Return-path: Received: from SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V6.2 #37667) id <01KTH6QLFVPS8Y6T3P@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> for winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (ORCPT winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:50:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:50:25 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing Subject: filecopy Susan To: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Reply-to: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Message-id: <01KTH7YLVZFO8Y6T3P@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Original-recipient: rfc822;winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU Susan -- > Hi! Question: are you familiar with and can you tell me anything > about the origins of the dance called simply "Waltz Country Dance"? > (which sounds to me more like a genre than a dance...) It's a genre AND a dance. (A floor wax AND a dessert topping.) > I've just made the oddest connection. A dance of this title appears in the first volume of the Community Dances Manual; it says: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WALTZ COUNTRY DANCE ("The Guaracha" or "Spanish Dance" described in "the Ballroom", 1827.) Music: "Cairn on the Moor" or any 40-bar waltz (or 32-bars plus 8-bar "waltz-on") Formation: Sicilian Circle A1&2: Face opposites. Balance forward and back, forward and change places. Face partner and repeat. Repeat with opposites, and then with partners again. B1&2: Hands in a ring. Balance forward and back and change woman from left to right. Repeat movement (four times in all). B3: Waltz on to next couple. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which sure looks like the "Spanish Waltz" I've seen taught by vintage dance people. Note that it's silent on twirling under in A1&2. Hope this helps! Groggily, -- Alan =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- WINSTON@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 ===============================================================================