Hi Meg,
Or you may have seen the Grand Chain, sorry Grand Right & Left
for you Americans, without the Allemande in other dance styles. English
ceilidh dances don’t bother with the Allemande. And of course it occurred in
1650 dances as well. The earliest record I know of is in the square dance
Murry, from before Playford: http://contrafusion.co.uk/lovelace.htm#Murry:
“They all standing ni their places, they shall goe round apac a kind of hay
only of giving of hands, as they goe unto every one, both men and woemen, and
when they shall meete with their own again, sthey shall turne quite round both
of them together, and meting any other but their owne, they shall turne but
halfe round, and soe after this manner, they shall goe round as often as they
please, the tune is played akording :4: or 5: goings round”
That looks like a Grand Right & Left to me, with no Allemande!
Happy dancing,
John
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From: Meg Dedolph [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 February 2017 13:21
To: John Sweeney <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Callers] ACK! First time calling night of *squares* -- any last
minute advice?
Ha! I read that book, but I thought I came up with that trick on my own. Maybe
I remembered it long after I read it and thought I'd invented it. :)
Meg
