Friday 18 May 2012

We had another good evening. Not as packed as last time, but there was no lack of qualtity.
Those of us who struggle to keep up with the tunes (you can have all the notes slowly or a selection at dance speed, from me) are very grateful that we have some good players to keep us together and up to the mark.

Elaine brought a Basque stick dance and tune which we had fun with.
We also danced the Playford dance Grimstock from 1651, a regency dance The Duke of Kent's Waltz, a modern dance to a C14 carol tune, and the dance Pat's Tradition, written by a Dutchman in honour of an English dance writer and set to a Scottish tune . One of our callers learnt that one at a Welsh weekend - dances do get around.