Archive-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 07:38:37 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 07:38:23 -0700 From: bruce_hamilton-AT-agilent.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Grimstock To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I need some advice on Grimstock. * Is the first chorus simply a mirror hey-for-three? * In the second chorus, it seems as though having everyone join 2 hands with partner would shrink the set substantially, and slipping would speed it up substantially. How do you make that hey take the same amount of time as the previous one? Thanks in advance. -Bruce -- Bruce Hamilton brucehamilton-AT-macconnect.com 650-328-0474 (home) 650-485-4917 (fax) bruce_hamilton-AT-agilent.com 650-485-2818 (work) ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 08:22:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 10:15:50 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Grimstock To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU, brucehamilton-AT-macconnect.com Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030501101318.02321d98-AT-mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT What I do, Bruce, is Mirror hey... Vertical Hay ( the arches with a BRISK walk) Then the Grimstock Hey. I have never had a problem on the second chorus hey. Just really emphasize to the second couple to start the arch. I also emphasize that an arch is hand up, and do no try to join hands...stooping under the arch is slow, but having the archers lift hand and not worrying about connecting seem to work well. Mike At 07:38 AM 5/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I need some advice on Grimstock. >* Is the first chorus simply a mirror hey-for-three? >* In the second chorus, it seems as though having everyone join 2 hands with >partner would shrink the set substantially, and slipping would speed it up >substantially. How do you make that hey take the same amount of time as the >previous one? > >Thanks in advance. > > -Bruce >-- >Bruce Hamilton brucehamilton-AT-macconnect.com 650-328-0474 (home) >650-485-4917 (fax) bruce_hamilton-AT-agilent.com 650-485-2818 (work) Please send me an email if you wish to be removed from this mail notification list "Mike - remove me from MECD" Madison Wisconsin English Country Dancing The Madison (Wisconsin) English Country Dance Society meets on the first and third Mondays of the month from 7:30-9:30 PM. Dancing October through May at the Wilmar Center, 953 Jenifer St., Madison, Wisconsin June through September in front of Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison For more information, contact Mike (mgmudrey-AT-mhtc.net), Jean (608-231-1040) or Don (608-238-9951) Website images http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/mecds/home.htm no images http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/mecds/hometext.htm ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 08:39:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 12:37:44 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Grimstock [2] To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <000f01c30ff7$9c094da0$8492e018-AT-johnwood> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: Hi, Bruce: I have my group dance this as a demonstration dance and have no problems. Maybe this will help: The first chorus IS essentially a mirror Hey for three. Rightly or wrongly I insist partners take hands whenever possible but do not put emphasis on that action. The second chorus: 1st couple face down, inside hands joined, 2nd and 3rd face up, also with inside hands joined, but 2nd couple make the first arch. A dip- and-dive figure follows, each couple turning towards each other and changing hands when changing direction. Having learned the dance from Pat Shaw [personally] I use his siding. Regards, John Subject: Grimstock > I need some advice on Grimstock. > * Is the first chorus simply a mirror hey-for-three? > * In the second chorus, it seems as though having everyone join 2 hands with > partner would shrink the set substantially, and slipping would speed it up > substantially. How do you make that hey take the same amount of time as the > previous one? ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 09:08:16 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 11:03:07 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Grimstock [2] To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030501110102.02321d98-AT-mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: >ection. > >Having learned the dance from Pat Shaw [personally] >I use his siding. I too recommend Pat Shaw siding. I thinks it makes a nicer dance with alternating right shoulder, left shoulder, right arm, left arm. The change from the shoulder siding (side to a line) to suddenly making arches is always a joy to see because of the change in visual geometry. mike M.G. Mudrey, Jr. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey University of Wisconsin-Extension 3817 Mineral Point Road Madison, WI 53705-5100 USA Voice: 608-263-5495 Fax: 608-262-8086 Email: mgmudrey-AT-wisc.edu Survey Web Site: http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/ ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 13:43:56 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 16:42:43 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Grimstock To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Bruce, I think my version is unorthodox but it works well with the music. 1) I do it with a simple Mirror hey for the first chorus. 2) For some reason I have been teaching the second chorus as a slipping/mirror hey! I don't know why I decided to do it this way - does anyone else? The Playford instructions definitely call for the arches, but what we do also fits the music. I teach it as I teach the slipping in the second chorus of Picking of Sticks except that it follows the mirror hey in track rather than a two couple thing -(1s) slide two, back two, slip (down outside) two, forward two... The other couples start the figure in staggered fashion but following the basic pattern of two walking steps alternating with two slipping steps. 3) Final chorus we do a crossing mirror hey but with the 1s crossing on the way up as well as the way down so they essentially weave on a diagonal while the 2s and 3s are going straight up and down their own side. Cammy bruce_hamilton-AT-agilent.co m To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Sent by: cc: owner-ecd-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.S Subject: Grimstock TANFORD.EDU 01-May-2003 10:38 AM Please respond to ECD I need some advice on Grimstock. * Is the first chorus simply a mirror hey-for-three? * In the second chorus, it seems as though having everyone join 2 hands with partner would shrink the set substantially, and slipping would speed it up substantially. How do you make that hey take the same amount of time as the previous one? Thanks in advance. -Bruce -- Bruce Hamilton brucehamilton-AT-macconnect.com 650-328-0474 (home) 650-485-4917 (fax) bruce_hamilton-AT-agilent.com 650-485-2818 (work) ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 05:00:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:00:09 -0400 From: Susan Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: NYC 1890's Dance Workshop Sunday 5/4 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 (Temporarily regular monthly posting. Somewhat distant from topic but OK'ed by Alan.) In a fit of dance mania, or perhaps just mania, I've temporarily added a second class to my monthly Sunday workshops. Going from the very beginning to the very end of the 19th century, you can now spend five hours in one day learning historic dance forms! Following soon after my Regency class for the next three months will be a series on the dances of the 1890's, focusing especially on the 1890's waltz and its variations, but also including a look at the late 19th-century polka and schottische as well as - numbers permitting - quadrille and contra [country] dance figures. There will be a strong emphasis on leading and following techniques. This month's announcement follows; the Regency announcement was posted a few days ago. Regency waltz and 1890's waltz are very different dances, incidentally; the material does not repeat between classes. MAY 1890's DANCE WORKSHOP: Waltz & Galop *** PLEASE NOTE: There is a New York Yankees game ending around 4:00 on Sunday. This will do horrible things to the traffic situation, especially in the Bronx, and make the trains very crowded. Plan ahead and leave early if you pass through upper Manhattan or the Bronx on your way to class *** PLEASE RSVP to: meredith-AT-elegantarts.org [do not just hit "reply"!] Sunday, May 4, 2003 4:30-6:30pm (note the 4:30 start time - please be on time!) -AT- Hop, Swing, and a Jump, 132 Crosby Street #2 for directions, see our webpage, http://www.elegantarts.org/ Cost: $12 for single workshop; $30 for the series. Only $10 if you also took the Regency class the same day (you mad dancer, you!) Please join us for a three-month series on the round dances of the 1890's. The special emphasis will be on waltz and waltz variations, but we will also look at the galop, polka, and schottische as well as (numbers permitting) some contra dances and quadrille figures. May's class will look at waltz and galop essentials and variations. This is subject to last-minute changes; check our webpage for the most up-to-date information: http://www.elegantarts.org *** RSVP's much appreciated but not strictly necessary *** 1890's class series (first Sundays, mostly) Sunday, May 4 Sunday, June 1 Sunday, June 29 (this is our "July" class) More information at: http://www.elegantarts.org/vintageclasses.html Upcoming dance events: Ragtime dance in Boston and New Jersey! Victorian dance all over the place! and more - see the events lists on our webpage! http://www.elegantarts.org/renevents.html http://www.elegantarts.org/vintageevents.html http://www.elegantarts.org/regencyevents.html ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 05:50:17 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:39:01 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Dance with Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh PA To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU CC: ellen-AT-chathambaroque.org Message-ID: <20030502.084443.-1885139.32.AllisonThompson-AT-juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT The famous early music quartet, Chatham Baroque, will be sponsoring a CD release party and dance on Friday, May 16th, from 7:00 to 10:30 pm, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Julie Andrijeski (the first violinist) will teach Renaissance dance and I will teach English country dances. Chatham Baroque will also play selections from their 6th and newest CD: "Henry Purcell: Sonatas and Theatre Music." It promises to be a great evening--it's a whole different experience to dance to a baroque quartet! Place: Victoria Hall (central Pittsburgh), 201 South Winebiddle Street Cost: $20 in advance or $22 at the door (valet parking included) For more information and tickets: (412) 678-1790. Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:50:12 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 10:53:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Roger W. Broseus" Subject: Re: Dance with Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh PA To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Hi, Allison: I've mentioned the Chat. B. events to Betty and would like to attend sometime. Any 'weekends' in the works? I'd consider this event but May's a very busy month: daughter Alex graduates from St. Johns College on the 11th and M-in-law's 90th b.d. celebration the weekend of your event. (Then, daughter relocates to gods know where but I don't, etc.) Are you anticipating any Fall events? Thanks. Hope the weekend is a grand success and enjoy. /Roger On Fri, 2 May 2003, Allison M Thompson wrote: > Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:39:01 -0400 > From: Allison M Thompson > Reply-To: ECD-AT-ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU > To: ECD-AT-ssrl04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU > Cc: ellen-AT-chathambaroque.org > Subject: Dance with Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh PA > > > The famous early music quartet, Chatham Baroque, will be sponsoring a CD > release party and dance on Friday, May 16th, from 7:00 to 10:30 pm, in > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. > > Julie Andrijeski (the first violinist) will teach Renaissance dance and I > will teach English country dances. Chatham Baroque will also play > selections from their 6th and newest CD: "Henry Purcell: Sonatas and > Theatre Music." It promises to be a great evening--it's a whole different > experience to dance to a baroque quartet! > > Place: Victoria Hall (central Pittsburgh), 201 South Winebiddle Street > Cost: $20 in advance or $22 at the door (valet parking included) > > For more information and tickets: (412) 678-1790. > > Allison Thompson > > -- Roger W. Broseus, CHP, PH.D. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 02:49:52 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 02:28:54 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Pyrates Ball - what fun To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KVH82D5PTW92IB6F-AT-SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT ECDers -- Sometimes it's nice to see people enjoy things wholeheartedly and unreservedly. I've just returned from calling at the PEERS Pyrates Ball ("Pyrates" in tribute to a George MacDonald Fraser [author of the _Flashman_ series, author of _The General Danced at Dawn_] novel I haven't yet laid hands on). I'm not sure how many people there were in the course of the evening, but it was certainly upwards of a hundred,and most of them in some variation of pirate outfits. (I'd bought a big black feather for my colonial tricorn, and wore a scarlet coat with it. No parrot, eye patch, or hoop earring, although I thought about all of those things. Maybe next time. A lot of waltzes and polkas were interleaved throughout the evening. Bangers and Mash (whose new CD, _Breakfast at Fezziwig's_, I can recommend heartily; it's now available through the CDSS store) played very well, although there were a couple of glitches with differences between the PEERS version of a dance and the one reflected in Barnes. There were quite a few people who do couple dancing regularly and rarely do country dancing; I'd say several dozen who'd never done country dancing. Dancers ranged from late teens (except for one toddler) to mid-sixties, although most were between 20 and 50. They were totally into it. We did dances many of which were harder than I would have chosen for the crowd, but they did it and enjoyed it. There were guest appearances by Goat Hill Morris and a woman's longsword team whose name I didn't get, and a pirate sing-along. (For my verse of "What shall we do with the drunken sailor?" I sang "Sign him up for a twelve-step program.") I did a beginner's workshop that started with four complete beginners and finished with about 50 dancers, trickling in. Then during the ball, I called (not quite in order): Rufty Tufty Handel With Care Trip to Paris Hole in the Wall Pastime with Good Company Come, Let's Be Merry Faithless Nancy Dawson Black Nag Childgrove Ashford Anniversary Never Love Thee More Cathleen Myers called: Sellenger's Round I Care Not for these Ladies (modifed to play the chorus twice) One batch of people showed up at 7:00, for the workshop, another at 8:00 for the official start, another between 9:00 and 10:00, with the result that we needed frequent explanation of which way "up" was and how to do siding. So it was hard work, but it was also really fun. This group totally dug dancing, even if that digging it came out as trying to do every circle as a slipping circle (even in "Hole in the Wall"), or always skipping, no matter what, or saying "Arrrh!" a lot. I had no intention of enforcing standards of dignity at a Pyrate Ball. What a blast! And, of course, you don't often get people who like it when you call them a scurvy crew. -- 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: Sun, 04 May 2003 21:59:00 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 00:59:20 -0400 From: Carl Friedman Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Merry Conclusion - question To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Hi all, Can someone help me with a senior moment? I plan to call The Merry Conclusion tonight (Monday) and am drawing a blank on exactly where the clap comes in the A section. I believe it's on the first beat of a phrase, but am unsure of which one. Andrew Shaw's instructions are just ambiguous enough to give me pause: "A1...3-4 Moving into the centre, clap once and turn S.L. back out." (and analogously for A2) Does the clap come on the first beat of "moving into the centre" (which is what I recall) or the first beat of turn single? Thanks. Carl ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 01:37:04 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 09:31:45 +0100 From: Paul Sartin Subject: Re: Merry Conclusion - question To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EB62170.21DEA0D3-AT-attglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> Carl Friedman wrote: > Hi all, > > Can someone help me with a senior moment? > I plan to call The Merry Conclusion tonight (Monday) and am drawing a > blank on exactly where the clap comes in the A section. I believe it's > on the first beat of a phrase, but am unsure of which one. > Andrew Shaw's instructions are just ambiguous enough to give me pause: > "A1...3-4 Moving into the centre, clap once and turn S.L. back out." > (and analogously for A2) > Does the clap come on the first beat of "moving into the centre" (which > is what I recall) or the first beat of turn single? > Third beat of the first (3/2) bar. Paul. ____________________________ Paul Sartin May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire, SP11 7JS Tel/fax: +44 (0) 1264 860791 Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 485798 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 12:11:01 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:10:47 -0400 From: Carl Friedman Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Merry Conclusion - question 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: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> <3EB62170.21DEA0D3-AT-attglobal.net> Thanks, Paul, and as you are as close as anyone to Andrew you are probably absolutely correct. But that really does seems different from what I remember and feel from times dancing it and then teaching it (with a clap on the first beat of one of those measures). Are you sure it's not first beat of the third bar (of the whole phrase)? Carl >Carl Friedman wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Can someone help me with a senior moment? >> I plan to call The Merry Conclusion tonight (Monday) and am drawing a >> blank on exactly where the clap comes in the A section. I believe it's >> on the first beat of a phrase, but am unsure of which one. >> Andrew Shaw's instructions are just ambiguous enough to give me pause: >> "A1...3-4 Moving into the centre, clap once and turn S.L. back out." >> (and analogously for A2) >> Does the clap come on the first beat of "moving into the centre" (which >> is what I recall) or the first beat of turn single? >> > >Third beat of the first (3/2) bar. > >Paul. >____________________________ > >Paul Sartin > >May Cottage, Wherwell, >Hampshire, SP11 7JS > >Tel/fax: +44 (0) 1264 860791 >Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 485798 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:30:47 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:30:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Playford Ball, June 7, Urbana, IL To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030506113032.A2630-AT-uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT The Central Illinois English Country Dancers Invite You To An E N G L I S H C O U N T R Y D A N C E P L A Y F O R D B A L L The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their eighth annual Playford Ball on Saturday, June 7, 2003. The dance will be held in room 314 of the Illini Student Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL, on the campus of the University of Illinois. There will be a warm up session from 7:00 to 8:00, followed by the Ball from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Fans and finery are encouraged and we will be holding a costume contest to choose a King and Queen of the Ball. There will be a $7.00 suggested donation to help cover the cost of the Ball. We ask that dancers wear soft soled shoes to help protect the dance floor and avoid using excessive amounts of perfume for the benefit of others who may experience allergic reactions. All dances will be taught and all lovers of English Country dance and music are welcome. Dances Lead By: Susan Burt, Jane Hobgood and Jonathan Sivier Music Provided By: The Flatland Consort Dance Warmup: 7:00 p.m. Playford Ball: 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003 Location: Illini Union, room 314, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL Suggested Donation: $7.00 There will be refreshments at the break and a party following the dance. There will be a costume contest with a Top Couple (King and Queen of the Ball) being chosen. For further information contact Jonathan Sivier (jsivier-AT-uiuc.edu) at 217/359-8225 or Jane Hobgood (jbhob-AT-shout.net) at 217/328-1708 or check the webpage at - http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/playford.html For those who are interested, the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a contra dance on Friday, June 6, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Park Pavilion in Urbana. Martha Tyner will be calling and the band will be To Old To Be Controlled. Thanks for the support of the Champaign Park District and the Illini Folk Dance Society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | | jsivier-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/jsivier | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 10:02:07 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:01:54 -0500 From: "Susan M. Burt" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Playford Ball, June 7, Urbana, IL 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: <20030506113032.A2630-AT-uiuc.edu> Hi, Jonathan! Forgive me, but here I am in the middle of the English department--the "lead" you have below ought to be "led". "lead" is the heavy metal--and we don't use that kind of music at all!! ;-) susan > The Central Illinois English Country Dancers > Invite You To An > > E N G L I S H C O U N T R Y D A N C E > P L A Y F O R D B A L L > > > The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their eighth >annual Playford Ball on Saturday, June 7, 2003. The dance will be held >in room 314 of the Illini Student Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL, on the >campus of the University of Illinois. There will be a warm up session >from 7:00 to 8:00, followed by the Ball from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Fans and >finery are encouraged and we will be holding a costume contest to choose a >King and Queen of the Ball. There will be a $7.00 suggested donation to help >cover the cost of the Ball. We ask that dancers wear soft soled shoes to >help protect the dance floor and avoid using excessive amounts of perfume >for the benefit of others who may experience allergic reactions. All dances >will be taught and all lovers of English Country dance and music are welcome. --> >Dances Lead By: Susan Burt, Jane Hobgood and Jonathan Sivier >Music Provided By: The Flatland Consort >Dance Warmup: 7:00 p.m. >Playford Ball: 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. >Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003 >Location: Illini Union, room 314, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL >Suggested Donation: $7.00 > > There will be refreshments at the break and a party following the dance. > > There will be a costume contest with a Top Couple (King and Queen of the >Ball) being chosen. > > For further information contact Jonathan Sivier (jsivier-AT-uiuc.edu) at >217/359-8225 or Jane Hobgood (jbhob-AT-shout.net) at 217/328-1708 or check the >webpage at - http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/playford.html > > For those who are interested, the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a >contra dance on Friday, June 6, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Park >Pavilion in Urbana. Martha Tyner will be calling and the band will be >To Old To Be Controlled. > > Thanks for the support of the Champaign Park District and the Illini >Folk Dance Society. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | >| jsivier-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/jsivier | >------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- O, wae upon you, Men o' State That brethren rouse in deadly hate! As ye mak monie a fond heart mourn, Sae may it on your heads return! --Robert Burns, "Logan Water," 1793 Susan Meredith Burt English Department, Campus Box 4240 Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-4240 USA 309-438-7601 smburt-AT-ilstu.edu ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 10:16:45 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:16:30 -0500 From: "Susan M. Burt" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Playford Ball, June 7, Urbana, IL 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: <20030506113032.A2630-AT-uiuc.edu> augh! apologies to all, especially Jonathan--I thought I was posting my editing remarks just to Jonathan, not to the whole list, forsooth! sorry, sorry, sorry! Susan >Hi, Jonathan! > >Forgive me, but here I am in the middle of the English >department--the "lead" you have below ought to be "led". "lead" is >the heavy metal--and we don't use that kind of music at all!! > >;-) > >susan > > > >> The Central Illinois English Country Dancers >> Invite You To An >> >> E N G L I S H C O U N T R Y D A N C E >> P L A Y F O R D B A L L >> >> >> The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their eighth >>annual Playford Ball on Saturday, June 7, 2003. The dance will be held >>in room 314 of the Illini Student Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL, on the >>campus of the University of Illinois. There will be a warm up session >>from 7:00 to 8:00, followed by the Ball from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Fans and >>finery are encouraged and we will be holding a costume contest to choose a >>King and Queen of the Ball. There will be a $7.00 suggested donation to help >>cover the cost of the Ball. We ask that dancers wear soft soled shoes to >>help protect the dance floor and avoid using excessive amounts of perfume >>for the benefit of others who may experience allergic reactions. All dances >>will be taught and all lovers of English Country dance and music are welcome. > > > >--> > >>Dances Lead By: Susan Burt, Jane Hobgood and Jonathan Sivier >>Music Provided By: The Flatland Consort >>Dance Warmup: 7:00 p.m. >>Playford Ball: 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. >>Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003 >>Location: Illini Union, room 314, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL >>Suggested Donation: $7.00 >> >> There will be refreshments at the break and a party following the dance. >> >> There will be a costume contest with a Top Couple (King and Queen of the >>Ball) being chosen. >> >> For further information contact Jonathan Sivier (jsivier-AT-uiuc.edu) at >>217/359-8225 or Jane Hobgood (jbhob-AT-shout.net) at 217/328-1708 or check the >>webpage at - http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/playford.html >> >> For those who are interested, the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a >>contra dance on Friday, June 6, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Park >>Pavilion in Urbana. Martha Tyner will be calling and the band will be >>To Old To Be Controlled. >> >> Thanks for the support of the Champaign Park District and the Illini >>Folk Dance Society. >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>| Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | >>| jsivier-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/jsivier | >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >O, wae upon you, Men o' State >That brethren rouse in deadly hate! >As ye mak monie a fond heart mourn, >Sae may it on your heads return! > >--Robert Burns, "Logan Water," 1793 > >Susan Meredith Burt >English Department, Campus Box 4240 >Illinois State University >Normal, IL 61790-4240 USA > >309-438-7601 >smburt-AT-ilstu.edu -- O, wae upon you, Men o' State That brethren rouse in deadly hate! As ye mak monie a fond heart mourn, Sae may it on your heads return! --Robert Burns, "Logan Water," 1793 Susan Meredith Burt English Department, Campus Box 4240 Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-4240 USA 309-438-7601 smburt-AT-ilstu.edu ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 10:28:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 10:28:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Vincent Subject: Re: Playford Ball, June 7, Urbana, IL To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <20030506172840.62235.qmail-AT-web12204.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Maybe you should! I sometimes do 'air guitar' during a dance (when I stop calling and just let the dancers enjoy the music)...always good for a laugh! --- "Susan M. Burt" wrote: > Hi, Jonathan! > > Forgive me, but here I am in the middle of the > English > department--the "lead" you have below ought to be > "led". "lead" is > the heavy metal--and we don't use that kind of music > at all!! > > ;-) > > susan ===== Tom Vincent May you work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no-one is watching. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:01:51 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:01:37 -0500 (CDT) From: jsivier-AT-uiuc.edu (Jonathan Sivier) Subject: Re: Playford Ball, June 7, Urbana, IL To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <200305061801.h46I1blr002410-AT-staff2.cso.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Susan M. Burt writes: > > Forgive me, but here I am in the middle of the English > department--the "lead" you have below ought to be "led". "lead" is > the heavy metal--and we don't use that kind of music at all!! Thanks. I hadn't noticed that. Of course it's been listed that way for several years and no one else has noticed it either, or at least no one has said anything about it. Jonathan ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 13:08:37 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 21:03:14 +0100 From: Paul Sartin Subject: Re: Merry Conclusion - question To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EB81502.EDE2F72A-AT-attglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> <3EB62170.21DEA0D3-AT-attglobal.net> Carl Friedman wrote: > Thanks, Paul, and as you are as close as anyone to Andrew What DO you mean?! > you are > probably absolutely correct. But that really does seems different > from what I remember and feel from times dancing it and then teaching > it (with a clap on the first beat of one of those measures). Are you > sure it's not first beat of the third bar (of the whole phrase)? > I'm now no longer sure, Carl. I'll try to ask Andrew and let you know. Paul. ____________________________ Paul Sartin May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire, SP11 7JS Tel/fax: +44 (0) 1264 860791 Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 485798 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 11:00:14 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 21:44:42 -0400 From: "Thomas G. Spilsbury" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Washington (DC) Spring Ball (Saturday, 17 May) To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <005a01c3143a$3b56aa60$be6aa4d8-AT-cable.rcn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT There is still space available for the Washington (DC) Spring Ball on Saturday, 17 May. We have a nice dance program and a wonderful band, Goldcrest : Dave Wiesler, Darron Douglas, & Paul Oorts (well worth coming to hear and dance to). All interested parties should contact me. Thanks Tom Spilsbury madrobin9-AT-starpower.net ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:07:19 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:07:51 -0700 From: "Ed St.Germain" Subject: local dance news To: ECD list Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EB95987.5F1A8945-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I thought some might enjoy this article from today's local newspaper: http://englishcountrydancing.org/news.html Sorry about the slow download, I had to make the print part a large file for it to be legible. Best regards, Ed ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:10:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 15:09:33 -0400 (EDT) From: RbnRussell-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Sat June 14: The First New Jersey Play-ful Ball To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_Y66ZTAxrAXildOA8EUjutw)" --Boundary_(ID_Y66ZTAxrAXildOA8EUjutw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hello all, North Jersey English Country Dancers invite you to attend our first ever New Jersey Play-ful Ball ! Saturday June 14th MC Mary Jones Music by The Flying Romanos 5-6 Waltzing 6-7:30 Sumptuous Potluck 7:30-11:30 Dance Party Dances may include the following: Miss De Jersey's Tomatoes Elizabeth, NJ The Pursuit (on the Turnpike) Early One Jersey Morning The Merry Secaucians Trip to the Mall The Comical Fellow from Ho-Ho-Kus IKEA Not for These Ladies Cousin Vinny's Delight St. Martin's Lane Ends - Merge Left Wa is Me, I'm From Piscataway The Lovely Air-Conditioned Hall at The Unitarian Society 113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood NJ Festive Dress Encouraged. Please reserve your place ($15 per person) and (if possible) let us know your potluck contribution. Reply to this email, or contact Susan Amesse at SusanAAA-AT-aol.com or at 718-448-1624 --Boundary_(ID_Y66ZTAxrAXildOA8EUjutw) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hello all,

North Jersey English Country Dancers invite you to attend our first ever

New Jersey Play-ful Ball !

Saturday June 14th
MC Mary Jones
Music by The Flying Romanos

5-6 Waltzing
6-7:30 Sumptuous Potluck
7:30-11:30 Dance Party

Dances may include the following:

Miss De Jersey's Tomatoes
Elizabeth, NJ
The Pursuit (on the Turnpike)
Early One Jersey Morning
The Merry Secaucians
Trip to the Mall
The Comical Fellow from Ho-Ho-Kus
IKEA Not for These Ladies
Cousin Vinny's Delight
St. Martin's Lane Ends - Merge Left
Wa is Me, I'm From Piscataway

The Lovely Air-Conditioned Hall at
The Unitarian Society
113 Cottage Place, Ridgewood NJ

Festive Dress Encouraged.
Please reserve your place ($15 per person) and (if possible) let us know your potluck contribution.
Reply to this email, or contact Susan Amesse at SusanAAA-AT-aol.com or at 718-448-1624
 --Boundary_(ID_Y66ZTAxrAXildOA8EUjutw)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:33:27 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:33:14 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: local dance news (Riverside, CA) 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 Lookee what I found! This should load quicker: http://www.press-enterprise.com/news/ -- Peace, Gary ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 21:46:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 21:44:44 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Santa Barbara Sunday ECD *cancelled* 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 The English Country Dance this Sunday afternoon in Santa Barbara is cancelled for a variety of reasons (health issue of the only possible caller, trouble putting a band together, expected miniscule attendance). http://www.sbcds.org/ecd/ -- Peace, Gary ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:30:42 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:31:20 -0700 From: "Ed St.Germain" Subject: We're making progress To: ECD list Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EBB4B37.3580D743-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Our little group in the hinterlands of Southern California took a great leap forward this evening toward becoming a "real" ECD group by providing live music at our second monthly meeting. Photos of the fun may be viewed at: http://englishcountrydancing.org/music.html I hope we'll be able to keep up the tradition now that we have it in place. Best regards, Ed ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 05:59:10 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 08:36:19 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Seeking contact info on Alan Davies To: ECD-AT-PLAYFORD.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030509.085648.-1930687.32.AllisonThompson-AT-juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Anybody out there have Alan Davies' new e-mail address? or snail mail. Please respond off-line. Thanks, Allison Thompson e: allisonthompson-AT-juno.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:57:53 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 12:57:28 -0400 (EDT) From: SallenNic-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Fwd: Situational Awareness (long) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <16e.1e7038fc.2befdaf8-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_QNb/XuvqsdgmWvLWEopTqg)" --Boundary_(ID_QNb/XuvqsdgmWvLWEopTqg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This appeared on 'Strathspey' this morning, and seems equally relevant and interesting in an ECD context. I'm sure that Lee would be happy to receive comments from here if anyone has them to make! Nicolas B., Lanark, Scotland http://www.nicolasbroadbridge.com --Boundary_(ID_QNb/XuvqsdgmWvLWEopTqg) Content-type: message/rfc822 Return-path: Received: from rly-za03.mx.aol.com (rly-za03.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.99]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILINZA42-22813ebda0bd15d; Sat, 10 May 2003 21:00:45 -0400 Received: from grohe.our-isp.org (our-isp.biz [217.160.131.135]) by rly-za03.mx.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZA36-2f43ebda0aaf4; Sat, 10 May 2003 21:00:26 -0400 Received: (qmail 26098 invoked by uid 3000); Sun, 11 May 2003 00:59:31 +0000 Received: (qmail 26090 invoked by uid 64020); Sun, 11 May 2003 00:59:31 +0000 Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 21:19:59 -0400 From: "Donald Lee Fuell, Jr." Subject: Situational Awareness (long) To: strathspey-AT-strathspey.org Reply-to: strathspey-AT-strathspey.org Message-id: <3EBD6CFF.30563.C3237D-AT-localhost> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Priority: normal Precedence: bulk Delivered-to: mailing list strathspey-AT-strathspey.org Mailing-List: contact strathspey-help-AT-strathspey.org; run by ezmlm List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Id: "Strathspey SCD Mailing List" X-No-Archive: yes Hi, After a frustrating experience Thursday night trying to teach Glayva, and a similarly frustrating experience Friday and Saturday driving from Montgomery, Alabama home to Dayton, Ohio, I spent some time thinking about the concept of "situational awareness" and how it relates to Scottish Country Dancing. Let me first explain what I'm talking about, then ask the collective wisdom of the list for any thoughts on how to foster good situational awareness in Scottish Country Dancers. In aviation, we use the term "situational awareness" (abbreviated "SA") to refer to a pilot's awareness of his/her environment, location, flight path, other aircraft in the vicinity, and anything else relevant to the task of flying and (in the case of military aircraft) employing the aircraft. It boils down to knowing where you are, where you are going, what you are doing, what you are going to be doing, and whatever and whoever else is around you and all of the preceding about them as well. It seems to me that "good SA" is as important to a Scottish Country Dancer as it is to a pilot... well, maybe not - bad SA can get a pilot killed, something not likely in SCD... Nonetheless, it is important to SCD. My drive home caused me to occasionally have to deal with other drivers who obviously had bad SA about what was going on around them on the highway (or, worse, just didn't care). In trying to teach Glayva Thursday night, (it's a small, usually only one set class, and I was filling in for the regular teacher) I realized that many of the dancers weren't able to maintain "good SA" about where they were, where others in the set were, and what they and the others should be doing next. In both SCD and flying, good situational awareness requires one to think ahead about what comes next while doing what comes now. In neither activity does one have the luxury of stopping to think about what to do next. OK, long lead-in to a short question: Has anyone out there developed any good techniques for fostering improved situational awareness in dancers? Any exercises that are good for "imprinting" set geography on dancers, and helping them learn to multitask (i.e., think ahead at the same time as thinking about now)? Or is this just a matter of time and repetition? I mean, how many times do you have to tell someone that "up" is toward the music, "down" is away from the music, "across" is perpindicular to up and down, men have their left shoulder to the music and ladies their right? (That was a rhetorical question; the answer is, "as many as it takes" - we all process info differently). Although we all are differently abled, I still believe that mental agility is something that can be improved with practice, so I'm looking for good practice techniques. Thanks in advance for any ideas or experiences. Lee Donald Lee Fuell, Jr. Beavercreek, Ohio e-mail: fuell-AT-mindspring.com --Boundary_(ID_QNb/XuvqsdgmWvLWEopTqg)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 11:34:01 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:33:45 -0500 From: Bill McDonald Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Situational Awareness (long) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001201c317eb$df95dd80$851abcd0-AT-dallas.sil.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <16e.1e7038fc.2befdaf8-AT-aol.com> Nic, An excellent question! Teaching the basic mechanics of ECD is relatively simple, but that the "art" part of coordinating actions with other dancers (not only within the dancer's minor set, but with the entirety of the group) is the hardest thing to get ECD newcomers to incorporate. I, for one, would be most grateful if you would continue to forward relevant contributions on this question from the Strathsprey list. McDjr ----- Original Message ----- From: > This appeared on 'Strathspey' this morning, and seems equally relevant and > interesting in an ECD context. [Question related to "Situational Awareness" snipped for brevity...] ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 12:44:48 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 16:41:02 -0300 From: John Wood Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Trying to Contact Kathy Long To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001001c317f5$413f4e00$8492e018-AT-johnwood> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_2Gm5/drQk46vvVaQPytSOQ)" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_2Gm5/drQk46vvVaQPytSOQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Permit me to use the open list to ask Kathy Long to provide me with her CORRECT E-mail address so that I can reply to her private request re ECD items. Thank you for the space. 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Permit me to use the open list to ask Kathy Long
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that I can reply to her private request re ECD items.
 
Thank you for the space.
 
John [Bedford, Nova Scotia]
--Boundary_(ID_2Gm5/drQk46vvVaQPytSOQ)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 20:19:00 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 19:53:55 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Re: Fwd: Situational Awareness (long) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KVS0QM4QSY92WWZO-AT-SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > This appeared on 'Strathspey' this morning, and seems equally relevant and > interesting in an ECD context. I'm sure that Lee would be happy to receive > comments from here if anyone has them to make! Thanks for forwarding this; it's quite interesting. It'd be nice if you (Nic) could summarize or batch comments you deem relevant and pass em on to Lee. Lee writes: >OK, long lead-in to a short question: Has anyone out there developed any good >techniques for fostering improved situational awareness in dancers? Any >exercises that are good for "imprinting" set geography on dancers, and helping >them learn to multitask (i.e., think ahead at the same time as thinking about >now)? Or is this just a matter of time and repetition? I mean, how many >times do you have to tell someone that "up" is toward the music, "down" is >away from the music, "across" is perpindicular to up and down, men have their >left shoulder to the music and ladies their right? (That was a rhetorical >question; the answer is, "as many as it takes" - we all process info >differently). Although we all are differently abled, I still believe that >mental agility is something that can be improved with practice, so I'm looking >for good practice techniques. >Thanks in advance for any ideas or experiences. I have a couple of ideas. Actual experience: My standard spiel when teaching a set with known newcomers in it is "Geography first. Up is toward our estimable musicians [and if anyone looks up, add " not toward the ceiling']. Down is the other way [pointing]. The top of the set is the uppermost end, toward the musicians. Hands four from the top means to take hands in groups of four _people_ starting at the top. Hands four from the top. [pause while they do it] In each of your sets of two couples, the people on top _now_ are the first couples, or ones; the others are the second couple, or twos. [Then, if it fits the dance] Ones, face down, take near hand with partner, lead down between the twos and peel off - cast off - back to home place, etc. At the end of that they're generally pretty clear on up and down, at least. If it's the kind of event where people arrive at different times in the evening, I may have to repeat that spiel a few times. Since - unlike RSCDS Scottish - I get to run a longways dance 10-15 times if I have enough people, people really get practice in figuring out up and down; I also use up and down in describing progression, so they get a lot of reinforcement. Most people with a firm grip on "up" and "down" can figure out "across", but some can't, and you have to show them, or take a minute to say "your partner is across the set from you. Partners change places passing right shoulder; you've just crossed across the set" and that does it most of the time. Ideas, which I've never implemented and am unlikely to implement since I'm leading dance parties, not teaching classes. General: Now that you've identified situational awareness as a factor in common between aviation and country dancing, how about checking out how they train pilots? Better yet, how do they train air traffic controllers to track a bunch of independently moving bodies and plan ahead? (I have no idea of the answers to these questions.) A couple of possible exercises with people who have enough experience that it's worthwhile. I just thought these up - they might fail spectacularly. Develop a set of questions you need SA to answer, for example: Where's my partner? Who's active? What will the active people do next? What will I do next? Where do I need to be? Where am I? (For dances where it matters): Am I a first contra corner? Am I active? Is anybody _else_ in the set out of place? Exercise one: Teach a dance, run a few rounds of it, stop the music suddenly in the middle. Read the questions aloud slowly; you'll see people looking around to get the answers to them, and you can pretty well tell when they have them, or who still looks puzzled, and you could try to help the ones who look puzzled. This theoretically helps to teach what they need to keep track of, and in a way in which they're doing something rather than just listening to you. Exercise two: Same thing, same dance, except when you stop the music the first thing you say is "Close your eyes and keep them closed until I say so." And then give the same list of questions. (I don't know whether kinetic learners get into Scottish as much as they do, say, contra, but if they do you can be amused watching them miming the moves of the dance to try to answer the question.) Repeat exercise two a couple of times, once more with the same dance and maybe later with a different dance. If anybody tries this, let me know how it works out. -- 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: Sun, 11 May 2003 21:58:06 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 21:58:38 -0700 From: "Ed St.Germain" Subject: waltzing To: ECD list Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EBF29FE.6341108C-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I was doing some research this evening when I came across the following that I thought might be of some interest. It's from "The New Mirror for Travelers," written in 1828 by James Kirke Paulding, novelist, satirist, and collaborator with Washington Irving in the periodical "Salmagundi." "Among the most disgusting of these importations is the fashion of waltzing, which is becoming common here of late. It was introduced, as I understand, by a party of would-be fashionables that saw it practiced at the operas, with such enchanting languor, grace, and lasciviousness that they fell in love with it and determined to bless their country by transplanting the precious exotic. I would not be understood to censure those nations among whom the waltz is, as it were, indigenous - a national dance. Habit, example, and practice from their earliest youth accustom the women of these countries to the exhibition, and excuse it. But for an American woman, with all her habits and opinions already formed, accustomed to certain restraints, and brought up with certain notions of propriety, to rush into a waltz, to brave the just sentiment of the delicate of her own and the other sex, with whom she has been brought up and continues to associate, is little creditable to good sense, her delicacy, or her morals. Every woman does, or ought to, know that she cannot exhibit herself in the whirling and lascivious windings of a waltz without calling up in the minds of men feelings and associations unworthy of the dignity and purity of a delicate female. The lascivious motions - the upturned eyes, the dizzy circlings, the twining arms and projecting front - all combine to waken in the bosom of the spectators analogies, associations, and passions, which no woman who values the respect of the world ought ever willfully challenge or excite." Best regards, Ed ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 05:59:20 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 08:54:05 -0400 From: Mary Beth Goodman Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: waltzing 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: <3EBF29FE.6341108C-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> At 9:58 PM -0700 5/11/03, Ed St.Germain wrote: >Every woman does, or ought to, know >that she cannot exhibit herself in the whirling and lascivious windings >of a waltz without calling up in the minds of men feelings and >associations unworthy of the dignity and purity of a delicate female. Well, I only want to be considered delicate if there are acres of lawn to be mown. I'll take lascivious any day over delicate! Thanks for this tidbit. -- Mary Beth Goodman Quilter http://www.quiltr.com All mac, all the time. Coming to you live from Jaguar. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 07:13:10 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:12:02 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: waltzing To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT 1) I feel ignorant for asking but I guess this list is as good a place to be ignorant and to get educated as any so - when did Waltzing begin? I had always thought it was an early 19th century dance, but Ed St. Germain's quote makes it sound very well established in some areas where he considers it "indigenous" by the year 1828. My friends in Sweden class it (with the Hambo) as a "modern invention" (as compared to the older dances like the Polskor) and for some reason I had always thought they were referring to post-18th century as modern. 2) Mary Beth - I agree about "lascivious" over "delicate" (Duh - how I could feel otherwise in the presence of such revealing postures and wanton swirling!). Cammy ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 08:28:56 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:27:49 -0400 From: Campbell Kaynor Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Fwd: Situational Awareness (long) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I have a few things to say about this query: You ask - "How many times do you have to tell someone that "up" is towards the music..." and answer with ..."as many as it takes" - we all process info differently." As you say, individuals process stuff and learn differently. If defining terms like up and down doesn't take with some dancers, there has to be a more efficient way to reach those individuals than to repeat it "as many times as it takes." My choice is to start the evening with a few definitions of my terms I will use (usually in the context of the first dance) and expect that some of the dancers will not understand and many will not remember what the terms mean. Often I review the terms as we learn the first dance like at the end of the walk through "everyone face their original direction - the 1s facing down and the 2s facing up towards the band. This is not only a direction to face, but also the direction that you and your partner will progress so the 1s progress "down" the set dancing with each 2 and the 2s progress "up" the set...." From this point forward, I reinforce the terminology through context-use in the teaching of other figures and dances will give meaning for most who do not learn from verbal definitions but more easily from visual cues and will help the forgetful to remember. But I believe that learning what is meant by terms and what way to turn when the caller says "up" is very different from the SA issue. What the direction or the move is NAMED is simply a tool for explaining the dances. Being able to picture the moves in one's mind or to feel the moves in your muscles is another whole realm of learning. The tools I use for this are several and here are 3: 1) As I have said often before, the music is the best tool we have. Even if some of you on the list refuse to believe that a musician can describe the figures with their playing, if you can convince the dancers that the music tells you when, where, and how to move, they will begin to connect melody (even when poorly articulated) with choreography. This can lead to improved Situation Awareness if only because they have to THINK less about what they should be doing and can devote more thought to what those around them are doing. 2) I strongly encourage any dancer (and musician) to call a dance now and then whether they have prepared one or not (I have some fairly easy dances written out in large clear writing on cardboard in my bag to hand out if they need one). Instructing others in the choreography of the dance is an excellent way to gain a sense of where each dancer is and when. Those who naturally have good skills at SA can easily picture where everyone in the set is at any moment in time, but for many, the view from the stage and the physical act of telling people where to go will give them a grasp of the whole thing faster. 3) Encourage the dancers to learn a few Morris dances. Perhaps because of the heavy emphasis on uniformity of motion in the Morris traditions, there is much more emphasis put on being aware of the other dancers as you move. As you learn the hey from each position, there is a lot of focus on where the others are at each moment so that you stay exactly across from your partner and never impede your neighbors. The skills they practice in learning the Morris dances will be manifest in their approach to ECD. Some people dance very well only knowing their own role, but they are less able to handle glitches (like a lost neighbor or an improvising ham) then those who have good SA. Not only that, I feel there is an art - a poetry to the dances that involves ALL the components (music, 1s, 2s,...). Just dancing your role gets you through the dances and it may be very enjoyable, but you miss out on the beauty of the whole. For some, a view from the balcony is when it first hits them. Being able to achieve that view in your mind's eye while you dance makes it every dance more rewarding for me. Just an after-thought - If you are trying to train people in SA, I would recommend that you teach the elements with basic dances and only gradually try to get the dancers to encompass the more complex ones. Sometimes I use a dance like Newcastle to illustrate how hard it is to know where everyone is in some dances, to point out that you can dance the dance anyway by simply TRUSTING that if you do your part correctly you will meet up at the end, and to point out that they were this unaware at the start of the evening with the first simple dance so they have really come a long way not to be this bewildered in the previous dance. Cammy ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:35:19 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 10:35:01 +1000 From: "Garden, John (DPL)" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: waltzing To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT For an easily accessible history of the waltz (and how this history dovetails with that of ECD - and other dance styles), please see the dance history I have been piecing together over the years at www.earthlydelights.com.au/history.htm. Of particular interest to you will be the section on the 'Late 18th century' and 'Early Nineteenth century'. Thomas Wilson's 1817 Description of the Correct Method of Waltzing is the earliest English language waltz manual I've been able to find - and I've enjoyed very much teaching otherwise more politely distant EC Dancers how to get into and out of the sexy holds he describes (waltzing in the early 1800s still showing its Austrian laendlers roots). As ECD is the main focus of the above mentioned dance history, and as it is a page in progress (e.g. I have a hundred pictures I plan to add one day!), I would greatly appreciate it if list readers could offer me their comments on the text so far. I would also like to invite comments on the interpretations of EC favourites which I have presented on my 'Other Dances' page www.earthlydelights.com.au/other.htm (another work in progress). On the site you will also find instructions for the 64 Bordonian dances (a lost chapter of ECD) in the work The Lost Dances of Earthly Delights, and I'm pleased to report we successfully danced all 64 dances (even the most challenging from the winter collection) in 18 hours of back-to-back workshops and balls last weekend - it was a thrilling, fun weekend - photos to go up on site soon!. John Garden www.earthlydelights.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Campbell Kaynor [mailto:Campbell_Kaynor-AT-BIOGEN.COM] Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2003 12:12 AM To: ECD-AT-ssrl04.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: waltzing 1) I feel ignorant for asking but I guess this list is as good a place to be ignorant and to get educated as any so - when did Waltzing begin? I had always thought it was an early 19th century dance, but Ed St. Germain's quote makes it sound very well established in some areas where he considers it "indigenous" by the year 1828. My friends in Sweden class it (with the Hambo) as a "modern invention" (as compared to the older dances like the Polskor) and for some reason I had always thought they were referring to post-18th century as modern. 2) Mary Beth - I agree about "lascivious" over "delicate" (Duh - how I could feel otherwise in the presence of such revealing postures and wanton swirling!). Cammy ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:56:31 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 19:56:10 -0500 From: "M.G. Mudrey, Jr." Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: waltzing To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030512195303.00b4dcf8-AT-mail.mhtc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_4bnMi73jpZ/GZRT25WvF0w)" --Boundary_(ID_4bnMi73jpZ/GZRT25WvF0w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I am not going to look too hard. Waltz in Cminor for piano Beethoven 1803 Mozart various Landler 1791 earlier Landler by others....who knows when...?? So...by Maria Theresa we have landler entering western Europe, and by the Congress of Vienna is full force. 19th Century.. Waltz (vals) any turning dance. not necessarily 3/4 or 5/4 many were 2/4 and 4/4. What we today think of as a waltz is a rather late mid 19th century dance. --Boundary_(ID_4bnMi73jpZ/GZRT25WvF0w) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I am not going to look too hard.
Waltz in Cminor for piano
Beethoven 1803

Mozart various Landler 1791

earlier Landler  by others....who knows when...??


So...by Maria Theresa we have landler entering western Europe, and by the Congress of Vienna is full force.



19th Century..  Waltz (vals) any turning dance. not necessarily 3/4 or 5/4

many were 2/4 and 4/4.  What we today think of as a waltz is a rather late mid 19th century dance.





--Boundary_(ID_4bnMi73jpZ/GZRT25WvF0w)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:29:29 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:29:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Giovanni De Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Playford Ball; Los Angeles (CA, USA); october 2003 To: ecdlist ecdlist Message-ID: <20030513012917.42665.qmail-AT-web40412.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT first (and only) reminder for those who might be interested: the 2003 Southern California Playford Ball will take place on saturday 4 October 2003 in Pasadena. (pre-ball review on friday 3 October in Santa Ana) great hall with period ambiance, good live music and excellent refreshments combine for a delectable experience. still the only non-teaching ball in southern california; more dancing for your pleasure. dance mistress, band, directions, maps, program, dance instructions, copy of flier, registration form and any other detail one might want to know are on the web at: www.geocities.com/sbecd/playford/playford_front.html paper copies of the flier are available at local (Los Angeles area) dances, or by request to sbecd-AT-yahoo.com. Thank you for your patience. Giovanni De Amici ===== for information about English Country Dance in and around Los Angeles, please check our web page at: www.geocities.com/sbecd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:32:35 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:33:08 -0700 From: "Ed St.Germain" Subject: Washington's watch chain To: ECD list Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EC04B53.1E2F98F5-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type=54455854; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Chaining the Hudson: Celebrating industry and the French BY TONY SEIDEMAN It is a sharp, snapping, rattling noise like the explosion of a shopping bag full of large firecrackers. In 1778, they called it "feu de joie" — the fire of joy. It was made by soldiers firing their muskets into the air in happiness. On Saturday, May 3, muskets will fire into the air again on historic territory near the Hudson River, as historic organizations celebrate two of the most important, least known turning points in the American Revolution. From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., visitors will be able to park at the Cold Spring Metro-North stop and take a shuttle bus to Constitution Island — or cross the river and view a different series of events celebrating the same history over at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Without the two successes the May 3 events are celebrating, there's a chance the entire American Revolution would have foundered, said Dr. James M. Johnson, executive director of the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College. In 1777, the American Revolution was in desperate trouble. It was surviving on the strength of a single great victory — the conquest of a British army near the Hudson River at Saratoga in 1777. Yet that same Hudson could be used as a crack with which the embattled colonies could be pried apart. The British knew this, and were bent on sending their battle fleets up the river to split New England from the rest of the still aborning United States. At the same time, the rebels also lacked the resources to continue anything but a long, dreary, withering battle of attrition against the British Empire. Things looked bleak — but two miracles of skill, professionalism and persuasion turned things around by the spring of 1778. One of those triumphs was technological, the other political. Both were crucial. The technological victory involved creating an iron chain of unprecedented length and strength to block the Hudson River at West Point. If British ships had controlled the length of the Hudson, the Revolution would have been hard put to survive. "It could have been catastrophic, because it could have isolated the individual sections of the colonies, and then allowed the British to potentially crush the Revolution one state at a time," Johnson said. Cold Spring was home to some of America's great foundries. They faced an urgent deadline — the chain had to be in place by the time the ice on the Hudson melted in early spring. Johnson is utterly astonished at what was accomplished. "The contract was signed on the 2nd of February and the chain was out in the river on the 30th of April 1778," he said. British ships might have been able to get past West Point's cannon with minimal damage. But they couldn't take on both the great chain and the big guns. "The soldiers called it Washington's watch chain," Johnson said. Washington himself said that Fortress West Point on the Hudson River was "the key to America." Chaining the Hudson was important — but another event that also occurred 225 years ago was equally vital — the signing of the treaties of alliance between France and America. Though America's relationship with France has been a mix of admiration and exasperation virtually since the nation's beginning, without the intervention of that then-mighty military power, chances are good the Revolution could have sputtered and withered away. Obviously, an event of that scope is worth some serious celebration. Thus the feu de joie, which will be performed by re-enactors who will demonstrate camp life, engage in military drill and conduct other activities. West Point observances will include parachutists, the Cadet Rifle Drill Team, the Cadet Glee Club, the Hellcats and a discussion by Lincoln Diamant on the laying of the chain. Regiments of the Brigade of the American Revolution will camp at Constitution Island. Sponsors of the event include the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, the Hudson River Valley Institute, the Constitution Island Association and the Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry School Museum. -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:43:43 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:42:17 -0400 From: "Linda M. Nelson" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Third Friday English Dancing - Cape Cod, Massachusetts 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: <20030415134148.36729.qmail-AT-web20610.mail.yahoo.com> Lively and Elegant English Country Dance on Cape Cod Friday, May 16, 2003 8 - 11 pm at the East Sandwich Grange, 85 Old County Road, E Sandwich, MA Leaders: Priscilla Adams and Linda Nelson Musicians: Jan Elliott (Recorder and Concertina) Sandi Atwood (Folk Harp and Accordion) Lisa Esperson (Percussion) Dance: $8 Light refreshments provided at the break. For more information and directions: reply email or call: 508-428-4231 or 508-540-1151 We hope some of you will join us for our lively and elegant 3rd Friday dances. A note for travelers: the very next evening (3rd Saturdays) in the very same hall, contradancing! (May: caller, Linda Leslie; music, Amy Larkin and Debbie Knight.) ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 19:08:40 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:37:56 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: Re: Washington's watch chain To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KVTBM6YU8OSNC388-AT-SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type=54455854; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Ed St. Germain posted: > Chaining the Hudson: Celebrating industry and the French > BY TONY SEIDEMAN It's not clear to me what the relevance of this post was to the ECD list. While Early American dance is certainly on-topic, that doesn't mean efery mention of Early American activity is. That said, "Chaining the Hudson" should be a figure, and "Washington's Watch Chain" should be a dance. -- 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: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:11:52 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:11:32 -0700 From: Pat Corvini Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: RE: Washington's watch chain To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <000001c3190e$22304090$9ad85142-AT-PC1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Alan writes, > That said, "Chaining the Hudson" should be a figure, and > "Washington's Watch Chain" should be a dance. Indeed. One might also imagine a ceilidh-style dance named, say, "Mad Anthony's Marvel"--featuring a "chaining the Hudson" figure in which the 2s attempt to lead up through the 1s, who forcibly prevent them. [Not, I'm sure, what our estimable list owner had in mind.] Pat ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:23:43 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:24:26 -0700 From: "Ed St.Germain" Subject: Apology To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EC1001B.BA56E942-AT-AmericanRevolution.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <00A1FCA5.BF842DD1.1-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu> It wasn't until I received my ECD list digest that I realized I'd sent "Washington's watch chain" to the ECD list. I meant to send it to the Early American History list, which is next to ECD in my address book. Please accept my apologies for the off-topic goof. Best, Ed ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:53:09 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:52:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Vincent Subject: Re: Apology To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <20030513145259.99593.qmail-AT-web12202.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Hey, Ed - You're not the only one on both lists! It's nice to see that there are other folks interested in both dance and battles! :) [Now if only we could have gotten Saddam and Dubwa to settle their catfight with La Volta...] Tom --- "Ed St.Germain" wrote: > It wasn't until I received my ECD list digest that I > realized I'd sent > "Washington's watch chain" to the ECD list. > > I meant to send it to the Early American History > list, which is next to > ECD in my address book. > > Please accept my apologies for the off-topic goof. > > Best, > Ed > ===== Tom Vincent May you work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no-one is watching. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 10:36:40 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:36:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Tideswell-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Washington's watch chain To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <1dc.9947370.2bf28716-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/13/03 7:12:26 AM, system-AT-ssrl04.slac.stanford.edu writes: >That said, "Chaining the Hudson" should be a figure, and "Washington's >Watch >Chain" should be a dance. Well, Alan? We're waiting... Nilos, who has never danced in, or on, a river ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 10:55:46 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:48:51 +0100 From: Paul Sartin Subject: Re: Merry Conclusion - question To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <3EC13003.C868B316-AT-attglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> <3EB62170.21DEA0D3-AT-attglobal.net> Carl Friedman wrote: > Thanks, Paul, and as you are as close as anyone to Andrew you are > probably absolutely correct. But that really does seems different > from what I remember and feel from times dancing it and then teaching > it (with a clap on the first beat of one of those measures). Are you > sure it's not first beat of the third bar (of the whole phrase)? > It's confirmed - Andrew has just rung to say that the clap is indeed on the first beat of the third bar, so you can all rest easy in your beds tonight! He then helpfully said that that was just his interpretation, and that that 'you can do what you like, really'. Paul. ____________________________ Paul Sartin May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire, SP11 7JS Tel/fax: +44 (0) 1264 860791 Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 485798 ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:39:01 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:38:32 -0400 From: Carl Friedman Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Merry Conclusion - question 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: <55066108-7EB6-11D7-83A3-000393C225F4-AT-alumni.williams.edu> <3EB62170.21DEA0D3-AT-attglobal.net> <3EC13003.C868B316-AT-attglobal.net> > >It's confirmed - Andrew has just rung to say that the clap is indeed on the >first beat of the third bar, so you can all rest easy in your beds tonight! >He then helpfully said that that was just his interpretation, and that that >'you can do what you like, really'. >Paul. >____________________________ > Hi Paul, Thanks. I know I'll sleep better now. I like the clap there also. I especially like it when everyone on the dance floor agrees about the timing of the clap. Carl ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:03:30 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:02:28 -0500 From: John Shewmaker Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Washington's watch chain To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT > Well, Alan? We're waiting... > > Nilos, who has never danced in, or on, a river Howsomever, the assembled multitudes at Pinewoods Camp for English Week in , was it 1992? managed to put on an entire afternoon of Pond Morris, with various sides performing sundry traditions, including those of Border Morris, Cotswold, Northwest Clog, & Longsword, in chest-high water. Dr. Barrand judged the competition, with his accustomed aplomb. Afterwards, Rosie Brown took the antique, brown-toned photograph of the resuscitated dancers, grouped on and about the dock, which has graced the mantle above the fireplace in the Camp House or hung in the CDSS office. Though that watery afternoon was spendid, in its way, a dry-land Washington's Watchchain seems preferable, on the whole. Yours, Shooz ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:44:30 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:43:55 -0400 (EDT) From: David.Millstone-AT-valley.net (David Millstone) Subject: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <26717401-AT-enfield.VALLEY.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT --- Tideswell-AT-aol.com wrote: Nilos, who has never danced in, or on, a river --- end of quote --- And John Shewmaker chimed in with a description of dancing in the water at Pinewoods. It's not ECD, but a group of us-- inspired by a similar event in New Brunswick, Fiddles on the Tobique-- are planning Contra on the Connecticut, a floating contra dance on rafts as we make our way downstream on June 7. (This is on the Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. We're starting in Norwich, Vermont and ending up several miles downstream at a big river celebration sponsored by the Connecticut RiverFest.) Dancers will be chosen by lottery, and all musicians are welcome to show up with canoes to join the fun. Watery tunes will include Bay of Fundy, Over the Waterfall (we hope not!), Ships Are Sailing, Lady of the Lake, Round the Horn, and Off She Goes. I'll probably have to include a dance with a dip and dive figure in it. David Millstone ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 08:23:58 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:23:25 -0500 From: John Shewmaker Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Borcherding says the Pond Morris at Pinewoods was 1989. I stand, sit or swim corrected. Shooz ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:28:03 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 11:16:06 -0400 From: Allison M Thompson Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030514.122547.-1847433.22.AllisonThompson-AT-juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT David Here's a possible dip & dive ECD for your rafting event: Spot the Tea Shoppe, from a tape by the Happisburgh Light Brigade and apparently inspired by a postcard. 5C longways, 3rd and 5th improper A1 1M cross with 2W, then 3W, then 4W, then 5W A2 1W the same crossings with the men B1 New top couple arch down the set over everyone else (stay at the foot) -- 4 bars New New top couple arch down the set -- 4 bars B2 New New New top couple dip & dive to the bottom--all swing partner if there is time Allison Thompson ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:45:39 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:44:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Dfhart24-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <148.11737900.2bf3cc76-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_3hhppTqYkcRIuM6WgH0TUA)" --Boundary_(ID_3hhppTqYkcRIuM6WgH0TUA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/14/2003 11:02:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, David.Millstone-AT-valley.net writes: > Dancers will be chosen by lottery, and all musicians are welcome to show up > with > canoes to join the fun. Watery tunes will include Bay of Fundy, Over the > Waterfall (we hope not!), Ships Are Sailing, Lady of the Lake, Round the > Horn, > and Off She Goes. > > I'll probably have to include a dance with a dip and dive figure in it. > Sounds like you have water on the brain. - d --Boundary_(ID_3hhppTqYkcRIuM6WgH0TUA) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/14/2003 11:02:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, David.Millstone-AT-valley.net writes:

Dancers will be chosen by lottery, and all musicians are welcome to show up with
canoes to join the fun. Watery tunes will include Bay of Fundy, Over the
Waterfall (we hope not!), Ships Are Sailing, Lady of the Lake, Round the Horn,
and Off She Goes.

I'll probably have to include a dance with a dip and dive figure in it.


Sounds like you have water on the brain. - d --Boundary_(ID_3hhppTqYkcRIuM6WgH0TUA)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:48:55 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:48:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Dfhart24-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <3d.2f98b383.2bf3cd5a-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_dx9PUIrDebFftvkl+L59cg)" --Boundary_(ID_dx9PUIrDebFftvkl+L59cg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/14/2003 11:02:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, David.Millstone-AT-valley.net writes: > It's not ECD, but a group of us-- inspired by a similar event in New > Brunswick, > Fiddles on the Tobique-- are planning Contra on the Connecticut, a floating > contra dance on rafts as we make our way downstream on June 7. (This is on > the > Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont and New > Hampshire. > We're starting in Norwich, Vermont and ending up several miles downstream > at a > big river celebration sponsored by the Connecticut RiverFest.) > This sounds like fun. What time is this blessed event (baptism by conntra?) to commence? More details? Cheer, Deborah --Boundary_(ID_dx9PUIrDebFftvkl+L59cg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/14/2003 11:02:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, David.Millstone-AT-valley.net writes:

It's not ECD, but a group of us-- inspired by a similar event in New Brunswick,
Fiddles on the Tobique-- are planning Contra on the Connecticut, a floating
contra dance on rafts as we make our way downstream on June 7. (This is on the
Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire.
We're starting in Norwich, Vermont and ending up several miles downstream at a
big river celebration sponsored by the Connecticut RiverFest.)


This sounds like fun.  What time is this blessed event (baptism by conntra?) to commence?  More details?

Cheer,
Deborah --Boundary_(ID_dx9PUIrDebFftvkl+L59cg)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:27:20 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:26:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Benjamin Stein Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030514192659.61429.qmail-AT-web41504.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT --- David Millstone wrote: > --- Tideswell-AT-aol.com wrote: > Nilos, who has never danced in, or on, a river > --- end of quote --- > > And John Shewmaker chimed in with a description of > dancing in the water at > Pinewoods. > > It's not ECD, but a group of us-- inspired by a similar > event in New Brunswick, > Fiddles on the Tobique-- are planning Contra on the > Connecticut, a floating > contra dance on rafts as we make our way downstream on > June 7. (This is on the > Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont > and New Hampshire. > We're starting in Norwich, Vermont and ending up several > miles downstream at a > big river celebration sponsored by the Connecticut > RiverFest.) > > Dancers will be chosen by lottery, and all musicians are > welcome to show up with > canoes to join the fun. Watery tunes will include Bay of > Fundy, Over the > Waterfall (we hope not!), Ships Are Sailing, Lady of the > Lake, Round the Horn, > and Off She Goes. > > I'll probably have to include a dance with a dip and dive > figure in it. > > David Millstone Dear David: Nothing to do with the above but y apoogies for never getting to the New York ACD Ball. At 4:00AM on Friday it was not snowing here and decidied I might be ahead of the storm. Stopped and got gas and by the time I was twelve miles south of Burlington it was snowing so hard I couldn't see the road and decided that it was not worth risking my life to go to a dance, no matter how good. Still have copies of th drawings for the Carolan book to show you. Will you b at the Champlain Festival this year or perhaps English-Scottish week at Pinewoods. Ben __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 14:24:22 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:22:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Susan R. Lorand" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Dancing on water (no real ECD content) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT On Wed, 14 May 2003, John Shewmaker wrote: > Borcherding says the Pond Morris at Pinewoods was 1989. I stand, sit or swim > corrected. hasn't it happened more than once? susie lorand ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 01:49:46 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 04:49:31 -0400 (EDT) From: SallenNic-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Kenton Ramblers To: ecd-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <1ec.8dd4504.2bf4ae9b-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Apologies to all those whom this does not concern. Someone on this list asked me last year for Kenton Ramblers recordings other than those transferred to CD. Change of computer and a later disaster lost all my stored e-mails! If the person concerned cares to get back to me we'll start again. Nicolas B., Lanark, Scotland http://www.nicolasbroadbridge.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 07:27:42 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:10:57 -0400 (EDT) From: David.Millstone-AT-valley.net (David Millstone) Subject: Re: Dancing on Water To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <26760225-AT-enfield.VALLEY.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Allison suggested a five-couple dance with dip and dive in it, and "five-couple" nudged my brain into gear. The obvious choice, given the watery nature of this event, is Waves of Tory. LOCAL CONTENT FOLLOWS. West Coast lurkers and Brits can safely ignore the rest. Deborah asked for more details. We'll take off-- oops, I mean "Put out"-- at 11 AM from the Norwich Landing, on Route 5, half a mile north of the Ledyard Bridge that connects Norwich, VT, to Hanover, NH. Plan is to arrive at the Big Splash site by about 1. Folks interested in joining the flotilla (to watch, to play music, to cheer dancers on) are welcome. Interested musicians can contact Andy Stewart who is coordinating this aspect of the event. And folks wanting general information can contact . ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:24:30 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:24:18 +0000 From: Margherita Davis Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Come to Columbia County, New York! To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT It's that time of year when folks are on the move. If any of you are contemplating a drive through the Hudson Valley, do visit us for the Stockport, NY series. We have 6 dances lined up (4 with picnics beforehand!), taking us through leaf-peeping season: May 24, Jun 21, Jul 12, Aug16, Sept 13, & Oct 18 (all Saturdays). Callers include: Jenny Beer, Rich Galloway, Fried Herman, Mary Jones, Judi Rivkin, Gary Roodman & Peggy Vermilya. Music is by Hudson Crossing: George Davis, violin; Sue Polansky, clarinets & Cara Schuman, piano. We also have two special guest musicians this year: Tricia van Oers, recorders (5/24) and Vince O’Donnell, violin (8/16). Make Memorial Day Weekend Special! Join us for a picnic Saturday afternoon, and the dance in the evening called by Jenny Beer. Tricia van Oers, a renown concert artist with Sympatica and the Ensemble for Early Music, and known to afficionados at the Amherst Early Music Festival, will also be on hand. We are lucky to have her; she lives in the Hudson Valley, and this gig appealed to her sense of play. Then on Sunday, you can make your way up to the English session at the Brattleboro Dawn Dance, where Barbara Finney is calling to the music of Dark Carnival.. For more detailed information, check our website: http://home.earthlink.net/~mandgdavis/dancdate.html Margherita Davis -in the very lush Hudson Valley ******************************************************** Margherita Modica Davis NYC: (212) 724-1707 margheritad1-AT-hotmail.com Upstate: (518) 828-6181 mandgdavis-AT-earthlink.net mmodica1-AT-yahoo.com http://home.earthlink.net/~mandgdavis/ ******************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:14:39 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: ECD list outage on Sunday, May 18 To: ecd-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <01KVYTQT4VXGSPUL00-AT-SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT ECDers -- The ECD list runs on a workstation (playford) that sits on my desk at work. The workstation is plugged into a UPS with about an hour's worth of batteries. I just learned that Facilities plans to shut down power to the entire building my office is in for about twelve hours this Sunday, so the UPS wouldn't keep it up even if every part of the network stayed up. Any mail you send to the list will be held at the SLAC-wide email gateway until the workstation is back up. Don't think the message got lost and send it again. Wait until Monday and see if it came back out. The searchable message archive lives on a different server and will be available; the monthly archives live on the workstation and will not be available during the power outage. Thanks for your patience. -- 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: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:28:00 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 08:28:59 +0100 From: Ann Higley Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re Bath Ball 11/05/03 To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <001101c31d0f$364ae9e0$df64883e-AT-annhigle> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: <005a01c3143a$3b56aa60$be6aa4d8-AT-cable.rcn.com> Just a small note of thanks to all those involved with the Bare Necessities Playford Ball at Bath last weekend. It really was a very special and enjoyable event. The music from Bare Necessities was wonderful, the Assembly Rooms made a very fine and appropriate setting for all the dancers in their elegant costumes, and it was so nice to meet and dance with so many enthusiastic dancers from 'across the pond'. I hope you all enjoyed the rest of your visit to England, and that you had a good journey home. Ann Higley ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:00:13 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 12:31:42 -0500 From: Jonathan Sivier Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Playford Ball, Urbana, IL, June 7 To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030518123142.A5784-AT-uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT The Central Illinois English Country Dancers Invite You To An E N G L I S H C O U N T R Y D A N C E P L A Y F O R D B A L L The Central Illinois English Country Dancers will be holding their eighth annual Playford Ball on Saturday, June 7, 2003. The dance will be held in room 314 of the Illini Student Union, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL, on the campus of the University of Illinois. There will be a warm up session from 7:00 to 8:00, followed by the Ball from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Fans and finery are encouraged and we will be holding a costume contest to choose a King and Queen of the Ball. There will be a $7.00 suggested donation to help cover the cost of the Ball. We ask that dancers wear soft soled shoes to help protect the dance floor and avoid using excessive amounts of perfume for the benefit of others who may experience allergic reactions. All dances will be taught and all lovers of English Country dance and music are welcome. Dances Led By: Susan Burt, Jane Hobgood and Jonathan Sivier Music Provided By: The Flatland Consort Dance Warmup: 7:00 p.m. Playford Ball: 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003 Location: Illini Union, room 314, 1401 W. Green, Urbana, IL Suggested Donation: $7.00 There will be refreshments at the break and a party following the dance. There will be a costume contest with a Top Couple (King and Queen of the Ball) being chosen. Dances for the evening will be taken from the following list: Christchurch Bells - duple minor longways Childgrove - duple minor longways Gisburn Procession - longways Heartsease - 2 couples facing Hole In The Wall - duple minor longways Hunsdon House - 4 couples in a square I Care Not For These Ladies - circle mixer Indian Queen - duple minor longways Lull Me Beyond Thee - 4 couples longways Mad Robin - duple minor longways Picking Up Sticks - 3 couples longways The Queen's Jig - duple minor longways Scotch Cap - 3 couples longways Sweet Richard - triple minor longways Waterfall Waltz - Sicilian circle The Wood Duck - waltz circle mixer Note: I will be putting the instructions for the dances on the webpage (see below). Please be patient as it may take me a few days to get them done. If you are planning on coming to the ball and would like the instructions, but cannot access the web page, let me know and I can send them to you via email. For further information contact Jonathan Sivier (jsivier-AT-uiuc.edu) at 217/359-8225 or Jane Hobgood (jbhob-AT-shout.net) at 217/328-1708 or check the webpage at - http://www.prairienet.org/ciecd/playford.html For those who are interested, the Urbana Country Dancers will be holding a contra dance on Friday, June 6, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Park Pavilion in Urbana. Martha Tyner will be calling and the band will be To Old To Be Controlled. Thanks for the support of the Champaign Park District and the Illini Folk Dance Society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jonathan Sivier |Q: How many angels can dance on the | | jsivier-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/jsivier | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:41:14 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:40:59 -0700 From: Mary Devlin Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Situational Awareness To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT A small piece of situational awareness can be promoted, I believe, by encouraging people to expand their sense of the whole room moving together. Some ideas I've used: * Invite people to stand on the stage (or steps to stage) to watch the dance patterns. (Need a stage, of course, and musicians who are OK with this.) * Encourage dancers to use / be aware of / expand their peripheral vision. (I've used this in workshops, and during occasional "teachable moments" at an evening dance. Also, of course, good for promoting dance safety.) * Call into a dancer's awareness those moving in parallel with him/herself, those one meets at certain points during the dance outside of one's minor set, the dancers at the far end of the hall whose movements are synchronized with one's own... Bruce Hamilton has done some great stuff with this in his "Through the Ceiling" workshops. Want to add something, Bruce? Mary Mary Devlin www.mdevlin.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 18:56:42 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 21:56:10 -0400 From: Mary Beth Goodman Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: strange but true 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 Background music for the made-for-TV-movie about Martha Stewart? Hole in the Wall. Now what's up with that? Mary Beth <-- once had a letter to the editor published in the NYTimes magazine offering Martha Stewart a five pound block of American Cheese to go with her whine. Yes I did. ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:35:17 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:35:16 -0700 From: Chris Sackett & Brooke Friendly Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Situational Awareness To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <3EC9BE93.97EC83FB-AT-opendoor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT References: Peripheral vision and covering are good things. Love those 'teachable moments'. Using global terminolgy can help dancers see/hear/feel the dance in a bigger picture / situational awareness sort of way. Situational awareness can also be promoted by dancing on both sides of the dance, especially without bothering with gender roles. I have found dancers and groups who do this are often more aware of the whole dance. Brooke Ashland OR Mary Devlin wrote: > A small piece of situational awareness can be promoted, I believe, by > encouraging people to expand their sense of the whole room moving together. > Some ideas I've used: > > * Invite people to stand on the stage (or steps to stage) to watch the dance > patterns. (Need a stage, of course, and musicians who are OK with this.) > > * Encourage dancers to use / be aware of / expand their peripheral vision. > (I've used this in workshops, and during occasional "teachable moments" at > an evening dance. Also, of course, good for promoting dance safety.) > > * Call into a dancer's awareness those moving in parallel with him/herself, > those one meets at certain points during the dance outside of one's minor > set, the dancers at the far end of the hall whose movements are synchronized > with one's own... > > Bruce Hamilton has done some great stuff with this in his "Through the > Ceiling" workshops. Want to add something, Bruce? > > Mary > > Mary Devlin > www.mdevlin.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:12:06 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:09:47 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Free ECD this Saturday in Santa Barbara 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 F R E E English Country Dance Saturday, May 24, 2003 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Oak Park Junipero at Calle Real, Santa Barbara Very little shade; dress accordingly Caller (mostly): Giovanni De Amici Music: Leif Dautch (Concertmaster for Santa Barbara Youth Symphony), violin Robert Winokur: whistles and recorders Erik Hoffman: guitar and the five-string fiddle, maybe even soprano sax Opening event of the Sprung Floor Dance Festival (Yours truly will be at a different free dance, NW Folklife, hoping to see some of you there.) (Sprung Floor is not free, only the ECD on Saturday afternoon.) -- Gary Shapiro Vertebrate ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 19:07:02 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:06:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Terence Gaffney Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Open Mike in Boston To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Dear Friends This Wednesday we'll be having our May party dance, and you're all invited! It will be an open mike format, with new callers and some new dances. Come cheer our callers on, and enjoy the premier of a new dance by Victor Skowronski! Music by members of Bare Necessities. The dance runs from 7:30-10:30 at the Park Avenue Church in Arlington; directions to the hall and price information can be found on our web site at http://www.cds-boston.org/english.html Best, Terry ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:52:25 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 12:52:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Dfhart24-AT-aol.com Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: strange but true To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <1e5.96242a0.2bfd08b1-AT-aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_REZL2QPaUWZXjlCens7UfQ)" --Boundary_(ID_REZL2QPaUWZXjlCens7UfQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/19/2003 10:04:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mgoodman-AT-QUILTR.COM writes: > Background music for the made-for-TV-movie about Martha Stewart? > > Hole in the Wall. > > Now what's up with that? > I don't suppose that was when she took a sledgehammer to her wall??? - d --Boundary_(ID_REZL2QPaUWZXjlCens7UfQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In a message dated 5/19/2003 10:04:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mgoodman-AT-QUILTR.COM writes:

Background music for the made-for-TV-movie about Martha Stewart?

Hole in the Wall.

Now what's up with that?


I don't suppose that was when she took a sledgehammer to her wall??? - d --Boundary_(ID_REZL2QPaUWZXjlCens7UfQ)-- ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:23:07 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:22:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Giovanni De Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Free ECD this Saturday in Santa Barbara To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-ID: <20030522022255.65906.qmail-AT-web40406.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Hi Gary. not quite sure what to make of this: > Caller (mostly): Giovanni De Amici I have not received any request from anyone to take to the stage and the microphone, and it is against my religion to allow unscheduled, unplanned teaching, especially after I have already agreed to a program with the band. Do you know something I don't? Giovanni ===== for information about English Country Dance in and around Los Angeles, please check our web page at: www.geocities.com/sbecd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 20:13:34 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 20:08:15 -0700 From: "Gary D. Shapiro" Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Subject: Re: Free ECD this Saturday in Santa Barbara (updates) 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 Updated info ------------ Caller: Giovanni De Amici Music: John Sonquist, piano/keyboard Leif Dautch (Concertmaster for Santa Barbara Youth Symphony), violin Robert Winokur: whistles and recorders Erik Hoffman: guitar and the five-string fiddle, maybe even soprano sax -- Gary Shapiro Mammal ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 07:39:17 PST Sender: owner-ecd-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:38:52 -0400 (EDT) From: David.Millstone-AT-valley.net (David Millstone) Subject: Walpole (Lady and Cottage) To: ECD-AT-SSRL04.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-To: ECD-AT-playford.slac.stanford.edu Message-ID: <27046175-AT-enfield.VALLEY.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I'm hoping someone can provide information on two questions involving the Walpole name. 1) The first concerns Walpole Cottage. (This provides sufficient ECD content so that the second question may coast on its coattails.) According to liner notes for the "Walpole Cottage" CD by the Assembly Players, this dance was written by Pat Shaw "for Grace Meikle and Leonie Morris, two long-standing teachers of the EFDSS. The title is the name of their house at Chipstead, Surrey." But why is the cottage named Walpole? There are numerous Walpoles in English history, and I can't tell which one bestowed his or her name on the cottage. 2) Which leads us to... Lady Walpole's Reel, a traditional American contra dance, probably not danced too much outside of New England, that stomping ground of curmudgeonly callers. The dance itself turns up in the collection of dance manuals on line at the Library of Congress For example, "American dancing master, and ball-room prompter ... By Elias Howe," published in 1862, shows the dance thusly: "First couple cross over, 1st lady balance to 2d gentleman and turn (at the same 1st gent. balance to 2d lady and turn), 1st couple down the centre (on opposite sides), back, cast off, ladies chain, half promenade, half right and left." I've heard the dance referred to as "the married man's delight," presumably because the active gentleman spends most of his time with the other ladies rather than with his partner. (Whoever came up with this nickname apparently didn't realize that the active lady was equally involved with other gentlemen.) A friend also recalls hearing a caller mentioning-- this is 20 or 30 years ago--that Lord and Lady Walpole were estranged, but it was necessary for them to dance as partners in public, hence the interaction with neighbor but little with one's partner. Can anyone provide any factual basis to this good story? Who were the Lord and Lady Walpole to whom this might refer? One other tidbit, which may or may not be helpful. One of the volumes in the LOC collection, "The art of dancing explained by reading and figures [snip] now published by Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master" in 1735 lists among its subscribers these Walpoles: Edward Walpole, of Dunfton in the County of Lincoln, Efq; Mrs. Alethea Walpole. Mrs. Mary Walpole 3) Finally, can we make any connection between the Walpole in the American contra and the cottage in England? David Millstone sometimes-curmudgeonly caller living in, yes, New England ================================================================================ Archive