Return-path: Received: from conversion.SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <01JMJSX6HQE895X63M@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> for WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (ORCPT rfc822;winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU); Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:45:26 PDT Received: from smtp.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (SMTP.SLAC.Stanford.EDU [134.79.18.80]) by SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) with ESMTP id <01JMJSX2MGZ895WFST@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> for WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (ORCPT rfc822;winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU); Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:45:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #37476) id <0FQS00A01WNIVV@smtp.slac.stanford.edu> for WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (ORCPT rfc822;winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU); Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:35:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from directory-daemon by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #37476) id <0FQS00A01W79SW@smtp.slac.stanford.edu> for WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (ORCPT rfc822;winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU); Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from m05.itconsult.net (m05.itconsult.net [195.28.164.150]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #37476) with ESMTP id <0FQS009MUW6R1N@smtp.slac.stanford.edu> for winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU; Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:25:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from finch-post-11.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by m05.netservs.com (NTList 5.05.0001/NT8923.00.86181c8b) with ESMTP id zwulfaaa for eceilidh@netservs.com; Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:24:31 +0000 Received: from hemlockmusic.demon.co.uk ([158.152.55.20] helo=dan) by finch-post-11.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12QXT7-000ECq-0B for eceilidh@netservs.com; Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:24:50 +0000 Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 14:12:39 +0000 From: Hemlock Music Subject: RE: quiet square In-reply-to: To: eceilidh@netservs.com Reply-to: eceilidh@netservs.com Message-id: <000801bf845b$7453c2c0$1437989e@dan> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-ListVersion: 5 X-ListMember: winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU [eceilidh@netservs.com] Original-recipient: rfc822;winston@SLAC.Stanford.EDU > -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Bearon [mailto:R.N.Bearon@damtp.cam.ac.uk] > Sent: 02 March 2000 12:45 > To: eceilidh@netservs.com > Subject: quiet square > > > I keep dancing this, then trying to remember it some days later and > forgetting bits. > > 1s polka round outside > all polka round > 1s and 3s do something (e.g. wheelbarrows) > 2s and 4s do the same > full 4-ladies chain > > so what's the other 8 bars? (presuming 48bar dance) > > oh, and am I right in calling it quiet square? > I think you might be thinking of The Slow Square, which I have as follows: 1s polka round outside Everyone polka round Heads do something Sides do same (second time through the dance it's the sides who go first) All allemande left and grand chain all the way round Swing at home Hope that helps. (I could well be wrong.) Michael Catovsky Hemlock Music - putting the funk back into folk 70 Saxon Drive, London W3 0NS 020 8992 8691 www.hemlockmusic.co.uk