Re: [Callers] Du Quoin Races

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.weiler(a)weirdtable.org&gt; 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 Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers