Susan, you seem to know the dance well, how does the progression go? I get the couples crossing sides but then coming back again JoT
2010/2/7 Susan Moffett <smoff...@insightbb.com> > This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first half for > its precision and the second half for its flow. With the tight tune, it can > be magical! > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Martha Edwards wrote: > > I would second that. >> >> In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (plug, plug), >> edited >> by the dance's author, Orace Johnson, it says of DuQuoin Races: >> >> A2 Balance (4) (Women step forward across the set to take neighbor's >> place, >> while men loop right to take partner's place, thus forming long wavy lines >> with the women facing out, and the men facing in.) >> Balance. Men cross set as women loop right. >> >> I particularly like the contrast between the somewhat quaint and formal >> language of the explanation in parentheses with the curt, efficient "Men >> cross as women loop right". >> >> M >> E >> >> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Chris Weiler (home) < >> chris.wei...@weirdtable.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> -- >> For the good are always the merry, >> Save by an evil chance, >> And the merry love the fiddle >> And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> call...@sharedweight.net >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
