5 Oct
2016
5 Oct
'16
2:21 a.m.
On 2016-10-04 2158, Michael Barraclough via Callers wrote:
I am sure that Kalia will kill me for this (as I know
she knows) but
the dance is really Pride of the Pingle by the late Ken Alexander (UK).
Someone from the USA saw it in the UK, misheard the name, assumed it
was Irish and called it Pride of the Dingle when they called it in the
USA. Such is the folk process! BTW the 'Pingle' referred to is a local
housing estate (neighborhood) near where Ken lived.
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com
Thanks for broaching the subject Michael. I wasn't sure whether to bring
it up, however discovered it a few years ago when on a general dance
churn on the interwebs.
I turned up one rendition of the story in the newsletters at
American Dance Circle - Lloyd Shaw Foundation
http://www.lloydshaw.org/american-dance-circle.html
The edition in question is that of May 1982
http://www.lloydshaw.org/Resources/adc/198205i.pdf
Cheers, John
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Victoria, BC
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