Archive-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 07:05:18 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 09:53:47 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Seeking Artist To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021001.100542.-1918227.2.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I'm looking for an artist to provide line drawings for the cover, back & occasional interior spot for a book of dances. Some familiarity with costume of 1720 or so would be nice, as I want very representational-type pictures. If you or anyone you know is interested, please reply off-line & I'll provide the details. I will want to see a few style samples. There won't be much fortune, but there might be some fame, so this might make a nice project for a young artist who is building his/her portfolio. Thanks! Allison e: allisonthompson-AT- juno.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 09:25:32 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 12:25:07 -0400 (EDT) From: David.Millstone-AT- valley.net (David Millstone) Subject: taxonomy To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <19445120-AT- enfield.VALLEY.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT --- Alan Winston wrote: I think "Country Dance" is any kind of dance in which the most typical basic unit is the couple, where the initial formation significantly determines the relationship of the basic units, and where basic units deliberately interact in a prescribed way with other basic units in the course of the dance. --- end of quote --- Larry Jennings puts contra dances under the general heading of what he labels "SAPpy dancing." S = Structured A = Accessible P = Participatory David Millstone ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:45:35 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 10:41:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Re: taxonomy To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KN5C0ZU8HQ9VUT0F-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT David Millstone quoted me: > --- Alan Winston wrote: > I think "Country Dance" is any kind of dance in which the most typical basic > unit is the couple, where the initial formation significantly determines the > relationship of the basic units, and where basic units deliberately interact in > a prescribed way with other basic units in the course of the dance. > --- end of quote --- and wrote: > Larry Jennings puts contra dances under the general heading of what he labels > "SAPpy dancing." > S = Structured > A = Accessible > P = Participatory This is another way of slicing it; I think SAPpy mostly equates to "community dancing" in the scheme I proposed. But does Larry have other axes along which to chart this stuff? Incidentally, an off-list correspondent suggests "Set Dancing" where I had "Country Dancing", which has considerable merit, since it doesn't get mired in the French/English "contra"/"country" distinction, doesn't confuse ECD with country/western dance, and has better historical backing. -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:08:46 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 18:08:17 +0000 (US/Eastern) From: cedar-AT- interlog.com Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: The Collier's Daughter - letter from 1851 To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Perhaps this is generally known, but I found this letter interesting in explaining the possible meaning of the title of the dance. The question arising from it, I suppose, is in today's society, has it become fashionable again to be "like the collier's daughter"? http://home.earthlink.net/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/mrbrown.htm Christine ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:47:56 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:47:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Stein Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Seeking Artist To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021001224749.54143.qmail-AT- web20709.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT --- Allison M Thompson wrote: > I'm looking for an artist to provide line drawings for > the cover, back & > occasional interior spot for a book of dances. Some > familiarity with > costume of 1720 or so would be nice, as I want very > representational-type > pictures. > > If you or anyone you know is interested, please reply > off-line & I'll > provide the details. I will want to see a few style > samples. There won't > be much fortune, but there might be some fame, so this > might make a nice > project for a young artist who is building his/her > portfolio. > > Thanks! > > Allison > > > e: allisonthompson-AT- juno.com Hi Allison: Provided that you could supply pictures of costumes I would be quite interested. You may, or may not, know that I did the line drawings in the Herman's book on Folk Dancing in the late 1940's and the drawings in Lani Melamed's book (she was a Montreal dance leader) in the 1970's. Would be happy to provide samples. Would love to do another book. Ben Stein ecdscd-AT- yahoo.com 511 North Street Burlington, Vt. 05401 USA 802-863-4105 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:49:47 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:58:34 -0700 From: Charlie Dyer Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: All day English country dance and the Andrew and Rachel Jackson Ball To: ECD List CC: "Dyer(Yale), Charles" Message-ID: <001a01c26a45$b60713c0$0101a8c0-AT- pavilion> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT The English country dancers of Jacksonville and St. Augustine, FL invite you to an all day dance and the first annual Rachel and Andrew Jackson Ball on Saturday, November 2, 2002 in Jacksonville at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal, 1100 Stockton St. Dancing will be from 10 AM to 12:15 PM; 2 PM to 4:15 PM; and the ball from 8 PM to 11 PM. Period, festive or dressy attire requested but not required. Music by Carole Wetzel, Beverly Chapman and Veronica and Ted Lane. Calling by Charlie Dyer and guests. Cost is $20 for registrations postmarked before October 12th. Registration form and more information can be found at: http://chdyer.tripod.com/ Contact Charlie Dyer at chdyer-AT- aya.yale.edu or 904-731-7058. Thanks. PS This is the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game and hotel rooms will be harder to find than normally. Book early. Some local dancers may be able to provide hospitality. See web site for hospitality contact. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:50:47 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:50:25 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Hall evaluation, Washington D.C. area To: Scottish Dance , English Dance Message-ID: <002d01c26a33$ce742630$fec4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To any folks in the Washington, D.C., area who have danced in the Cherrydale Fire House, Arlington, Virginia -- would you comment on the quality of the floor, the amenities in the hall, the availability of parking, and anything else relevant to its suitability for country dancing? Private replies, please. Pat Charlottesville, Virginia ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:11:13 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:15:57 -0700 From: Lydee Scudder Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Early One Morning To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT on 9/23/02 7:13 AM, Graham.Christian-AT- risk.sungard.com at Graham.Christian-AT- risk.sungard.com wrote: > > You may well want to use Scott Higgs' dance of this name, published in his > pamphlet of the same name... Scott's dance has been very well received here in Sebastopol. lydee ----- BE in balance with Jin Shin Jyutsu Lydee Scudder Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and self-help instructor P.O. Box 1015 Occidental, CA 95465 http://www.Lydee.com (707) 874-1335 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 08:18:06 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:17:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210031517.g93FHtk04610-AT- staff2.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I've been asked to put together a short class (4 days, 1 hour/day) on ECD for a local high school for next February and I was wondering if anyone else has done something like this? We want to make the class at least somewhat academic and have more than just dancing so I'm hoping to be able to tie it into history, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions for things we might want to cover, things that have worked well in the past, pointers to history info and ideas for readings we can give the kids? My first pass at a course outline is as follows (this is very rough and will undoubtedly change) Day 1 - basics of country dance and discuss/dance some early court dances (pavane, dance from the Inns of Court, etc.) Day 2 - Playford era ECD Day 3 - ECD in the American colonies/early American dance, late 1700's, early 1800's Day 4 - ECD today Thanks. Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | | j-sivier-AT- uiuc.edu | head of a pin? | | Flight Simulation Lab |A: It depends on what dance you call. | | Beckman Institute | | | 405 N. Mathews | SWMDG - Single White Male | | Urbana, IL 61801 | Dance Gypsy | | Work: 217/244-1923 | | | Home: 217/359-8225 | Have shoes, will dance. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Home page URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/j-sivier | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 08:43:32 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:43:22 -0400 From: eba-AT- umich.edu Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <7173578.1033645402-AT- OphthyElecGX260.med.umich.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_DmJSvgz5ylkzHwOKzpqwLw)" References: <200210031517.g93FHtk04610-AT- staff2.cso.uiuc.edu> --Boundary_(ID_DmJSvgz5ylkzHwOKzpqwLw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline --On Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:17 AM -0500 Jonathan Sivier wrote: > I've been asked to put together a short class (4 days, 1 hour/day) > on ECD for a local high school for next February and I was wondering > if anyone else has done something like this? We want to make the class > at least somewhat academic and have more than just dancing so I'm hoping > to be able to tie it into history, etc. Jonathan--the 17th century in England is an incredibly rich period in many ways. Among notable things that I like to cite to give a bit of a feel for the intellectual, political, and social climate are: the opening of the first coffee house in London, about 1650, by a Greek; the first publishing of newspapers (also about mid-century); the beginnings of copyright law, as opposed to publication rights by royal priviledge; the growth of political parties, and the shift in power from the reigning monarch to the party in power (before/after the Commonwealth); the publisning of Newton's Principia; and the evolution of the concepts of major and minor keys and their associated harmonic components, along with the selection of certain sizes of each of the renaissance musical instrument families and the further evolution into many of the ancestors of the modern orchestral instruments. The literature of the time, too, is well worth correlating to the other developments. The Protestant/Catholic battles, too, are going on and play an important role in things that also affected the things that happened in the colonization of North America. And there are many other areas equally worth mention that I have not touched upon. It was a robust and exciting time from a historical perspective. Eric Arnold --Boundary_(ID_DmJSvgz5ylkzHwOKzpqwLw) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Courier New --On Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:17 AM -0500 Jonathan Sivier < wrote: > I've been asked to put together a short class (4 days, 1 hour/day) > on ECD for a local high school for next February and I was wondering > if anyone else has done something like this? We want to make the class > at least somewhat academic and have more than just dancing so I'm hoping > to be able to tie it into history, etc. Jonathan--the 17th century in England is an incredibly rich period in many ways. Among notable things that I like to cite to give a bit of a feel for the intellectual, political, and social climate are: the opening of the first coffee house in London, about 1650, by a Greek; the first publishing of newspapers (also about mid-century); the beginnings of copyright law, as opposed to publication rights by royal priviledge; the growth of political parties, and the shift in power from the reigning monarch to the party in power (before/after the Commonwealth); the publisning of Newton's Principia; and the evolution of the concepts of major and minor keys and their associated harmonic components, along with the selection of certain sizes of each of the renaissance musical instrument families and the further evolution into many of the ancestors of the modern orchestral instruments. The literature of the time, too, is well worth correlating to the other developments. The Protestant/Catholic battles, too, are going on and play an important role in things that also affected the things that happened in the colonization of North America. And there are many other areas equally worth mention that I have not touched upon. It was a robust and exciting time from a historical perspective. Eric Arnold --Boundary_(ID_DmJSvgz5ylkzHwOKzpqwLw)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:03:25 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:56:38 -0400 From: "Hanny D. Budnick" <74031.77-AT- compuserve.com> Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: ECD class for high school To: Blind.Copy.Receiver-AT- compuserve.com Message-ID: <200210031200_MC3-1-13D5-8A8D-AT- compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Jonathan - unless your high school has dancing (or even other non-competitive physical/social LEGAL activities) in their program, my guess is that the kids will be swamped with history, readings etc. anyway and can benefit from dancing, dancing and more dancing. Of course you can give them a sheet with suggested readings, alert them to the website with Bob Keller's Playford compendium, have your copies of various sources at hand - but otherwise: get them moving! That way you can give them a glimpse of what we enjoy, and perhaps open doors for their own discovery of themselves in dancing. What an opportunity! _-AT- _ {)/' /\ /\_._,<_/ ' \ /_\ /> /< Hanny ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:28:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:27:50 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I did a program of classes for kids studying American history, in which I taught 17th century ECD (as an example of what the settlers brought) on day 1. Day 2 I taught 3 dances from the late 18th-19th centuries (to demonstrate the evolution of taste and discussed things like how important dancing was for less supervised private and social communication and that full advantage of these opportunities was provided by the fairly lengthy periods of "inactive" status in the dances). Finally I taught 3 contras (to show what people enjoy today and discussed things like the prevalence of "active" status in the newer compositions (and how that relates to modern tastes). I of the dances was closely related in the series so that they could follow the evolution of choreography (I think I used Trip to Tunbridge/Opera Reel/Chorus Jig). It worked for me with those children, but you will have to assess your specific audience, what will work best, and have lots of plans B, C, D etc... ready to hand so you can shift into the best plan without much back-tracking. One other piece of advice is to leave the bulk of the talking for the last session. I find that recapping what we have done and how they are related is easier to do retrospectively, it provides an excuse to dance them all again with a more knowledgeable eye, and by the final session the children should be more interested in the history and how it connects to events and society at the end. In the beginning the task is to capture positive attitudes from even those who think history is a bore and as Hanny so eloquently said, there is no better way to do this than by "danceing, dancing, and more dancing." Cammy ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:36:52 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:36:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210031636.g93GaiA24744-AT- staff1.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Hanny D. Budnick writes: > > unless your high school has dancing (or even other non-competitive > physical/social LEGAL activities) in their program, my guess is that the > kids will be swamped with history, readings etc. anyway and can benefit > from dancing, dancing and more dancing. Of course you can give them a sheet > with suggested readings, alert them to the website with Bob Keller's > Playford compendium, have your copies of various sources at hand - but > otherwise: get them moving! That way you can give them a glimpse of what we > enjoy, and perhaps open doors for their own discovery of themselves in > dancing. What an opportunity! That was my first thought. However this class will be part of an open week at the school where they have a large variety of different, non-typical classes. I've been informed that a class that had just dancing would be listed as a 'fun' class, but one with some academic aspects would be listed as 'academic'. The kids are required to sign up for a certain number of academic classes so the probability of getting a critical mass of students will be higher if we include some reading and history (even assign homework perhaps) rather than just dancing. We also hope to get some of the students who play musical instruments and the music teacher involved. Jonathan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:38:52 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:38:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210031638.g93Gcjg25548-AT- staff1.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Campbell Kaynor writes: > > I did a program of classes for kids studying American history, in which I > taught 17th century ECD (as an example of what the settlers brought) on day > 1. Day 2 I taught 3 dances from the late 18th-19th centuries (to > demonstrate the evolution of taste and discussed things like how important > dancing was for less supervised private and social communication and that > full advantage of these opportunities was provided by the fairly lengthy > periods of "inactive" status in the dances). Finally I taught 3 contras (to > show what people enjoy today and discussed things like the prevalence of > "active" status in the newer compositions (and how that relates to modern > tastes). I of the dances was closely related in the series so that they > could follow the evolution of choreography (I think I used Trip to > Tunbridge/Opera Reel/Chorus Jig). Thanks for the info. Do you happen to have a list of the dances you used on the different days? Jonathan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:44:17 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:40:13 -0400 From: "Hanny D. Budnick" <74031.77-AT- compuserve.com> Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: Blind.Copy.Receiver-AT- compuserve.com Message-ID: <200210031243_MC3-1-13D7-3B4F-AT- compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Yeah, Eric! _-AT- _ {)/' /\ /\_._,<_/ ' \ /_\ /> /< ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:04:40 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:09:25 -0700 From: Lydee Scudder Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT on 10/3/02 8:56 AM, Hanny D. Budnick at 74031.77-AT- compuserve.com wrote: > Jonathan - > unless your high school has dancing (or even other non-competitive > physical/social LEGAL activities) in their program, my guess is that the > kids will be swamped with history, readings etc. anyway and can benefit > from dancing, dancing and more dancing. Of course you can give them a sheet > with suggested readings, alert them to the website with Bob Keller's > Playford compendium, have your copies of various sources at hand - but > otherwise: get them moving! That way you can give them a glimpse of what we > enjoy, and perhaps open doors for their own discovery of themselves in > dancing. What an opportunity! > > _-AT- _ {)/' > /\ /\_._,<_/ > ' \ /_\ > /> /< Hanny I agree with Hanny. I actually have done quite a bit of this sort of thing. If all you have is 4 hours I would focus on dancing. lydee ----- BE in balance with Jin Shin Jyutsu Lydee Scudder Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and self-help instructor P.O. Box 1015 Occidental, CA 95465 http://www.Lydee.com (707) 874-1335 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:15:12 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 14:15:02 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT It will take some digging that I may not get around to before you need it, but I'll try. Cammy Jonathan Sivier cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: ECD class for high school owner-ecd-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.S TANFORD.EDU 03-Oct-2002 12:38 PM Please respond to ECD Thanks for the info. Do you happen to have a list of the dances you used on the different days? Jonathan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:21:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:20:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210031820.g93IKsI18457-AT- staff2.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Campbell Kaynor writes: > > > It will take some digging that I may not get around to before you need it, > but I'll try. Thanks for the effort. Any help will be appreciated. Jonathan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:44:37 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 14:59:07 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: ECD class for high school - text sources To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021003.164532.-1913409.11.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Not to toot my own horn, but my book, Dancing Through Time, available through CDSS or at my website, contains interesting readings & snippets from literature & dancing masters, from 1400-1918. When I do lecturing on topics like this, I like to pass out numbered pages with one quote on each to various people in group & when I get to that part of the talk, I ask the person with the relevant number to read the quotation--it helps to keep them awake. If you were to focus just on 19th century, the book From the Ballroom to Hell, compiled by someone whose name escapes me--Beth Aldridge?--is a detailed & wonderful collection of contemporary advice, articles, critiques, etc. There are good historical pictures in Sharp's & Sach's book on the history of dance, but forget the text. (This statement is true of most of the older books on dance history.) However, you could blow some of the pictures up--on the copier, I mean--and post them around the room for visual interest. If you have children handy, they could color them in for you. Allison (The Squirrel Hill Press) ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:52:40 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:50:51 -0500 From: Thomas Senior Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: ECD class for high school To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Jonathan, et al., It might be a good idea to show a few video snippits after a day or two of dancing so the students can contrast what they have done to what has been interpreted by the BBC and other movie producers. I am sure this list can give you a few sources, (perhaps from the archives) and the clips are usually short, and would be a good introduction to / reprieve from a lecture. Have fun, Tom Senior Chicago ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:26:30 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:09:47 +0100 From: John Meechan Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: test To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <000b01c26e1b$f541d5a0$6ebc0550-AT- default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT John Meechan John Meechan Training 024 76 744211 john-AT- jmtraining.org www.jmtraining.org ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 19:31:29 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 22:31:08 -0400 From: "Emily L. Ferguson" Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: from the musicology list To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <20021001224749.54143.qmail-AT- web20709.mail.yahoo.com> the death of baroque dance scholar Wendy Hilton. According to people who have been in touch with her much more recently than I, she died in her sleep at home on 21 September. She was the author of the 1981 book _Dance of Court and Theater: The French Noble Style 1690-1725_, and for many years offered a summer Workshop in Baroque Dance at Stanford University. The study of baroque dance was a strong influence in the early music performance practice program at Stanford, and that workshop was a manifestation of its importance. The obit appeared in the NYTimes on October 5th. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:15:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 11:15:26 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Wendy Hilton To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Thanks Emily for this sad news. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:43:49 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 11:43:34 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: death of Wendy Hilton To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001a01c26ee1$7627c510$fac4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I had heard that she was not in good health, and I am now saddened to hear of her death. Thanks to Emily for letting us know. Pat ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:58:27 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:59:22 +1000 From: Aylwen Garden Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: English Country Dance, Sat 12 Oct, Canberra, Australia To: "ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Please do come to a very special one-off night this Saturday (12th October, 8pm) at St. John's Church Hall, Constitution Ave, Reid for a "A Medieval Bush Dance!" John Garden will be leading fun dances to go with an exciting repertoire of mostly 14th-17th century tunes played by the band Earthly Delights (bringing even more fabulous instruments than normal - e.g. Jon Jones will have loan of a rare period-style cow-hide head rope-tension cat-gut snare drum). Special guests will be "Concordia Mirabilis" playing beautiful 13th-16th century music on recorders, crumhorn and cornetto. Just $12 at the door ($10 concession) Please bring a supper table contribution! Posters and info at http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/upcoming.htm ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:29:13 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:28:55 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Test message To: English Dance , Organic Gardening , Scottish Dance Message-ID: <000b01c27060$fb747580$03c4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Test message. Please ignore. Pat ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:57:00 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:54:48 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: In The Bleak Mid-Winter To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <000f01c27096$e4217b40$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_XGlmLjCMIdZtUUXMPMlHAw)" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_XGlmLjCMIdZtUUXMPMlHAw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, good Folks: Would appreciate an answer to this question relating to the above dance: If the notation that I have is incorrect, that may well be why I do not have any progression. On the other hand, is the progression made on bars 29 to 32. All agog! Regards, John [Bedford, Nova Scotia] --Boundary_(ID_XGlmLjCMIdZtUUXMPMlHAw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi, good Folks:
 
Would appreciate an answer to this question
relating to the above dance:
 
If the notation that I have is incorrect, that may
well be why I do not have any progression.
 
On the other hand, is the progression made
on bars 29 to 32.
 
All agog!
 
Regards, John
[Bedford, Nova Scotia]
--Boundary_(ID_XGlmLjCMIdZtUUXMPMlHAw)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 20:13:46 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:13:22 -0400 From: Joyce Crouch Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: English Country Dance for Advanced Dancers - Oct 20, 2002 - Amherst MA To: ECD List CC: Marianne Taylor Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Dear Friends within driving distance of Western Massachusetts, Do join us Sunday, October 20, 2002 for a wonderful afternoon of dancing with experienced dancers. (Complete familiarity with dance figures necessary.) This "Advanced Dance" will take place at the lovely Munson Library Auditorium in South Amherst, MA. Time is 2-5 PM. Delicious refreshments at break...if the weather is nice, we'll enjoy them outdoors close by the picturesque South Amherst village green in its fall glory. Admission $10. Dancing will be expertly and joyously led by Marianne Taylor, with gorgeous danceable music by Susan Conger, violin; Doug Creighton, flute & melodeon; and Margaret Ann Martin, piano. -- Special bonus -- Make a fall weekend of it! Come the day before to the Pleasures of the Town ***10th Anniversary Dance Party*** on Sat evening, October 19, 8-11 PM, also at Munson Library. Open to all. -- Decorations! Cake! Old Friends! Nostalgia! -- Marianne Taylor, who was instrumental in the formation of the band and thus the beginning of the series back in the 20th century (1992), will be calling a program of wonderful, mostly old-favorite dances. Music will be provided for you by (who else?) Pleasures of the Town -- Doug Creighton, flute & melodeon, & Joyce Crouch, piano, supplemented by previous guest musicians sitting in. Admission $7. For information on either dance, call Ruth at 413-253-3828. Directions to Munson Library at end of this message. Hope to see some of you there!! Joyce Crouch [writing for the Advanced Dance Committee and the Pleasures of the Town Committee, all duly affiliated with Amherst Area English Country Dancers and proud of it!] P.S. We continue our amazing celebratory fall season on Sat evening Nov 16 at 8 pm with a program of "local favorite" requested dances, titled "Dances You Can't Get Enough Of," led by Helene Cornelius, who called the very first dance sponsored by Pleasures of the Town, in October 1992. It took place in the Unitarian Meetinghouse in downtown Amherst; 3 months later the series moved to a larger hall, Munson Library, where it's been ever since. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Directions to Munson Library on South East Street, South Amherst, MA: From I-91, take Exit 19 (Route 9, toward Amherst). Go east approximately 5+ miles on Route 9. Go past Amherst town common, under the railroad overpass, and turn right at the next traffic light onto South East St. Continue on this road a couple of miles and bear left at the fork as you approach the South Amherst town common. Munson Library is on the left. Free Parking at the church next door or on the street. ================================================================= Joyce B Crouch Telephone: 413-549-4123 95 Pulpit Hill Road Fax: 413-549-7096 Amherst MA 01002 email: joycecrouch-AT- pobox.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:29:28 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:29:41 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Seeking London Ontario contact To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021011.142952.-1771525.6.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I can't find my group directory! Is anyone on the list from London, Ontario & can tell me who is the organizer(s)? Thanks! Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:29:33 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:29:41 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Seeking London Ontario contact To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021011.142952.-1771525.6.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I can't find my group directory! Is anyone on the list from London, Ontario & can tell me who is the organizer(s)? Thanks! Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:40:11 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:02:14 -0400 From: David Kanistanaux Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Seeking London Ontario contact To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021011183958.IJQV24595.sccrmhc02.attbi.com-AT- david.attbi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT You might try Tom Seiss at tfsiess-AT- sympatico.ca Cheers David K. ---------- : From: Allison M Thompson : To: ECD-AT- ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU : Cc: ECD-AT- ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU : Subject: Re: Seeking London Ontario contact : Date: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:29 PM : : I can't find my group directory! Is anyone on the list from London, : Ontario & can tell me who is the organizer(s)? : : Thanks! : : Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 20:13:35 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:12:09 -0400 From: Susan Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: NYC 19thc Dance Workshops To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: susan-AT- generalist.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT (Regular monthly posting) For the NYC-accessible and historically curious: EAS Historical Dance Workshops Sunday, October 20, 2002 My regular monthly dance workshop this month will be split between Regency (intermediate group, always this era) and 1860's (beginner group). The Regency section will be doing French country dances, circa 1804, with steps. The main workshop (1860's) will cover mid-19th century polka, galop, and schottische as well as dancing the popular Richard Powers interpretation of the "Galop Quadrille". To be specific: 1:00-2:00 - Intermediate; Regency set dances with all the nifty steps added in. This is open to anyone, but I only review the basic steps and step combinations before moving on to slightly more difficult ones, so if you aren't quick at picking up steps you may get a bit lost. This is bouncy and mildly strenuous - more akin to modern Scottish Country Dance than ECD. 2:00-4:00 - Basic; Polka and polka variations, galop, schottische, and the infamous "Galop Quadrille". This will be also be lively and bouncy. Cost is $15 in general; $10 if this is your first time at one of our workshops. Note that this is part of a three-workshop series on 1860's dance; the other dates are Nov. 3 and Dec. 8, and all three workshops may be had for $40.00. There are numerous Victorian balls this fall at which one may dance these dances - see our calendar at http://www.elegantarts.org/vintageevents.html/ PLEASE RSVP to: meredith-AT- elegantarts.org - the number of people we are expecting affects how I prepare for the class! Time: 1:00-2:00pm - Intermediate (steps) 2:00-4:00pm - Basic (no steps) Location: Hop, Swing, and a Jump, 132 Crosby Street #2 for directions, see our webpage, http://www.elegantarts.org/classprac.html/ EAS offers monthly historical social dance classes of the 15th through early 20th centuries - Renaissance, 17th century country dance, Regency/Jane Austen/1810's, American Civil War/1860's, Belle Epoque/1890's, and Ragtime/1910's. See our website for more information. http://www.elegantarts.org/ To receive these announcements consistently, please email info-AT- elegantarts.org to be added to our mailing list - I only announce on the ECD list the workshops a) that include something that resembles country or set dance, and b) that I remember to post. Susan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:37:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:38:04 +1000 From: Aylwen Garden Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Support Needed for Christmas ECD Dance Publication To: "ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU" , "Renaissance Dance Mailing List " , "sca-dance-AT- andrew.cmu.edu" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_faBYP0+uLHuunx+/FeerjQ)" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_faBYP0+uLHuunx+/FeerjQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Dear English Country Dancers, Renaissance Dancers and other Historical Dancers, Invitation to subscribe to łThe Christmas Carol Dance Book˛ - fun dances to fit 64 carols together with music, lyrics and history. Go down in history with us! We are calling on as many kind folk as possible to help us complete our major project of 2002 - The Christmas Carol Dance Book. Though the word 'carol' once implied dance as much as song, the two dimensions gradually separated. To bring them back together, master choreographer John Garden has spent the last 2 years devising, testing and refining 64 original social dances in dozens of different formations to fit 64 well-loved Christmas carols from the last 7 centuries. The dances all work exceedingly well, are lots of fun, and, in their style and figures, echo the carols' historical origins and lyrical storyline. The book will contain easy to follow dance instructions, carol lyrics, chorded musical notation, dance descriptions, historical notes and illustrations. It is a major achievement. We have no grant or commercial backer, and to get to press in time for release at the beginning of December, we desperately need pre-orders before the end of October. All subscribers will be named and thanked inside the cover of the book (just as we did for our last major project, The Lost Dances of Earthly Delights). Cost is just $20 AUD - either by money order to 87 Schlich St., Yarralumla, A.C.T., 2600 Australia or by credit card to garden-AT- earthlydelights.com.au or via web-site http://www.earthlydelights.com.au plus flat postage fee for any number of copies of $5 AUD for inside Australia and $10 AUD for overseas. As it will make a fabulous Christmas gift, we hope you will order for family and friends as wellŠ just don't forget to let us know whose names to put in and where to send the copies! NB. If ordering from overseas, please remember that the Australian dollar is very low, so you may only be paying half of this in your currency! Warmest Regards, Aylwen Garden --Boundary_(ID_faBYP0+uLHuunx+/FeerjQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Support Needed for Christmas ECD Dance Publication
Dear English Coun= try Dancers, Renaissance Dancers and other Historical Dancers,

Invitation to subscribe to “The Christmas Carol Dance Book̶= 1; - fun dances to fit 64 carols together with music, lyrics and hist= ory.

Go down in history with us! We are calling on as many kind folk as po= ssible to help us complete our major project of 2002 - The Christmas = Carol Dance Book. Though the word 'carol' once implied dance as much = as song, the two dimensions gradually separated. To bring them back t= ogether,  master choreographer John Garden has spent the last 2 = years devising, testing and refining 64 original social dances in doz= ens of different formations to fit 64 well-loved Christmas carols fro= m the last 7 centuries. The dances all work exceedingly well, are lot= s of fun, and, in their style and figures, echo the carols' historica= l origins and lyrical storyline. The book will contain easy to follow= dance instructions, carol lyrics, chorded musical notation, dance de= scriptions, historical notes and illustrations. It is a major achieve= ment. We have no grant or commercial backer, and to get to press in t= ime for release at the beginning of December, we desperately need pre= -orders before the end of October. All subscribers will be named and = thanked inside the cover of the book (just as we did for our last maj= or project, The Lost Dances of Earthly Delights). Cost is just $20 AU= D - either by money order to 87 Schlich St., Yarralumla, A.C.T., 2600= Australia or by credit card to garden-AT- earthlydelights.com.au or via = web-site http://www.earthlydelights.com.au plus flat postage fee for = any number of copies of $5 AUD for inside Australia and $10 AUD for o= verseas. As it will make a fabulous Christmas gift, we hope you will = order for family and friends as well… just don't forget to let = us know whose names to put in and where to send the copies!

NB. If ordering from overseas, please remember that the Australian do= llar is very low, so you may only be paying half of this in your curr= ency!

Warmest Regards, Aylwen Garden

 


--Boundary_(ID_faBYP0+uLHuunx+/FeerjQ)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:59:10 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 22:58:46 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: FW: From a concerned friend To: Scottish Dance , English Dance Message-ID: <000b01c273f6$c7850d90$a3c4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT This was sent to me from a "concerned friend." I infer a warning to maintain one's dance strength and stamina throughout one's life, perhaps even to the eschewing of domestic felicities. (Others may take a different view....) See http://www.bartleby.com/121/27.html and take warning! Pat ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:14:31 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:14:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Stein Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: FW: From a concerned friend To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021016001418.42780.qmail-AT- web20706.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT --- Patricia Ruggiero wrote: > This was sent to me from a "concerned friend." I infer a > warning to > maintain one's dance strength and stamina throughout > one's life, perhaps > even to the eschewing of domestic felicities. (Others > may take a different > view....) > > See http://www.bartleby.com/121/27.html and take warning! > > Pat Yhank youi Pat but at near 80, 59 seems like a mere youth! Ben Stein Burlington, Vt. USA > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:54:49 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:43:22 -0500 From: sol weber Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: The sniper To: ecd-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: solweber-AT- juno.com Message-ID: <20021016.014923.-293897.4.solweber-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_AFQ5iXu2nnSTW6o3B1KE4A)" This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_AFQ5iXu2nnSTW6o3B1KE4A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT As one who has lived and worked in Wash D.C., who has friends in that area, and who occasionally dances at the Glen Echo site, it's especially disturbing to hear the terrifying reports of the sniper attacks. It was startling to hear the name of the latest victim, 'Linda Franklin', though it became apparent right away that it was a different Linda, not the one many of us know from Pinewoods Camp. What a horror. Below is a message that Artie Shaw sent to the Camper's Week list. I assume it's OK to share it. Love and best wishes to all my friends and acquaintances down there. Sol (The message) Dear All We're alive and safe -so far. Tonight's shooting was very close. Alice was at that Home Depot this morning. The police have roadblocks out everywhere. I just got home from the Harvest Ale in Greenfield MA and Alice is at a birth. This feeling of fear is unlike anything I've experienced. I grew up in New York City and, while I had my radar up frequently, it usually had to do with being in neighborhoods where there was reason to be afraid. Even after Septemebr 11th we didn't feel particularly fearful. But this is different- completely random, in ordinary places, at any time of day or night. I went to get money from an ATM this evening (before the latest shooting) and I was actually zigzagging erratically in front of the ATM to present less of a target. One sad sidelight of this string of shootings is that people get shot in DC every week (if not every day) and it doesn't make the news. One more sad note - tonight is the fifth anniversary of the night that Joan died. Time passes, life goes on. Treasure each other. Artie Shaw --Boundary_(ID_AFQ5iXu2nnSTW6o3B1KE4A) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

As one who has lived and worked in Wash D.C., who has friends in that area, and who occasionally dances at the Glen Echo site, it's especially disturbing to hear the terrifying reports of the sniper attacks. 
It was startling to hear the name of the latest victim, 'Linda Franklin', though it became apparent right away
that it was a different Linda, not the one many of us know from Pinewoods Camp.  What a horror.
 
Below is a message that Artie Shaw sent to the Camper's Week list.  I assume it's OK to share it.
Love and best wishes to all my friends and acquaintances down there.  Sol
 
 
(The message) 

Dear All

We're alive and safe  -so far.  Tonight's shooting was very close.  Alice was at that Home Depot this morning.  The police have roadblocks out everywhere.  I just got home from the Harvest Ale in Greenfield MA and Alice is at a birth.

This feeling of fear is unlike anything I've experienced.  I grew up in New York City and, while I had my radar up frequently, it usually had to do with being in neighborhoods where there was reason to be afraid.  Even after Septemebr 11th we didn't feel particularly fearful.  But this is different- completely random, in ordinary places, at any time of day or night.  I went to get money from an ATM this evening (before the latest shooting) and I was actually zigzagging erratically in front of the ATM to present less of a target.

One sad sidelight of this string of shootings is that people get shot in DC every week (if not every day) and it doesn't make the news.

One more sad note - tonight is the fifth anniversary of the night that Joan died.  Time passes, life goes on.

Treasure each other.

Artie Shaw

--Boundary_(ID_AFQ5iXu2nnSTW6o3B1KE4A)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:22:24 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:16:56 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021017.092306.-1538667.13.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British choreographers: Ken Alexander Charles Bolton Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett Alan Davies Barry Moule Thanks in advance for your assistance! Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:22:30 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:16:56 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021017.092306.-1538667.13.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British choreographers: Ken Alexander Charles Bolton Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett Alan Davies Barry Moule Thanks in advance for your assistance! Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:36:23 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:35:41 -0400 From: Carl Friedman Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_VUr4F7gCo106EwY2EiZFVw)" References: <20021017.092306.-1538667.13.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> --Boundary_(ID_VUr4F7gCo106EwY2EiZFVw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to >obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British >choreographers: > >Ken Alexander >Charles Bolton >Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett >Alan Davies >Barry Moule > >Thanks in advance for your assistance! > > >Allison Thompson Hi Allison, I have CBoltBroom-AT- aol.com for Charles Bolton. Carl Friedman --Boundary_(ID_VUr4F7gCo106EwY2EiZFVw) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance
Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list.  I need to
obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British
choreographers:

Ken Alexander
Charles Bolton
Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett
Alan Davies
Barry Moule

Thanks in advance for your assistance!


Allison Thompson


Hi Allison,
I have CBoltBroom-AT- aol.com for Charles Bolton.
Carl Friedman
--Boundary_(ID_VUr4F7gCo106EwY2EiZFVw)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:56:05 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:54:43 +0100 From: Trev Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001901c275f5$8d075320$404579d5-AT- trevormo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <20021017.092306.-1538667.13.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> > Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to > obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British > choreographers: > > Ken Alexander - don't think he has email. Please contact me privately if you still need his home address or phone > Alan Davies - alan-g-davies-AT- ntlworld.com Trev ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:53:40 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:53:14 +0100 From: John Meechan Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <009101c275fd$af1bb700$e2bc0550-AT- default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <20021017.092306.-1538667.13.AllisonThompson-AT- juno.com> I have Barry Moule's snail mail address (he is not on email as far as I know) - If nobody has already sent it to you email me privately and I will let you have the address. John Meechan John Meechan Training 024 76 744211 john-AT- jmtraining.org www.jmtraining.org John Meechan John Meechan Training 024 76 744211 john-AT- jmtraining.org www.jmtraining.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison M Thompson" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance > Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to > obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British > choreographers: > > Ken Alexander > Charles Bolton > Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett > Alan Davies > Barry Moule > > Thanks in advance for your assistance! > > > Allison Thompson > > > ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:16:09 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:08:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: E-mail addresses To: ecd-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KNRRTRJV8YA16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT ECDers -- As list-owner, I would prefer not to see the email addresses of third parties go out on the list unless the people posting them have explicit knowledge that such posting is okay with the owner of the address. It's fine for Allison to ask for addresses. Rather than replying with the addresses on-list, I think it might be a preferable response to either answer her off-list or to forward her request to the people involved and let them decide whether they want to respond. (On the other hand, addresses published in the CDSS directory or a UK equivalent have been voluntarily made public, so I don't have much of a problem with those addresses appearing on the list. But camp/workshop/tour rosters typically aren't expected to be shared beyond the people attending the event, so an address obtained that way shouldn't be published without permission.) -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:16:47 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:17:19 -0400 From: Blank/DeVore Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: E-mail addresses To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <3DAF1ACF.214B5EAF-AT- sprintmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <01KNRRTRJV8YA16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Alan: e-mail addresses that appear on posts to the ECD list are also fair game since a simple search finds them. Do you feel otherwise? For nonpublic sources, I feel that the potential recipient should be notified and act on personal discretion. Ciao, Albert ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:25:00 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:22:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Re: E-mail addresses To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KNRU93PCN0A16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <01KNRRTRJV8YA16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Albert wrote: > e-mail addresses that appear on posts to the ECD list are also fair game > since a simple search finds them. Do you feel otherwise? Do you mean, email addresses of posters to the list? One would hope that those posters would see the requests and respond themselves. Or do you mean addresses that have been published on the list before? I'd say the bloom is off that rose (as it is for any address you can find by plugging the person's name into Google). > For nonpublic sources, I feel that the potential recipient should be > notified and act on personal discretion. Indeed. -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:35:04 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:35:43 -0400 From: Blank/DeVore Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: E-mail addresses To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <3DAF1F1E.EBB4003D-AT- sprintmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_bQm1g8tD94rcHQ18QKnPwA)" References: <01KNRRTRJV8YA16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <01KNRU93PCN0A16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> --Boundary_(ID_bQm1g8tD94rcHQ18QKnPwA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Alan, That would be great if posters to the list always keep up with it. That would be lovely but probably untrue. All the best, Albert > Albert wrote: > > > e-mail addresses that appear on posts to the ECD list are also fair game > > since a simple search finds them. Do you feel otherwise? > > Do you mean, email addresses of posters to the list? One would hope that those > posters would see the requests and respond themselves. > --Boundary_(ID_bQm1g8tD94rcHQ18QKnPwA) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Alan,

    That would be great if posters to the list always keep up with it. That would be lovely but probably untrue.

All the best,
Albert

Albert wrote:

> e-mail addresses that appear on posts to the ECD list are also fair game
> since a simple search finds them. Do you feel otherwise?

Do you mean, email addresses of posters to the list?  One would hope that those
posters would see the requests and respond themselves.

  --Boundary_(ID_bQm1g8tD94rcHQ18QKnPwA)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:11:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:10:26 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: slipping circles in contra? To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In ECD we often circle using a slipping step. It can be exhilirating and it almost forces one to "give weight." I'm wondering why I haven't seen any contemporary contra dances with slipping circles in them. I think contra dancers would enjoy it. -- Gary ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:11:58 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:03:46 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: E-mail addresses To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <01KNRRTRJV8YA16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <01KNRU93PCN0A16X8N-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <3DAF1F1E.EBB4003D-AT- sprintmail.com> If you post to this list, sooner or later the spammers will find your address (assuming they haven't already) because the archives are open to anyone. The spammers will also find any address contained within a message, such as what Alan was talking about. So I now get spam to an address that has had no exposure except here and on the archives of a New Zealand folk dance list that one of my messages was forwarded to. The address I use now for this list (only) is temporary. -- Gary ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 01:45:36 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:41:02 +0100 From: Colin Hume Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Requesting more people-finding assistance To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Allison M Thompson wrote: >Once again I turn to the indefatigable resources of the list. I need to >obtain e-mail or snail mail address for the following British >choreographers: > >Ken Alexander Freshways Etching Hill 41 Stonehouse Road RUGELEY Staffordshire WS15 2LL >Charles Bolton CBoltBroom-AT- aol.com >Carolyn and Maurice Dunnett I have not heard of them. >Alan Davies alan-g-davies-AT- ntlworld.com >Barry Moule Via roger-AT- folkcamp.com Colin Hume Email colin-AT- colinhume.com Web site http://www.colinhume.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 05:39:37 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:34:44 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Winter Solstice To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <004101c279c7$6f3b3840$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_cgmWfpHm50q8GfIw8urTfQ)" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_cgmWfpHm50q8GfIw8urTfQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, Dancers: I need help on the first 8 bars of "Winter Solstice." I do not have Wendy Crouch's e-mail address [if she has one] so intrude here to ask: While the 1st, Centre, and 3rd Couples are dancing a Grimstock hey the Sides are: dancing Sharp siding, set and turn single [twice; over and back again]. I find from these instructions too much material for 8 bars of music, i.e. 4 steps siding, 4 steps setting and 4 steps turn single x 2 = 24 steps -- not 16 for 8 bars. How come? Where do I go wrong? Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, John Bedford, Nova Scotia --Boundary_(ID_cgmWfpHm50q8GfIw8urTfQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi, Dancers:
 
I need help on the first 8 bars of "Winter Solstice."
 
I do not have Wendy Crouch's e-mail address [if she has
one] so intrude here to ask:
 
While the 1st, Centre, and 3rd Couples are dancing a
Grimstock hey the Sides are:
 
dancing Sharp siding, set and turn single [twice; over and
back again].
 
I find from these instructions too much material for 8 bars
of music, i.e. 4 steps siding, 4 steps setting and 4 steps
turn single x 2 = 24 steps -- not 16 for 8 bars.
 
How come? Where do I go wrong?
 
Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Regards, John
 
Bedford, Nova Scotia
 
--Boundary_(ID_cgmWfpHm50q8GfIw8urTfQ)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 05:53:47 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 05:53:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Graham Christian Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20021022125328.46514.qmail-AT- web13101.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_Ge4DGEWbcbTFb400qVGQnw)" --Boundary_(ID_Ge4DGEWbcbTFb400qVGQnw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Because...when siding (either flavor) it should take you four steps PLUS four steps. Over: r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps. Or: up by right shoulder: : r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps. Think of it this way. Siding is one of the figures that has its origins in Renaissance dance, with its "doubles" (r-l-r-close). It takes *two* doubles to "side" once. John Wood wrote:Hi, Dancers: I need help on the first 8 bars of "Winter Solstice." I do not have Wendy Crouch's e-mail address [if she hasone] so intrude here to ask: While the 1st, Centre, and 3rd Couples are dancing aGrimstock hey the Sides are: dancing Sharp siding, set and turn single [twice; over andback again]. I find from these instructions too much material for 8 barsof music, i.e. 4 steps siding, 4 steps setting and 4 stepsturn single x 2 = 24 steps -- not 16 for 8 bars. How come? Where do I go wrong? Thank you in advance for your help. Regards, John Bedford, Nova Scotia Graham Christian "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site --Boundary_(ID_Ge4DGEWbcbTFb400qVGQnw) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Because...when siding (either flavor) it should take you four steps PLUS four steps.

Over: r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps.

Or: up by right shoulder: : r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps.

Think of it this way. Siding is one of the figures that has its origins in Renaissance dance, with its "doubles" (r-l-r-close). It takes *two* doubles to "side" once.  

 John Wood <johnwood-AT- accesscable.net> wrote:

Hi, Dancers:
 
I need help on the first 8 bars of "Winter Solstice."
 
I do not have Wendy Crouch's e-mail address [if she has
one] so intrude here to ask:
 
While the 1st, Centre, and 3rd Couples are dancing a
Grimstock hey the Sides are:
 
dancing Sharp siding, set and turn single [twice; over and
back again].
 
I find from these instructions too much material for 8 bars
of music, i.e. 4 steps siding, 4 steps setting and 4 steps
turn single x 2 = 24 steps -- not 16 for 8 bars.
 
How come? Where do I go wrong?
 
Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Regards, John
 
Bedford, Nova Scotia
 


Graham Christian
"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."



Do you Yahoo!?
Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site --Boundary_(ID_Ge4DGEWbcbTFb400qVGQnw)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:03:33 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:03:18 -0400 From: "Emily L. Ferguson" Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <004101c279c7$6f3b3840$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> At 9:34 AM -0300 10/22/02, John Wood wrote: >Hi, Dancers: >I find from these instructions too much material for 8 bars >of music, i.e. 4 steps siding, 4 steps setting and 4 steps >turn single x 2 = 24 steps -- not 16 for 8 bars. Hmm. Adds up to 16 to me. 4 steps over, 4 steps back (siding - 1&2&, 3&4&), 2 steps to set R(5&), 2 more to set L(6&), ts with 4 steps(7&8&):repeat. > >How come? Where do I go wrong? Try it with a group of dancers with the music. You'll see how it fits. Snow up there yet? -- Emily L. Ferguson elf-AT- cape.com 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography Beetle cats on the web at: http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:12:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:12:27 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice [2] To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001701c279cc$ab8f9c00$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_ko6oZQdNSA3APi9mSbRP7w)" References: <20021022125328.46514.qmail-AT- web13101.mail.yahoo.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ko6oZQdNSA3APi9mSbRP7w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, Graham: Thank you. I now see my error in trying to do the set and turn single twice! Regards, John Because...when siding (either flavor) it should take you four steps PLUS four steps. Over: r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps. Or: up by right shoulder: : r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps. --Boundary_(ID_ko6oZQdNSA3APi9mSbRP7w) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi, Graham:
 
Thank you. I now see my error in trying to do
the set and turn single twice!
 
Regards, John

Because...when siding (either flavor) it should take you four steps PLUS four steps.

Over: r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps.

Or: up by right shoulder: : r-l-r-close. BACK: r-l-r-close. 8 steps.

--Boundary_(ID_ko6oZQdNSA3APi9mSbRP7w)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:45:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:42:38 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5.1.1.5.2.20021022094218.00bc57d8-AT- mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT > > >While the 1st, Centre, and 3rd Couples are dancing a >Grimstock hey the Sides are: > Try mirror hey rather than Grimstock. next 8 bars head side and set active hey for three with sides, man passes right with man in side couple, women passes left with woman in other side couple Grand square, sides face...center back toward side, back to base of set, come forward and join, then come as couple back to middle, ready for Promenade changes... ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:33:46 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:09:30 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice [2] To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <004e01c279dd$057e6ce0$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <5.1.1.5.2.20021022094218.00bc57d8-AT- mail.mhtc.net> Thank you, M.G. for your help. Regards, John > Subject: Re: Winter Solstice ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:41:07 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:05:07 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Winter Solstice [2] To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <003e01c279dc$68d746a0$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <004101c279c7$6f3b3840$b4068a18-AT- accesscable.net> Hi Emily: > Hmm. Adds up to 16 to me. 4 steps over, 4 steps > back (siding - 1&2&, 3&4&), 2 steps to set R(5&), 2 > more to set L(6&), ts with 4 steps(7&8&):repeat. I do appreciate your help. My error was -- I admit! -- doing "half" a siding, set and turn single. Then repeating "half" a siding, set and turn single! When "the penny dropped," everything fell into place! We did do the dance and found everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. But I was unhappy about that figure. > Snow up there yet? Not yet, thank goodness (:-)). Regards, John ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:28:01 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:27:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Discounted admissions to dance performance for country dancers To: ecd-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KO0CA93Y7GA1CUX5-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Dear Alan , Here's the offer and information about the performance: Thanks for getting the word out. BB Half-price tickets!! Sensational dance company!! Stanford Lively Arts presents Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Walking Out the Dark Saturday, October 26, 8:00 PM Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University Šthe dancing springs from a deep well of spiritual urgencyŠ -Washington Post Stanford Lively Arts is making a special offer to BACDS members-half-price tickets to the award-winning modern dance company, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE this Saturday, October 26 at 8:00 PM at Memorial Auditorium on the Stanford University campus. To take advantage of this special offer, please call the Stanford Ticket Office at 650-725-ARTS (2787) and mention BACDS. Tickets will be held for you at the will call window at the performance. Considered one of today's hottest New York companies, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE will perform the Northern California premiere of Walking Out the Dark, a persuasive and powerful modern-dance journey of inner exploration. Artistic Director Brown and his dancers will return to the stage for a post-performance discussion, which is free and open to the public. NOTE: Arrive early for ease of parking and to ensure that you are inside the theater when the doors close promptly at 8:00 PM. For parking/venue information, go online to http://livelyarts.stanford.edu or ask the Ticket Office (650-725-ARTS). At the Forefront of Modern Dance Ronald K. Brown is consistently lauded by the critics for his brilliant approach to dance and movement and is considered among the hottest choreographers working today. "Brown's choreography has zoomed to the forefront of modern dance," raved the Chicago Tribune, which praised the choreographer/dancer for his sculpted movement. "EVIDENCE stirs up an audience to a fever pitch," wrote Allan Ulrich in the San Francisco Chronicle. On the East Coast, Brown is a sought-after choreographer for the movie industry, musical theater, and other dance companies. Already he has created works for Alvin Ailey and Phildanco. Introspective. Innovative. Uplifting. Walking Out the Dark (2001) is an intimate and charged modern-dance ceremony that is as uplifting as it is thoughtful. On stage, Brown leads his supple troupe in a physical exploration of the dimensions of faith and truth, life and death. "In his hands, dance is ritual, journey, transformation, and testimonial" (Globe Mail, Toronto). Recorded text set to music by jazz artist Philip Hamilton and others accompanies the piece. "We must speak the truth to each other or else stay buried in the dark," intones Brown's voice during the opening moments. The approach is multicultural and Brown's themes, though drawing on personal history, have a universal appeal. Starting with Martha Graham technique, he applies layers of street performance dance, ballet, and West African and Caribbean elements-even ballroom. Intrigued by the call-and-response ceremonial dances of his ancestors, Brown has made several trips to the Ivory Coast to observe and exchange ideas with local dancers and choreographers. "Even those who do not believe that there is a promised land might agree that Mr. Brown makes a journey in that direction look persuasive and powerful," wrote the New York Times. Telling His Grandmother's Stories A native New Yorker, Ronald K. Brown started studying dance at age six at a Police Athletic League summer camp. Inspired by the need to document and tell his grandmother's stories, he founded Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in 1985 at the age of 19. Brown has used dance to address racism, love and loss, and AIDS. He has received numerous awards and fellowships including a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Choreography, a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie), and a Black Theater Alliance Award. In 2000, he was named a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in Choreography and Def Dance Jam Mentor of the Year. Brown was featured on the cover of Dance magazine for its millennium issue. -- Barbara L. Bickerman Public Relations Manager Stanford Lively Arts 537 Lomita Mall, MC 2250 Stanford, CA 94305-2250 Tel: 650-725-1960 Fax: 650-723-8231 http://livelyarts.stanford.edu Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Discounted tickets to dance perf on Saturday
Dear Alan ,

Here's the offer and information about the performance: Thanks for getting the word out.

BB



Half-price tickets!!
Sensational dance company!!


Stanford Lively Arts presents
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
Walking Out the Dark
Saturday, October 26, 8:00 PM
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
Šthe dancing springs from a deep well of spiritual urgencyŠ
-
Washington Post

Stanford Lively Arts is making a special offer to BACDS members-half-price tickets to the award-winning modern dance company, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE this Saturday, October 26 at 8:00 PM at Memorial Auditorium on the Stanford University campus. To take advantage of this special offer, please call the Stanford Ticket Office at 650-725-ARTS (2787) and mention BACDS. Tickets will be held for you at the will call window at the performance.

Considered one of today's hottest New York companies, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE will perform the Northern California premiere of Walking Out the Dark, a persuasive and powerful modern-dance journey of inner exploration. Artistic Director Brown and his dancers will return to the stage for a post-performance discussion, which is free and open to the public.

NOTE: Arrive early for ease of parking and to ensure that you are inside the theater when the doors close promptly at 8:00 PM. For parking/venue information, go online to http://livelyarts.stanford.edu or ask the Ticket Office (650-725-ARTS).


At the Forefront of Modern Dance
Ronald K. Brown is consistently lauded by the critics for his brilliant approach to dance and movement and is considered among the hottest choreographers working today. "Brown's choreography has zoomed to the forefront of modern dance," raved the Chicago Tribune, which praised the choreographer/dancer for his sculpted movement. "EVIDENCE stirs up an audience to a fever pitch," wrote Allan Ulrich in the San Francisco Chronicle. On the East Coast, Brown is a sought-after choreographer for the movie industry, musical theater, and other dance companies. Already he has created works for Alvin Ailey and Phildanco.

Introspective. Innovative. Uplifting.
Walking Out the Dark (2001) is an intimate and charged modern-dance ceremony that is as uplifting as it is thoughtful. On stage, Brown leads his supple troupe in a physical exploration of the dimensions of faith and truth, life and death. "In his hands, dance is ritual, journey, transformation, and testimonial" (Globe Mail, Toronto). Recorded text set to music by jazz artist Philip Hamilton and others accompanies the piece. "We must speak the truth to each other or else stay buried in the dark," intones Brown's voice during the opening moments.
The approach is multicultural and Brown's themes, though drawing on personal history, have a universal appeal. Starting with Martha Graham technique, he applies layers of street performance dance, ballet, and West African and Caribbean elements-even ballroom.
Intrigued by the call-and-response ceremonial dances of his ancestors, Brown has made several trips to the Ivory Coast to observe and exchange ideas with local dancers and choreographers.  "Even those who do not believe that there is a promised land might agree that Mr. Brown makes a journey in that direction look persuasive and powerful," wrote the New York Times.

Telling His Grandmother's Stories
A native New Yorker, Ronald K. Brown started studying dance at age six at a Police Athletic League summer camp. Inspired by the need to document and tell his grandmother's stories, he founded Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in 1985 at the age of 19. Brown has used dance to address racism, love and loss, and AIDS.  He has received numerous awards and fellowships including a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Choreography, a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie), and a Black Theater Alliance Award. In 2000, he was named a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in Choreography and Def Dance Jam Mentor of the Year.  Brown was featured on the cover of Dance magazine for its millennium issue.

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Barbara L. Bickerman
Public Relations Manager
Stanford Lively Arts
537 Lomita Mall,  MC 2250
Stanford, CA  94305-2250

Tel: 650-725-1960
Fax: 650-723-8231

http://livelyarts.stanford.edu
=============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:00:05 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:59:42 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: discounted admissions etc To: English Dance Message-ID: <002001c27b01$0497b4b0$24c4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Alan, this post from you contained no message, only an attachment. The Strathspey List recently had a virus problem seemingly circulated via a message from its administrator, and so this blank post from you makes me nervous -- I've not opened it. Did you indeed send such a post? Pat ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:03:08 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:00:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: RE: discounted admissions etc To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KO0JSDFUL8A15SXT-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Pat wrote: > Alan, this post from you contained no message, only an attachment. The > Strathspey List recently had a virus problem seemingly circulated via a > message from its administrator, and so this blank post from you makes me > nervous -- I've not opened it. Did you indeed send such a post? I did indeed forward a message from Barbara Bickerman to the list. I use a command-line mail client on a VMS system, which is impervious to all commonly-circulated viruses. (That woudln't keep something like klez, which forges the "From" address, from impersonating me, so it's a legitimate question.) So you can open it safely, although there's little point - this advertises half-price admission for country-dancers to a modern-dance concert at Stanford this Saturday, and will only be of interest to people in the SF Bay Area. -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:17:25 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:13:06 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: discounted admissions etc To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <002301c27b02$e3c05920$24c4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Thanks! Alan wrote: "So you can open it safely....." ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 07:37:12 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:36:52 -0400 From: eba-AT- umich.edu Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: discounted admissions etc To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <3674515.1035455812-AT- OphthyElecGX260.med.umich.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <002301c27b02$e3c05920$24c4c943-AT- g9tfz> Just for your information, Alan & Pat -- the notice about discounted tickets came through to me without apparent difficulty. Eric Arnold --On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:13 PM -0400 Patricia Ruggiero wrote: > Thanks! > > Alan wrote: "So you can open it safely....." ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:21:07 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:20:47 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: hey in The Corporation To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210241520.g9OFKlY25095-AT- staff2.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I was wondering if there was a reason for the cross-over mirror hey in The Corporation to be different than most other dances. According to Keller and Shimer the 1s cross over and go outside the 2s to begin the hey. They then cross over again and go outside the 2s to continue the hey when they reach the top again. This is different from most other dances where the 1s cross through the middle to begin and continue the hey. It seems like the dance would work a bit better using the standard sort of cross over hey. Is there a reason that this hey works best with this dance that I'm not seeing? The figure that follows the hey is the 1s going down the center. It seems it would be better to use the usual hey so they are coming together at the top, rather than this alternate hey where their natural movement would be to seperate at the top. However, as I say, perhaps there is some reason for this that I'm not seeing. If anyone has any insights on this or reasons I shouldn't do the hey in the "normal" fashion (1s cross through middle), let me know. Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | | j-sivier-AT- uiuc.edu | head of a pin? | | Flight Simulation Lab |A: It depends on what dance you call. | | Beckman Institute | | | 405 N. Mathews | SWMDG - Single White Male | | Urbana, IL 61801 | Dance Gypsy | | Work: 217/244-1923 | | | Home: 217/359-8225 | Have shoes, will dance. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Home page URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/j-sivier | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:01:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:00:51 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: hey in The Corporation To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5.1.1.5.2.20021024105742.00b683e8-AT- mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT >Jonathan...only a thought Based on Keller and Shimer's repros of the Thompson and Walsh manuscripts. Corporation...Hey on contrary sides would imply crossing THEN beginning the Hey Prince William....1 man hey with 2d and 3d woman Jacks Maggot 1m goes to hey with 2 women implies beginning the hey in the middle?? Hey.. I enjoy crossing then heyings.. Mike >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | >| j-sivier-AT- uiuc.edu | head of a pin? | >| Flight Simulation Lab |A: It depends on what dance you call. | >| Beckman Institute | | >| 405 N. Mathews | SWMDG - Single White Male | >| Urbana, IL 61801 | Dance Gypsy | >| Work: 217/244-1923 | | >| Home: 217/359-8225 | Have shoes, will dance. | >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Home page URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/j-sivier | >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:31:29 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:31:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Terence Gaffney Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Discounted admissions to dance performance for country dancers To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: lwlu-AT- MIT.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Dear Friends, Some of you, from time to time, may find yourself in Boston on a weekend, and you may be wondering if there is an English dance you can go to. Well, now we have three! On First Fridays we continue with our series for experienced dancers; nights when Jacqueline Schwab plays solo piano in our small intimate hall are not to be missed. Dance starts at 8:15 at the Church of Our Savior, Brookline. We also have a new Friday series that meets on second and fourth Fridays in Cambridge. The dance this Friday is led by Barbara Finney, accompanied by Roberta Sutter and Andrea Larson. Dance runs from 7:30 to 9:30, and is located at the Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Our hope in starting this dance is that the location and hours will be attractive to students in Cambridge and Boston, but dancers of all ages are welcome. (Id like to hear about experiences other list members have had in running similar dances.) If you can stay over to Saturday, we have a Second Saturday series Saturday afternoon, 2-5, First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine Street, Central Square, Cambridge. This series provides opportunities for new callers to work on their leading and teaching skills and choreographers to have their dances tried out by a group of dancers. Debuts of new dances or dances new to Boston, have provided some of the most exciting dancing of our last season. Interested callers and choreographers from out of town should contact me, and Ill put you in touch with the organizers. (Please let me know at least two weeks in advance, though.) For further information on directions, location, and price of any of the above dances, please see our web site: http://www.cds-boston.org/english.html Best, Terry Gaffney ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:09:26 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:09:09 +0100 From: Michael Barraclough Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: hey in The Corporation To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210242209.XAA07768-AT- galahad.tgis.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT The reason for this hey is because Keller & Shimer (as with most if not all of their transcriptions) merely reprint what someone else (in this case, W.S. Porter, M. Heffer & A.B Heffer in the Apted Book of Country Dances, 1931) has produced. The presentation of the book (beautiful woodcuts, engravings etc) lends an unfortunate air of authority. It is almost certainly "wrong". Hey contrary sides can either be a short (8 bars) or long (16 bars) figure. It is started by the top couple crossing down BETWEEN the second couple and then every one else joining in a mirror image hey (a al Grimstock). In the short version the top couple will cross back over as they come up the middle from the bottom. In the long figure the top couple remains on the wrong side until they get back to the top when they crossover again as they repeat the hey. Michael Barraclough http://www.mab.tgis.co.uk On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 10:20:47 AM, ECD-AT- ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU wrote: > I was wondering if there was a reason for the cross-over mirror hey > in The Corporation to be different than most other dances. According > to Keller and Shimer the 1s cross over and go outside the 2s to begin > the hey. They then cross over again and go outside the 2s to continue > the hey when they reach the top again. This is different from most > other dances where the 1s cross through the middle to begin and continue > the hey. It seems like the dance would work a bit better using the > standard sort of cross over hey. Is there a reason that this hey works > best with this dance that I'm not seeing? The figure that follows the > hey is the 1s going down the center. It seems it would be better to > use the usual hey so they are coming together at the top, rather than > this alternate hey where their natural movement would be to seperate > at the top. However, as I say, perhaps there is some reason for this > that I'm not seeing. If anyone has any insights on this or reasons I > shouldn't do the hey in the "normal" fashion (1s cross through middle), > let me know. > > Jonathan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | > | j-sivier-AT- uiuc.edu | head of a pin? | > | Flight Simulation Lab |A: It depends on what dance you call. | > | Beckman Institute | | > | 405 N. Mathews | SWMDG - Single White Male | > | Urbana, IL 61801 | Dance Gypsy | > | Work: 217/244-1923 | | > | Home: 217/359-8225 | Have shoes, will dance. | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Home page URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/j-sivier | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:16:18 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:16:05 +0100 From: Michael Barraclough Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: hey in The Corporation To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <200210242216.XAA08230-AT- galahad.tgis.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 11:00:51 AM, ECD-AT- ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU wrote: > Prince William....1 man hey with 2d and 3d woman > Jacks Maggot 1m goes to hey with 2 women > > implies beginning the hey in the middle?? Not necessarily as far as Jacks Maggott is concerned. The original actually says " 1st man go they hey with the 2nd wo(man) followed by 1st wo(man) go the hey with the 2nd man". My favourite interpretation for this has the active people passing each other across the set on the diagonal, casting around their partner, then crossing across on the other diagonal and casting around the other person on their side (ie a figure of eight around the inactive people). This has the advantage that it doesn't require 3 people to hey in the space occupied by 2 (uncomfortable in period clothing) and it actually does what the original says. Michael Barraclough http://www.mab.tgis.co.uk -- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:27:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:31:49 -0400 From: Loretta Holz Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Mr. Cosgill's Delight on Flying Romanos CD To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <020501c27bad$24d51c20$c902010a-AT- loretta> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <5.1.1.5.2.20021024105742.00b683e8-AT- mail.mhtc.net> The new Flying Romanos CD (The FRs Take Off) has some dances which I've never done like Mr. Cosgill's Delight--it's a nice tune and it's in The Playford Ball book. Has anyone ever done the dance? Any idea why it's not done? Or is it done where you dance? We bought the CD at the Whirligig Weekend (NY) a few weeks ago. I've listened to it over and over and it's great. The FRs did a fabulous job playing familar dances like Trip to Tunbridge, Room for Ramblers, Bryon's Boutard, Mister Isaac's Maggot, etc. A tune called Susan is haunting and lush. After hearing the last one, the Shepherd's Delight, I just want to push the button and start over. Loretta Holz Warren, NJ ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:41:31 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:41:06 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Discounted admissions to dance performance for country dancers To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I don't usually plug my events on this list, but since Terry opened the gate - there is another Boston area English dance on the weekends: On the 4th Friday of every month (that's tomorrow) in Watertown I hold a Double Dance - 17th century dances from the Playford editions from 7-9 (followed by New England contras from 9-11). Newcomer dancers are welcomed by my committee of "schmoozers" and sit-in musicians are invited to join the band. While working our way through 50 of my favorite Playford dances, we experiment with different interpretations of the choreography. Any musicians wishing to get a head start on a tune may have it Emailed to them in advance (abc format) or they may print out the abc generated sheet music or listen to an audio file off my neophyte webpage. http://home.earthlink.net/~manystrings/ From my dance page, click on Music to access my posting of the featured tune, Childgrove. Come check out when you are in town and respond off-list if you would like to be added to my reminder Email list, Cammy PS. the featured contra this time is "Lamplighter's Hornpipe." Terence Gaffney To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Sent by: cc: lwlu-AT- MIT.EDU owner-ecd-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.S Subject: Re: Discounted admissions to dance performance for country TANFORD.EDU dancers 24-Oct-2002 05:31 PM Please respond to ECD Dear Friends, Some of you, from time to time, may find yourself in Boston on a weekend, and you may be wondering if there is an English dance you can go to. Well, now we have three! On First Fridays we continue with our series for experienced dancers; nights when Jacqueline Schwab plays solo piano in our small intimate hall are not to be missed. Dance starts at 8:15 at the Church of Our Savior, Brookline. We also have a new Friday series that meets on second and fourth Fridays in Cambridge. The dance this Friday is led by Barbara Finney, accompanied by Roberta Sutter and Andrea Larson. Dance runs from 7:30 to 9:30, and is located at the Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Our hope in starting this dance is that the location and hours will be attractive to students in Cambridge and Boston, but dancers of all ages are welcome. (Id like to hear about experiences other list members have had in running similar dances.) If you can stay over to Saturday, we have a Second Saturday series Saturday afternoon, 2-5, First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine Street, Central Square, Cambridge. This series provides opportunities for new callers to work on their leading and teaching skills and choreographers to have their dances tried out by a group of dancers. Debuts of new dances or dances new to Boston, have provided some of the most exciting dancing of our last season. Interested callers and choreographers from out of town should contact me, and Ill put you in touch with the organizers. (Please let me know at least two weeks in advance, though.) For further information on directions, location, and price of any of the above dances, please see our web site: http://www.cds-boston.org/english.html Best, Terry Gaffney ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:13:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:11:16 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: hey in The Corporation To: ECD-AT- SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5.1.1.5.2.20021024181045.00bc7d90-AT- mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Mike I like the version you put forth here.. Will try it next time our group meets. Mike At 11:16 PM 10/24/2002 +0100, you wrote: >On Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 11:00:51 AM, ECD-AT- ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU >wrote: > > > Prince William....1 man hey with 2d and 3d woman > > Jacks Maggot 1m goes to hey with 2 women > > > > implies beginning the hey in the middle?? > >Not necessarily as far as Jacks Maggott is concerned. The original >actually says " 1st man go they hey with the 2nd wo(man) followed by 1st >wo(man) go the hey with the 2nd man". My favourite interpretation for >this has the active people passing each other across the set on the >diagonal, casting around their partner, then crossing across on the other >diagonal and casting around the other person on their side (ie a figure of >eight around the inactive people). This has the advantage that it doesn't >require 3 people to hey in the space occupied by 2 (uncomfortable in >period clothing) and it actually does what the original says. > >Michael Barraclough >http://www.mab.tgis.co.uk > > >-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:57:18 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:56:55 -0400 From: Patricia Ruggiero Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: Mr. Cosgill's Delight on Flying Romanos CD To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <004f01c27bb9$08184650$24c4c943-AT- g9tfz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Loretta wrote: >The new Flying Romanos CD (The FRs Take Off).... What's the instrumentation? >... has some dances which I've never done like Mr. Cosgill's Delight--it's a nice tune and it's in The Playford Ball book. Has anyone ever done the dance? Any idea why it's not done? Or is it done where you dance? I remember doing it, once, back in 1988 or so. No one much cared for tune or dance. Taken out of context of Corelli's Trio Sonata, those eight bars are not very interesting, esp. with 6 of the 8 containing that dotted rhythm....just not much variety in a short time. Keller and Shimer make the comment about using a catch step "to maintain the necessary drive and flow," a statement which recognizes the tendency of the dance to bog down. I suspect that a group of light-footed dancers could make something of it, but heel-to-toe dancing is too plodding to move it along. Why not try it with your group and let us know how it goes? Pat Charlottesville, VA ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:22:06 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:19:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: RE: Mr. Cosgill's Delight on Flying Romanos CD To: ECD-AT- PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KO1UKFWOWUA1DELS-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Pat quoted Loretta: > >The new Flying Romanos CD (The FRs Take Off).... > What's the instrumentation? > >... has some dances which I've never done like Mr. Cosgill's Delight--it's > a nice tune and it's in The > Playford Ball book. Has anyone ever done the dance? Any idea why it's not > done? Or is it done where you dance? > I remember doing it, once, back in 1988 or so. No one much cared for tune > or dance. Taken out of context of Corelli's Trio Sonata, those eight bars > are not very interesting, esp. with 6 of the 8 containing that dotted > rhythm....just not much variety in a short time. > Keller and Shimer make the comment about using a catch step "to maintain the > necessary drive and flow," a statement which recognizes the tendency of the > dance to bog down. I suspect that a group of light-footed dancers could > make something of it, but heel-to-toe dancing is too plodding to move it > along. > Why not try it with your group and let us know how it goes? Chris Sackett of Ashland taught the dance with "a light strathspey" step (demonstrated very clearly) in my presence, and I found the dance pleasant enough but it didn't enter my repertoire. I don't know whether it's a regular part of his. -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON-AT- SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 =============================================================================== ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:09:05 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT- playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:41:23 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT- playford.slac.stanford.