On 26/Mar/11 15:55, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
It also occurs to me that a variation of the figure is the core of the Scottish
dance "Flowers of Edinburgh". (It's in a triple-minor set, so the lady casts
off past two couples and the gent cuts through after two, but it's otherwi
swing
I have the title as above, but sometimes "Chaste" is more appropriate. :)
Bob
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:10:22 -0700
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] name of a dance - Honor among thieves
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:55:54 -0700 (PDT), Alan Winston - SSRL Central
Computing wrote:
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> It also occurs to me that a variation of the figure is the core of
> the Scottish dance "Flowers of Edinburgh". (It's in a triple-minor
> set, so the lady casts off past two couples and the gent cuts
> throu
Tina wrote:
> To add to the history that Bree offered, the last time Honor Among Thieves was
> posted on this most excellent list (by John McIntire), Alan Winston took it
> further back yet. So the whole story, as I can put it together from what
> everyone has said, is as follows:
> Alan said th
To add to the history that Bree offered, the last time Honor Among Thieves was
posted on this most excellent list (by John McIntire), Alan Winston took it
further back yet. So the whole story, as I can put it together from what
everyone has said, is as follows:
Alan said that the 'chase' fig
I was surprised to discover I didn't have this dance in my collection so
found it on line as well as Penn's explanation of the folk process that
created it. I'm sharing it here because I think it's such a neat story.
Author's Notes:
"Honor Among Thieves" underlines the borrowing or "stealing" t
