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4916
[snip] [snip] That's a useful list as It has reminded me of dances I'd forgotten about. Thanks... The comment about sixyear olds understanding is...
David W Mills
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Oct 6, 2008
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4917
[snip] ... [snip] Droll Generally the times I haven't been asked back have been when I've got ratty...which is rare and probably the one time out of ten... ...
David W Mills
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4918
... Square sets, Sung call, to the tune of I want to be near you. First monkeys separate go out around the ring. Pass your monkey going out and pass them...
Cat Moore
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Oct 6, 2008
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4919
The etiquette or is it politics of sessions ? - now there's anal subject on it's own !! Having played at various one off, regular and festival sessions for...
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4920
[snip] ... [snip the call] Absolutely priceless... Now all I have to do is decide which keys to sing it in! (Rude question from regular pianist several years...
David W Mills
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4921
The words I know are First ol' monkeys separate, go out around the ring. You pass your monkey going out and pass them coming in. You monkey to your corner...
Michael Barraclough
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Oct 6, 2008
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4922
I once had a corporate gig with people who were so drunk that they could hardly manage a right hand star. So I quickly penned half a dozen dances which demand...
mszoomalison
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Oct 6, 2008
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4923
... multitudes of small children is that you get asked back to do the gig the next year!! Easy! Just treble the fee! You either avoid the gig or make it...
Roger Watson
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Oct 6, 2008
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4924
... Seven Jumps ... the ... That's interesting. I've always known it as The Bear Dance, to the tune of the same name, and was told it was Belgian....
Phil
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Oct 7, 2008
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4925
The same goes for ceilidhs. There is a speed that the human physiology responds to naturally. A range of speeds, for the young, old, the athletic and the...
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Oct 7, 2008
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4926
That's tradition for you! Variety is the essence of it, and all groups claim it as their own. This is a brilliant example. It's a European dance AND it's an...
Roger Watson
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Oct 7, 2008
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4927
... items of archived material, ... I wasn't arguing. I just said it was interesting :-)...
Phil
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Oct 7, 2008
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4928
In a message dated 06/10/2008 22:31:16 GMT Standard Time, bowbrickhill@... writes: The only problem with being incredibly successful at gigs with ...
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In a message dated 07/10/2008 10:00:28 GMT Standard Time, yahoo@... writes: That's interesting. I've always known it as The Bear Dance,...
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4930
In message <21344.1223370867@...> ... I have seen older dancers struggle to dance to the falacious slow speeds that people opine as "traditional" so that...
David W Mills
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Oct 7, 2008
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4931
In a message dated 06/10/2008 14:17:05 GMT Standard Time, LizHall@... writes: This is great - anyone got any other silly dances? The reason I ask...
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4932
I agree, this is all interesting. For anyone else who finds these connections equally fascinating the game/dance that Cat originally described sounds like one...
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Oct 7, 2008
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Sorry, didn't mean to post twice ... I panicked! derek...
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Oct 7, 2008
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4934
I wasn't thinking of your specific point - just commenting on something which can, and often does, happen in enthusiast circles. The points all made illustrate...
Roger Watson
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Oct 7, 2008
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4935
... So do I. Do whole projects on it with both secondary and primary schools. Some who read this may have danced them at festivals .... ... And why not? In...
Roger Watson
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Oct 7, 2008
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4936
And at Cape Breton square dances they only do one dance (admittedly with three figures) over and over again. ... -- Iain (Jethro) Anderson - DBA (ISYS)...
Jethro Anderson
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Oct 7, 2008
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4937
In message <20081007122840.n2ive6h2cmlwck8w@...> ... Mm! 1979 he payed a visit to the first Hobby Horse Club Holiday at Wembworthy that...
David W Mills
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Oct 7, 2008
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4938
... And why not? In both school and village ceilidhs I get asked: 'Can't we do such-and-such again?' There's no law says you can't ... and I've been to Irish...
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Oct 7, 2008
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4939
I remember going to a Bob Cannes called dance and he did every one twice. keith leech In a message dated 07/10/2008 14:31:28 GMT Standard Time,...
Keith Leech
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Oct 7, 2008
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4940
... Penny Whist Drive! What a great name for a band! RW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Roger Watson
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Oct 7, 2008
10:06 pm
4941
... With mostly The Walls of Limerick in between, and the odd waltz? From my limited experience of playing for Irish dances, they'd do each dance several times...
anahata
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Oct 8, 2008
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4942
In message <0ECE88781BD64BB6BD1E43225014D948@BOGIEPC3> ... Always.....I suspect that was the tradition, maybe one he had built up. Thinking back it is a great...
David W Mills
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Oct 8, 2008
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4943
Event : The Big National Ceilidh with PolkaWorks and Cat Kelly Where : Borough Hall, Bridge St., Godalming GU7 1HR When : Saturday 18th October 2008, 8.00pm ...
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Oct 10, 2008
8:12 am
4944
While you are enjoying that we'll be at Poynton dancing to Algeria and Rhodri Davies http://www.poyntonceilidh.co.uk/ _____ From: allceilidh@yahoogroups.com...
Mo
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Oct 10, 2008
8:46 am
4945
Mo, your spellchecker needs a good slap, at Poynton's BNC you'll be dancing to Albireo. The caller, as you say, is Rhodri Davies and there will be a (dancing)...
Howard Jones
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Oct 15, 2008
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