English Festivals tend to embrace various dance forms. As well as the
usual 'Playford' and 'American' threads Whitby has had workshops for
Cajun, Irish Set Dance, and back in the 80s we learnt 'French' (can't
remember calling it Bal) with a band calling themselves Rosbif. Now
there is an unofficial 'fringe' session every day of Whitby week,
playing and dancing. People play what they want, those who know the tune
join in, those who recognise the dance might get onto the floor. Bit
different from our callers and walkthroughs.
As for the John Cage ECD, there are bands who give us a 30 second sample
already
On 01/04/2025 23:03, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote:
You'll also find Bal at May Heydays in England:
https://mayheydays.org.uk/programme.html
along with an amazing variety of other dance forms, and more.
Colin Hume
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