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A few notes about the list:

  We enjoy lively debate but prize civility.  It may be better-received to say
"I don't like Parson's Farewell" than "Parson's Farewell sucks."

  The subject of the list is all aspects of English Country Dancing, historical
and modern.  Any post about this - including social aspects - is on-topic.  
Anything else is off-topic.  Please don't make off-topic posts.  (Examples of
off-topic posts are non-ECD jokes, political action announcements, religious
messages, and generic holiday greetings.)  If somebody else posts something 
off-topic, please don't respond to it on the list. The list owner will 
take care of discouraging the poster from repeating the offense.

  There are subscribers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands
and Belgium, among others, and the country dance cultures differ in different
countries.  Don't assume that your experience is universal; don't forget that
those other people are here.

  I would prefer that you not post other people's copyrighted dances to the
list without getting their permission. 

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