25 Mar
2012
25 Mar
'12
3:42 p.m.
Do we know what 'regularly' means?
Do we know what 'contradance' means?
In the UK there are many people who dance once or twice a year, every
year, at events put on by their PTA or church. If that is regular then
the answer is probably in the millions.
Similarly, what do we mean by contradance? Is this the narrow
definition of Modern Urban Contradance where devotees dance only in
duple minor sets to 32-bar tunes. Or does it include English Country
Dance (since both share the same historic 'country dance' parent )?
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com
On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 13:31 -0400, David Millstone wrote:
[Duplicate posting to trad-dance-callers and
SharedWeight lists]
A friend recently wrote me, "I am trying to pin down an unpindownable number:
namely the number of people in the world who regularly contradance. Any idea of
this number, or anyone who might steer me to it?"
I'm wondering if anyone on this list has tackled this question, has developed
even a crude methodology, and would be willing to share what you came up with.
As for "the world," with the exception of the folks in Denmark and in England,
I think we're really talking about the US and Canada in terms of any significant
numbers. I can ask friends ub Denmark for their estimates. The annual country
dance festival in Prague brings together several hundred dance enthusiasts from
central Europe, though their definition of "regular" is certainly different
from
someone in the Boston or SF Bay or DC areas.
David Millstone
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