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- From: Beth.Appleton@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton)
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- Subject: Longways switches....(dance)
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 01:17:42
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- NK> In the first edition of Playford, about a third of the dances are
- NK> "longwayes for as many as will."
-
- NK> By the 1670s or 1690s, about 95% of the dances are of that type, and
- NK> there is in between the two, there is a gradual reduction in other
- NK> dances.
-
- NK> What this is taken to mean is that longways dances for as many as will
- NK> were part of a style of dancing just beginning then, or at lesat, just
- NK> beginning to be popular. The dances for sets of n couples, on the
- Well, the book I quoted from earlier (Social History of Scottish Dance)
- made the following assumptions:
- Trenchmore, which was quite popular during Elizabeth's reign, is
- derived from the Irish Rinnce Mhor (sp, source not handy), which meant
- Great Ring. By the first Playford, it's a longways for as many as
- will. The Author thinks it's been warped, based on his etymology of
- the name.
- As an aside, here in Ansteorra, we dance Half Hannigan as a circle
- for as many as will. In the first Playford, it's a longways, and it
- requires a fairly serious kludge for the partner-switching. Mind
- you, I have absolutely *no* idea why Stargate was teaching this as
- a circle dance instead of the longways version. It does work better
- as a circle, but that doesn't mean it started as a circle.
- Gwenllian Cwmystwyth
- Steppes, Ansteorra
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