[Callers] Ralph Page Style

[Jeff Kaufman via Callers]

I think they're trying to refer to the style of dancing that was
popular before Larry Jennings-style "zesty contra".

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:21 AM, John Sweeney via Callers
<callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>         I was at a workshop recently where someone asked me if I liked "the
> Ralph Page style" of contra dance.  They claimed that they had been told
> that he wanted dances to be slower and calmer.
>
>         Is there a "Ralph Page style"?  If so what is it?
>
>         If he wanted the music slower, what speed did he want?  Did he want
> it slower than the 130+bpm that square dancers used to use?  Or slower than
> the 120bmp that is common now in contra?
>
>         Thanks.
>
> Happy dancing,
> John
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john at modernjive.com 01233 625 362
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
>
>
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