The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76097   Message #1351215
Posted By: Compton
08-Dec-04 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: Barn Dances - Country Dances
Subject: RE: Barn Dances - Country Dances
I'm Sorry...but I'm beginning to lose the will to live here. When I started "Folk Dancing(!!)" hundreds pf years ago, The repertoire was quite frequently chosen from the EFDSS "Coumtry Dance Manuals" that had quite a number of "traditional" dances collected by worthies of the time, Tom Flett, Douglas Kennedy, Patrick Shouldham-Shaw. Interest was starting in the 60's for the Playford Country Dance Manuals. These days, almost anything goes, regrettably at the cost of the early naterial.