[Callers] Dolphin Heys in contra dances

Liz and Bill via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Sun Jun 12 22:42:45 PDT 2016


Hi Luke, 

There is a New Zealand connection. Do you know the origin of the move?
I suspect it comes from the Scottish country dance which was in honour of a dolphin named Pelorus Jack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_Jack
http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/pelorus-jack.html

Cheers, Bill



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