David Millstone wrote: > The "lady round two and the gent cut through" figure appears in Appalachian > square dancing. Ted Sannella was the first choreographer, to my knowledge, to > bring that figure into a contra dance with his New Friendship Reel, published > in > his "Swing the Next" collection, which I highly recommend, along with his > "Balance and Swing," to anyone interested in developing their repertoire of > dances. Both were published by and available from Country Dance and Song > Society.
This isn't as helpful as it might be if I were home and had my references, but I'm pretty sure one of the dances in Millar's "Country Dances of Colonial America" (which cuts off before the War of 1812) has a figure that I interpreted as being "lady round two and the gent cut through", although it certainly wasn't _called_ that. -- Alan -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- [email protected] Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================
