Hi all,
Thanks for all the ideas. I had forgotten about the Old
Measures. I am working on a zesty Circle Mixer version of the Black Alman.
The 1920s were not good for new dances, but at least three
books were published: Sharp V6, Country Dances New Series V1 and the Ashover
Dances. I guess I could use some of those. There were some new dances, for
example KS's Two Couple dance "Two's Company" is referred to in E.F.D.S New,
but I have been unable to discover the choreography.
Someone suggested "Good Morning" (1926) which I was already
trying to acquire. I found it at
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006522644
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b281688
<https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b281688&view=1up&seq=9>
&view=1up&seq=9
It is interesting that, in "Good Morning", Henry Ford/Benjamin
Lovett calls all the square dances "quadrilles", and provides the
ballroom-hold, buzz-step swing as an alternative to the Two-Hand Turn for
"Turn Partners".
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected]
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