 1999 from 7pm until 10:15 at Metropolitain Duane Hall at 
201 West 13th St, corner of 7th Avenue in New York City. Music by Bill Peek 
and John Austin. Admission for Members and Students $8, Non-members $10.

Please bring clean, soft-bottomed shoes not used for street wear to dance 
in, and please bring edible goodies to share.
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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH (AS IF WE HAVE A VOICE IN WASHINGTON)....


 NPR/PBS Petition - Quick Sign


 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether public funding
to an artist can be linked with the idea of whether the art  is "decent."
After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" not so long ago, Congress passed
a law that for an artist's art to receive public money via the National
Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed decent.

On NPR Morning Edition this morning, Nina Tottenberg said that if > the
Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA. Then,
there's the question of Congressional funding: Funding for NPR/NEA & PBS.

PBS, NPR (National Public Radio), and the arts are facing major cutbacks
in funding. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending
costs and streamline their services, some government officials believe
that the funding currently going to these programs is too large a portion of
funding for something which is seen as not worthwhile.

Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per person
per year, and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a year. A
January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of Americans
wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense and law
enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding.

Each year, the Senate and House Appropriations committees each have 13
subcommittees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies.  Each
subcommittee passes its own appropriation bill. The goal each year > is
to have each bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year, which is
October 1.

The only way that our representatives can be aware of the base of support
for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by making our voices
heard.

Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who believe
in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the President of the
United States, the Vice President of the United States, and
Representative Newt Gingrich, who is the instigator of the action to cut funding to
these worthwhile programs.

This petition is being passed around the Internet. Please add your name
to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA, NPR & PBS.

Please keep this petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Please sign and
forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to sign please send to the
e-mail address indicated. This is being forwarded to several people at
once to add their names to the petition. It won't matter > if many people
receive the same list as the names are being managed.  This is for anyone
who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of $1.12/year of their
taxes, a petition follows.

If you sign, please forward on to others.

If not, please don't kill it - send it to the e-mail address listed here:
wein2688-AT-
blue.univnorthco.edu or kubi7975-AT-
blue.univnorthco.edu



If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this
petition,
please forward a copy to: wein2688-AT-
blue.univnorthco.edu. This way we can
keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward this to everyone you
know, and help us to keep these programs alive.

Thank you.

NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter and
then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply forwarding
it.  In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the list,
then send it on. Or if option is available, do a SEND AGAIN.


651) Andrea Wickham, New York, NY
652) Jessica Wickham, Brooklyn, NY
653) Mary H. Lorimer, W Long Branch, NJ
654) Janis Jolcuvar, Santa Monica, CA
655) Nancy A. Kist, Jersey City, NJ
656) Bruce T. Herbert, Seattle, WA
657) Anne Albritton, Madrid, Spain
658) Richard Stephens, Madrid, Spain
659) Jonathan Forgash, NYC, NY
660) Barbara Glaser, Austin, TX
661) Jim Blomquist, Chicago, IL
662) Amy Rechenmacher, Evanston, IL
663) Jayne Flores, Agana, Guam
664) Jim Renza
665) Ramon A Noya, Atlanta, GA
666) Visitacion A Noya, Atlanta, GA
667) Geoff Baker, Atlanta, GA
668) Richard Gann, Atlanta, GA
669) Anthony Thompson, LA, CA
670) Carol Cetrone, LA, CA
671) Debra Spinelli LA, CA
672) Rika Ohara, Los Angeles, CA
673) Alan Rich, Los Angeles, CA
674) Tina Pelikan, New York, NY
675) Juan Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
676) Fredrik Nilsen, Los Angeles, CA 677) Jackie Sharp, Los Angeles, CA
678) Kathleen Frasca, Burbank, CA.
679) Ilayne Lucas, Burbank, CA
689) Thomas Lucas, Burbank. CA
690) Abbe Kanter Jaye, Van Nuys, CA
691) Billie Shane, Los Angeles, CA
692) Frank Chindamo, L.A., CA
693) Erik Liberman, LA, CA
694) Jacob Liberman, Basalt, CO
695) Marsha Boros, Coral Springs, FL
696) Gina Liberman, San Francisco, CA
697) Sharon Scruggs, NYC, NY
698)Steven Skybell, NYC, NY
699) Joseph Skibell, Austin, TX
700) Barbara Freer Skibell, Austin TX
701) Kerry Fried, Seattle, WA
702) Kimberly Burns, West Hollywood, CA
703) Howard Tharsing, San Francisco, CA
705) Brian Basinger, San Francisco, CA
706) DavidMurray, Chicago, IL
707) James E. McPherson, Chicago, IL
708) Katherine W. Laughlin, Seattle, WA
709) Timothy L. Murray, Seattle, WA
710) Beth Moore Haines, Nevada City, CA
711) Eric Salzman, Brooklyn & East Quogue NY
712) Kevin Guess, Houston, TX
713) David Gompper, Iowa City, IA
714) Ching-chu Hu, Ann Arbor, MI
715) David Maki, Ann Arbor, MI
716) David G. Stevens, East Islip, NY
717) Rebecca Korn, East Meadow, NY
718) John McNeur, Glen Head, NY
719) Michael Salzman, Plainview, NY
720) Frank Cassara, NY, NY
721) Dean Drummond, Upper Nyack, NY
722) Patricia Spencer, New York, NY
723) Ardith Bondi, New York, NY
724) Yeou-Cheng Ma, Fresh Meadows, NY
725) Michael Dadap, Fresh Meadows, NY
726) Helaine Fiedler, Douglaston, NY>>
727) Merrilee Fiedler, New York, NY
728) Jeanne Chin, New York, NY
729) Ben Berry, New York, NY
730) Pam Coar, North Babylon, NY
731) Marie Ingellis, East Northport, NY
732) Alice Cavanagh, Binghamton, NY
734) Joseph Andrews, Endicott, NY
735) Amy Short, Vestal, NY
736) Michael Davis, New York, NY
737) Jim Walsh, Binghamton, NY
738) Zachary Roberts, Binghamton, NY
739) Dave Siegel, Palo Alto, CA
740) Stephanie Tuerk, Stanford, CA
741) Jeanne S. Tuerk, Annapolis, MD
742) Carl E. Tuerk, Jr. , Annapolis, Md
743) Ivan Rubin, Brooklyn, NY
744) Maryann H. Long , Summit, NJ
745) Pat Weeden, Oergon, WI
746) Tracey Nelson, Oregon, WI
747) Alanna Nelson, Brodhead, WI
748) Mourad Chaouch, Brodhead, WI
749) Diane Epstein, Tiburon, CA
750) Alan Epstein, Tiburon, CA
751) Frank Avruch,Newton, MA
752) Betty Avruch,Newton,MA
753) Thomas J. Cottle,BROOKLINE, MA
754) Kay Cottle, BROOKLINE, MA
755) LANE K. CONN, WEST NEWTON, MA
756) Sarah A. Conn, West Newton, MA
757) Patricia Morgan, Oregon City, OR
758) Lloyd Marbet, Boring, OR
759) Christy Slovacek, Zigzag, OR
760) Don Mench, Zigzag, OR
761) Laura Carroll, Rhododendron OR
762) Shelley Kadota, Santa Cruz, CA
763) Janine Rood, San Jose, CA
764) Sherry Smith, Boulder, CO
765) Cindi Lehman, Boulder, CO
766) Torin Dewey, Boulder, CO
767) Beth W. Maure, San Diego, CA
768) Rita Jeffries, San Diego, CA
769) Jacqueline Severance, San Diego, CA
770) Bob Abra, San Francisco, CA
771) SunMie Won, San Francisco, CA
772) Katie Morris, San Francisco, CA
773) Theresa Feeley, Arlington, VA
774) Kelly Richmond, Pittsburgh, PA
775) Perry Lowe, Pittsburgh, PA
776) Michelle Baldwin, Denver Co
777) Jeremiah Moore, Denver CO
778) Holly S. Murray,Spfld.MA
779) Amity P. Murray, New York, NY
780) Lauren B. Hoelzer, Wilmington, DE 
781) Jim Graham, Montchanin, DE
782) Adrienne Gallagher, Savannah, GA
783) alyssa dee krauss
784) Sienna Patti, Lenox, MA
785) Manon Kahle, Putney, VT
786) Indra M. Rios-Moore, New York, NY --PBS ROCKS!!!--
787) Katie Woolf, Atl. GA
788) David Woolf, Atlanta, GA
789) Mim Woolf, Atlanta, GA



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I recieved the following after sending a test to the "return address" on 
the NPR petition:

FORWARDED MESSAGE from UNC Spam Info (uunet$bl-AT-
GSMAIL  
{uunet!blue.UnivNorthCo.EDU!spam}) at 3/16/99 7:41 AM
To ALL concerned....
     This petition is (read carefully) NO LONGER BEING USED!! It
has become a spam-mail phenomenon - an email phantom that has
been haunting the web because it keeps getting forwarded, not
through the fault of the people who do so, but because they
have been misinformed. Students generated this petition in 1995
and used it two months after it's inception.
     It was and is not the content or purpose of the petition
that UNC has EVER renounced, and especially not the students right
to free speech, it was the way in which the petition was sent out
in bulk with no date or statement about longevity of use. Please
pass on this page to those you may have forwarded the petition to.
Misinformation can be a powerful thing! G'day to all...

           http://www.unco.edu/petition.html

(The Original UNC spam mail reply follows:).....

This message has been sent to you because you have sent
a message pertaining to a "bulk" mail message. Two such
mailings originated here at the University of Northern
Colorado. UNC does not condone soliciting of any kind and
does not support spam emails. The students who sent
out the messages were reprimanded by the University and have
agreed to not abuse the network by sending out chain
messages.

The messages we are aware of are the PBS/NEA/NPR petition and the "Internet 
Business Opportunity" message. If you
believe you have received a newly generated message,
please send a message to postmaster-AT-
unco.edu along with
a copy of the message.

Thank you for your cooperation. These are problems we are still dealing 
with, although these messages were sent out years ago.  We are trying to 
stop the spread of these
messages, but have had little luck as the vastness of the
internet continues to grow.
 
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Hey folks:

I'm as big as supporter of NPR as anyone, but this petition has been 
bouncing around the internet in various forms for at least three years 
now, and the question of NPR funding that it discusses was voted on long 
ago. Some versions of the petition even make their antique nature clear 
by mentioning Newt Gingrich, who has retired from the House. It has 
attained the status of internet folklore. I can assure you, no one is 
"managing the names" or reading the results any longer.

Please, everyone, read everything you forward carefully, and keep in mind 
that almost everything that says "FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW" is a 
hoax. Sometimes worse, like the one I got during the impeachment mess 
saying it was from a group of people who'd had enough and wanted to get 
back to the country's business. They said they'd arranged for free 
calling to US representatives and senators. It all sounded legit until I 
checked the phone number: it was a Caribbean area code, notorious for 
hosting scams. Callers to that area code can be charged by the minute, 
just like a 900 number, but unlike US 900 numbers, there's no legal 
requirement that the caller be notified, and the charges can run 
$35/hour. Very clever scam indeed!

So please, as I said, read your e-mail *very* carefully, and if something 
says "FORWARD TO EVERYONE" -- don't.

Peace.
Paul

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From: "David R. Woolf" <dwoolf-AT-
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Subject: NPR - MEA CULPA!
To: oakhurst-L-AT-
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emory.edu>, ECD list <ECD-AT-
SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, Hammered Dulc List <hammered_dulcimers-AT-
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By now, I have heard from about a dozen of you, mostly kind, some not-so,
that the petition I forwarded is a hoax - one of those internet things
that began well-intentioned (over 3 years ago), hung around long after its
useful life, and now seems unable to die.  Believe it or not, there are
actually sites at major university servers that sent me a form letter
reply about my posting.

Bottom line:  Please ignore and delete the previous NPR message.

Forgive me for broadcasting junk mail - Perhaps we all get suckered
sooner or later.

-David

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On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, John W Konvalinka wrote in response to
BSDieter-AT-
aol.com:

> Next ECD in Titusville:  4/2 and 5/7
> Next ECD in Princeton: 4/14 and 5/26
> There's also a special English/Contra Dance in Yardley 3/27.
> 
> I'll try emailing a flyer to your aol address.  If it doesn't come thru,
> email me your snailmail address I'll mail you a flyer with all details,
> directions etc.

you can also get most of the details (including driving directions) about
English dancing in the Princeton area from our web pages:

PCD: http://www.eeb.princeton.edu/~ben/dance/pcd/

LCD English dances in Titusville (not far from Yardley):
http://www.eeb.princeton.edu/~ben/dance/lcd/main.html

- Susie Lorand
(who maintains the LCD English page)

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As some of you know, Charlotte Beauchamp asked me to sell certain of her
belongings, with the money to go to CD*NY's English Program Fund.  I've
recently come into possession of her tapes and have found among them 2
Fried Herman tapes which I believe are no longer generally available.  They
are:
	"It's Easy...if you know where you're going," 1989, Hold the Mustard
	"Face the Music," 1993, Two's Company
Before putting these particular tapes into our next fund-raising auction, I
thought I'd check to see whether any callers on the list might want them.
They're used tapes, and I haven't vetted them, but I assume they're in good
shape.  If you're interested in either or both of these tapes, please email
me _off-list_: 	mls-AT-
panix.com

Sharon Green
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Sorry to reply to Sharon through ECD but tried to E-mail direct and it
wouldn't go through. If the tapes are still available I would love to get
them, or, if it is posssible or desireable, would copy them (for personal
use only) and return them. If Sharon would E-mail me directly we could
discuss it further.

Ben Stein
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:36:43 -0600
From: Charlene Charette <charlene-AT-
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I received the following query (probably because my email address is
attached to at least one 1st edition Playford transcription on the web) and
am posting it here in the hopes that someone can help him.  Please respond
directly to Mr. Comer at BComer-AT-
littlerock.state.ar.us.

Comer, Barry wrote:

> Hello - I am interested in the surname PLAYFORD as that was my
> great-great-grandmother's maiden name.  She was born in 1808 in
> Yorkshire, England, and married my gg-gf William WORTHINGTON (b 1810,
> Yorkshire) about 1830 in Yorkshire.  Would you have any knowledge as to
> this John PLAYFORD's genealogical line or could you possibly direct me
> to someone who might?  Anything you could provide would be greatly
> appreciated.  A name like this is not seen very often.  Please Help Me
> :0).
>
> Thanks & God Bless -- Barry

--Charlene

--
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Taking advantage of the ladies dressing room post-ball confusion in
Westchester late Saturday night, a white cloisonné earring went for
a joy-ride by making a daring leap from the table-top into my dance
bag, where it sequestered itself unnoticed for the entire ride to
New Haven.  The earring was turned up in a routine unpacking of the 
bag following the Ball.

According to Ball officials, the earring's mate was located in the
ladies dressing room, and is currently in protective custody.

Anyone with information as to the rightful owner of said pair of
earrings is urged to contact either Susan Murrow or myself.  We will
be happy to arrange a reconciliation between all parties, as we
believe the earrings truly regret any uneasinesss caused by their
impulsive behavior and are eager to be reunited.

Barbara Ruth
New Haven, CT
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Hi Lyrl,
  Can I get directions to the Church coming on the T?  I will be
leaving from right in the middle of Boston (green or red line). 
Thanks.
Barbara

---Lyrl Ahern <lyrl-AT-
yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, 27 March 1999, the Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
> is pleased to present a workshop and dance featuring Belgian caller
> and dance composer, Phillipe Callens. 
> 
> The event will be held at the Park Avenue Congregational Church,
Park
> Avenue at Paul Revere Road, Arlington Heights MA. During the
workshop,
> from 2-5 PM, Phillipe will concentrate on his own material. Music
will
> be by members of Pleasures of the Town (Joyce Crouch, Doug
Creighton,
> and Susan Kevra).
> 
> For more information, call me at (978) 263-4778.
> 
> Lyrl Ahern
> 
> 
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Sorry folks.  Meant to send the last one directly to Lyrl.  
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Barbara--

>   Can I get directions to the Church [where Philippe > Callens is
calling on Saturday] coming on the T?
> I will be leaving from right in the middle of 
> Boston.

Take the red line to Harvard. Get off there, follow signs to the buses,
and take the #77 bus out Mass. Ave. to Arlington Heights. That is the
end of the line. Ask the bus driver to let you off at Park Ave.
(actually a block short of the end). Go up the hill one block to the
corner of Paul Revere. The church is on your right.
Enter on Paul Revere.

Lyrl



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-- Barbara Ruth <barbararuth-AT-
rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry folks.  Meant to send the last one directly to
> Lyrl.  

That's OK, Barbara. Somebody else might want the same instructions.

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From: Barbara Ruth <barbararuth-AT-
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Subject: New Haven English Country Dance Page
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So, okay, I _only_ learned to write web pages about 4 weeks ago and
Dan Pearl tells me I'm already hopelessly behind the times because
_nobody_ writes web pages in html code anymore, it's all done with
tools (I also drive a car with standard transmission, what can I
say, I'm a hopeless Luddite), and it's not particularly fancy, with
beautiful banners or interactive stuff, nonetheless, English Dancing
in New Haven now has it's own web page, located at
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~bfr4/NH.English.html
which does include the remaining scheduled dances in New Haven, the
schedule for our upcoming summer dances in Branford, information
about special events, and pictures from the first Elm City ECD Ball.
More links are to be added, and other fun stuff, but in the
meantime, y'all are invited to come pay a visit, and if you have any
questions about what's happening in New Haven that's the place to go.

Barbara

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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:41:06 -0500
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A good beginning but the pix are really blown out on my monitor.  Is that
the case with others?

Also I'm a bit perplexed by all the different colors in the text because
most of the colored text is not clickable.

But a good start nonetheless.  And bravo for tackling HTML.  Dan's right.
There are a million, well maybe 20, nice programs out there that will write
your web page for you, even one in WordPerfect.

                            Emily L. Ferguson - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
                                                      elf-AT-
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                             Photographer, English Country Dance leader

                                              Small brave carnivores
                                             Kill pine cones and mosquitoes.
                                             Fear vacuum cleaner.

from "Kitty Haiku"


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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:35:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Barbara Ruth <barbararuth-AT-
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Subject: Don't Dump on Dan
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Well, oops again.  I realize from some of the responses I got to my
post about the NH web site that my reporting Dan Pearl's comment
about  html could be read a little more seriously than was meant.  I
don't want anyone thinking that I have it in for Dan who is both a
terrifically sweet guy and one of my favorite callers.  It was clear
at the time that he was just tweaking me about the html stuff, and I
thought the idea of already being a fuddy-duddy on web-writing was
funny enough to pass on.  Perhaps I should have pointed out that
what Dan actually said was that nobody but me _and him_ still writes
in html.

On the other hand, thanks for all the kind words and encouragement
about the site - it's nice to realize that so many of you went and
looked at it.  And it's good to know that so many people really do
favor html - not to mention manual transmission.  
Now can one of you nice folks tell me how to put a counter onto my
page?

Barbara

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Thanks to everyone who defended me!  I was not offended, by the way, by
Barbara's remark.  My advice to her was to use a good tool, which, unlike
humans, can probably get the job done quicker.

By the way. The NEFFA website, one of my creations, is a combination of
hand-coded HTML and HTML spit out by a pair of perl programs that I wrote
to handle the Festival grids, performer and event pages, and another one
to generate the LinkFest pages.

If anyone has any questions on how it works, I'd be please to correspond
with you.

----- 

While I have the floor, I'll pass along the word that Bare Necessities
has completed recording TWO CD's worth of MUSIC FOR DANCING, as produced
by the Boston Centre of CDSS and Gene Murrow.  What's left is package
design, production, distribution, etc.

The tunes on the CDs will be selected from those recorded:
Jack's Maggot, Sun Assembly, Female Saylor, Elizabeth, Prince William,
Dublin Bay, Wa is Me, Round About Our Coal Fire, The Introduction,
Hudson Barn, Bury Fair, Quite Carr-ied Away, Easter Morn,
Lilliburlero, Up With Aily, Bonny Cuckoo, From Aberdeen, Sally in our Alley,
Bellamira, Long Live London, Fair and Softly, Elverton Grove, Kelsterne Gardens,
John Tallis' Canon, Wibsey Roundabout, Punchbowl, Smithy Hill,
Trip to Paris

We're starting to think about subsequent recordings in the series.
Send me suggestions!
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From: "Roger W. Broseus, CHP, Ph.D." <IDo-AT-
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At 02:35 PM 3/26/1999 , you wrote:
[snip]

>On the other hand, thanks for all the kind words and encouragement
>about the site - it's nice to realize that so many of you went and
>looked at it.  And it's good to know that so many people really do
>favor html - not to mention manual transmission.  

The site IS nice, especially considering you hand-coded it.  More: you are
contributing your time, efforts and talent to the benefit of the folk dance
community.  Where would we BE w/o volunteers.  So, I was perturbed when I read
the note that damned with faint praise even tho I considered the source.


>Now can one of you nice folks tell me how to put a counter onto my
>page?

If you figure this out, let me know.  I've been lurking pages, viewing the
source code, for months trying to figure this out.  In some cases, it seems
there is a cgi script that accesses counter-related info on the host/server. 
In others, people cop the function from a place analogous to Yahoo where one
gets the service (of counting, in this case) in return for having an add placed
on their page.  An anathema to me.  I asked the fellow who gives me free www
space and his cool response (as a former clinical psychologist, yet) was to the
effect that it is gauche to have a hit counter on a page!  Since he give me
free space and my wonderful handle (IDo-AT-
exist.com), I avoided being demanding.

Idea for you: surf pages at Yale and find one that has a counter and cop their
code.  Try looking for guidelines and hints on writing pages at Yale . . . I'm
extrapolating from knowing that there is such a page at MIT.

NOW.  Travel plans have been canceled!  I'll miss the New Haven dance.  Enjoy
Phillipe (sp ?-).

Go home, Roger: take a nap and get ready to contra at the Spanish Ballroom
tonight.

P.S. Take a look at the <http://www.just.net/~roger/dance.niche.html>dance
niche
sometime: that's my effort at putting together a nice page on dance.  I'll be
linking to YOURs when I have a chance to edit again.

-- Roger
_  __  _________________ _  _______________________________________________
  /__) _,___,  _   _    /_)   Contra dancing fanatic, English country
 / \__(_) (_/_(/__/(_  /__).  dance aficionado.  Email: IDo-AT-
exist.com or
          _/_                 www.just.net/~roger       Dancer-AT-
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<html>
At 02:35 PM 3/26/1999 , you wrote:<br>
[snip]<br>
<br>
&gt;On the other hand, thanks for all the kind words and
encouragement<br>
&gt;about the site - it's nice to realize that so many of you went
and<br>
&gt;looked at it.&nbsp; And it's good to know that so many people really
do<br>
&gt;favor html - not to mention manual transmission.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
The site IS nice, especially considering you hand-coded it.&nbsp; More:
you are contributing your time, efforts and talent to the benefit of the
folk dance community.&nbsp; Where would we BE w/o volunteers.&nbsp; So, I
was perturbed when I read the note that damned with faint praise even tho
I <i>considered the source</i>.<br>
<br>
<br>
&gt;Now can one of you nice folks tell me how to put a counter onto
my<br>
&gt;page?<br>
<br>
If you figure this out, let me know.&nbsp; I've been lurking pages,
viewing the source code, for months trying to figure this out.&nbsp; In
some cases, it seems there is a cgi script that accesses counter-related
info on the host/server.&nbsp; In others, people cop the function from a
place analogous to Yahoo where one gets the service (of counting, in this
case) in return for having an add placed on their page.&nbsp; An anathema
to me.&nbsp; I asked the fellow who gives me free www space and his cool
response (as a former clinical psychologist, yet) was to the effect that
it is gauche to have a hit counter on a page!&nbsp; Since he give me free
space and my wonderful handle (IDo-AT-
exist.com), I avoided being
demanding.<br>
<br>
Idea for you: surf pages at Yale and find one that has a counter and cop
their code.&nbsp; Try looking for guidelines and hints on writing pages
at Yale . . . I'm extrapolating from knowing that there is such a page at
MIT.<br>
<br>
NOW.&nbsp; Travel plans have been canceled!&nbsp; I'll miss the New Haven
dance.&nbsp; Enjoy Phillipe (sp ?-).<br>
<br>
Go home, Roger: take a nap and get ready to contra at the Spanish
Ballroom tonight.<br>
<br>
P.S. Take a look at the
<a href="http://www.just.net/~roger/dance.niche.html">dance niche</a>
sometime: that's my effort at putting together a nice page on dance.&nbsp; I'll be linking to YOURs when I have a chance to edit again.<br>
<br>
<div>-- Roger</div>
<div>_&nbsp; __&nbsp; _________________ _&nbsp; _______________________________________________</div>
<div>&nbsp; /__) _,___,&nbsp; _&nbsp;&nbsp; _&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /_)&nbsp;&nbsp; Contra dancing fanatic, English country</div>
<div>&nbsp;/ \__(_) (_/_(/__/(_&nbsp; /__).&nbsp; dance aficionado.&nbsp; Email: IDo-AT-
exist.com or</div>
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From: "Roger W. Broseus, CHP, Ph.D." <IDo-AT-
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Reply-To: ECD-AT-
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Subject: Oops
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To quote a friend, Oops: my latest post was intended to go directly to
another person on the list.  Please, please excuse me.

/Roger
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Subject: Greetings from a New Subscriber
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I am a new subscriber to the ECD list, and a neophyte EC dancer, having
danced weekly only since August 18, 1998. I feel a bit intimidated
posting to a list that includes so many luminaries and scholars, with a
combined experience staggering to contemplate. Because of my relative
inexperience, I decided to see what "those who know" say about English
Country Dancing. Accordingly, I have just finished reading all 4,012
postings in the archives. Casting trepidation to the winds, I greet you
with these lines:


To the ECD List, After Reading the Archives

I have been diving in the waters of time...
Listening, lurking, absorbing the past.

Replete, I break the surface;
The much-explored backwater
Re-joins the forward-moving stream.

I know you now...your quips and quirks,
Your fancies and your foibles,
The heat and light of your discourse.

Receive me; as a shell cast up on sand
Bears the sound and imprint of the sea,
So I bear your words within.

The rite of passage done,
I crest the waves into your unison.


JoAnne Rawls
jrawls-AT-
sbo.nn.k12.va.us (work), ldrawls-AT-
erols.com (home)

Writes from Newport News, VA; dances in Williamsburg; and would love to
hear from anyone with words of encouragement for a middle-aged "newbie"
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Subject: seeking John Ramsay's email address
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   The email address I have for John Ramsay has been bouncing, saying
user unknown.  I suspect this may mean he has changed to another ISP.
Thus I am appealing to the great Net Wisdom (TM) in the hopes that
someone can tell what his new address is.

   Thanks.

Jonathan

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Hi all! I'm looking for information on what I believe
is an English Country Dance...
A long time ago here, we had a dance teacher who didn't
really know what he was doing, and he introduced us to
a dance called 'Mein Mann ist in Hau' (or something
like that, my German is terrible) that was translated
to mean "My Man Lies in the Hay", and all I can
remember of it is that it had (I think) the standard
English Country verse set-up and a distinctive chorus.
Here goes:
The dance was for four couples in a square, and in the
chorus, the two "head" lords and the two "side" ladies
came into the center of the square. The ladies joined
hands behind the lords' necks and the lords joined
hands behind the ladies' backs, and then the lords
would take eight slipping steps to the left, and then
everyone would go back to place. Then the "side" lords
and the "head" ladies would do it. This generally
resulted in the ladies being lifted off the ground and
at one point in time actually caused an injury.
Anyway, the dance itself was neat, if you made sure
that people of the same approximate height and weight
were dancing it, and we're looking for a write up and
music if possible...the dance was lost when this dance
teacher left, and now we're trying to see if it can be
workable. Thanks!
~Meli

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Hi all! I'm looking for information on what I believe
is an English Country Dance...
A long time ago here, we had a dance teacher who didn't
really know what he was doing, and he introduced us to
a dance called 'Mein Mann ist in Hau' (or something
like that, my German is terrible) that was translated
to mean "My Man Lies in the Hay", and all I can
remember of it is that it had (I think) the standard
English Country verse set-up and a distinctive chorus.
Here goes:
The dance was for four couples in a square, and in the
chorus, the two "head" lords and the two "side" ladies
came into the center of the square. The ladies joined
hands behind the lords' necks and the lords joined
hands behind the ladies' backs, and then the lords
would take eight slipping steps to the left, and then
everyone would go back to place. Then the "side" lords
and the "head" ladies would do it. This generally
resulted in the ladies being lifted off the ground and
at one point in time actually caused an injury.
Anyway, the dance itself was neat, if you made sure
that people of the same approximate height and weight
were dancing it, and we're looking for a write up and
music if possible...the dance was lost when this dance
teacher left, and now we're trying to see if it can be
workable. Thanks!
~Meli

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Archive-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:47:06 PST
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Hi Meli,

Sorry, its a German country dance, known also as "Man in the Hay" or "My
Man is Away in the Hay."  I learned it my first year of international folk
dancing (1954) and have taught it for years to children's groups adults,
community folk dance groups etc.  (There is an English Dance called
Cumberland square 8 that is similar, but what you describe does sound more
like Man in the Hay)  

There was a recording by Michael Herman on Folk Dancer label (78) that I
used, then tape recorded when it got old.  Perhaps there is a more recent
recording available.

I don't know where to find instructions, so here is the sequence.

INTRO: A music.  stand in square with hands held and swing arms vigorously
in and out 16 beats

Verse 1:  A music.  Still holding hands, skip in a circle to the left,
finishing at home.

CHORUs:  B music (In ballroom or shoulder waist position)
Heads-- slide in three slides and stamp on count 4
Heads Slide out three slides, stamp on count 4
Heads slide 8 slides, men passing back to back.  Its OK to go beyond the
limits of the set. 
Heads change direction without turning and slide back, women passing back
to back

Sides repeat-- in, stomp, out, stomp, 8 slides each way

Verse 2:  Men make an inner circle, and skip 16 beats CCW, returning home
at the end of the phrase in time for the

CHORUS  

Verse 3:  Women join hands and skip in a circle CCW

CHorus

Heads come in and make a back basket, men arms behind women's waists and
women's arms behind men's necks.  It helps to grip wrists.  Buzz step swing
vigorously, until the women "fly"  (Some people have the heads swing 4 more
beats into the startof the chorus.  In that case, the heads keep swinging.
Some people have the sides start the chorus, in which case the heads have
to stop swinging and separate by the end of the verse music or they get run
over.  

Chorus:  If the heads are starting the chorus, they can swing 4 more
counts, then go out-2-3- stomp and continue the chorus as usual.  Or you
can have the sides start this chorus.

Verse 5: The sides form a basket and swing with buzz step 16 beats, and
separate byt eh end of the music because here comes the

Chorus: started by the heads. 

Last verse:  All join hands and skip to the left 16 beats, ending at home.

Victoria 


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Subject: Waterfall Waltz
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Last night (Tuesday) Philippe Callens led us in a very enjoyable evening
of English dances to a packed house here at CD*NY.  The program seemed
broadly appreciated by all the dancers I spoke to, and if you're within
reach of one of the few remaining dances on his current tour, by all
means go.
	As good as the dances were, though, the gem of the evening, for me, at
least, was in the music for Waterfall Waltz.  In the middle of the
dance, John Austin and Bill Peek (who played superbly, as always)
switched into a delightful tune with some minor chords in it that I had
never heard before.  When asked, John and Bill both said they had never
played it before, either, and were just sight-reading it for the first
time, but there is is in Barnes, Waterfall Waltz II (Flowers of the
Thorn).  I imagine many of you on this list must be fully familiar with
this tune, but if you aren't, or haven't heard it for a while, give it a
shot the next time you get the dance programmed.