The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126433   Message #2810730
Posted By: treewind
13-Jan-10 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: the show goes on - in Sweden
Subject: RE: the show goes on
Chas - one thing that intrigues me - what sort of gathering was this? A purely social event like a village hall ceilidh/party in the UK, or a group like a dance club? I noticed there was no caller, but they knew the dances, and you say in the commentary that you had taught them Rozsa recently, so how and when did that happen?

Are some dances like Gånglåt Från Äppelbo something all Swedish people learn from childhood, and you can just assume everyone knows them? Do they all go to dance classes at some point in their lives, in order not to be social cripples (as used to be the case many years ago with ballrom dancing in England, and until quite recently in Scotland) ?