David, I do so hope I can get to your dance sometime!

~ Becky Nankivell
Tucson, Ariz. & Long Beach, Calif.

David wrote:

> My home dance bills itself as a contra dance, but I think of it as a country
> dance, and that term in my mind encompasses more than long lines. Even within
> the strict contra designation, there are proper and improper dances, duple and
> triple minors, and I believe that each has a valid place in a program. I
> remember a dancer who started at our local dances and then, after several 
> years,
> went cautiously out into the broader world, to one of the more distant hot (or
> cool) venues. She reported that she had had a great time and then added, 
> "There
> one thing I don't understand. All they did, the whole evening, was hands four
> improper or Becket dances. The whole night!"
>
> David Millstone
> Lebanon, NH
>
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