7 Feb
2010
7 Feb
'10
1:40 p.m.
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> 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