26 Oct
2015
26 Oct
'15
2:36 p.m.
Well, now we've moved on from political correctness to dance interpretation
(reconstruction) I have some interest in the matter.
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:40:18 -0700, Alan Winston via Callers wrote:
�Basically, Cecil Sharp made up *and named* the Gypsy
figure.
Are you sure he didn't get it from the Morris dancers he collected the dances from?
�In Spanish Jeepsie - reconstructed at the link you
have above- the
�figure isn't a gypsy, and it isn't called a gypsy. �It's a back to
�back.
That's their interpretation, but I'm not sure it's correct.
I've been working on a web page about this figure, and the discussion has inspired me
to do more to it. See what you think.
http://colinhume.com/degipsy.htm
Colin Hume