It's all a matter of what your passion is, and that's mine. If you ever get the central France music bug let me know, and I'll point you at some recordings and dance videos... Mitch Gordon Guerneville, CA, US In a message dated 12/4/2010 4:33:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I'm sorry to say I wouldn't know, Mitch. Some serious holes in my education. Barbara On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: The dancing and band didn't look very Breton to me. The mens' costumes, the dance (bourree) and the instrumentation were all central France. I'm guessing the announcer hadn't heard of central France, and assumed that if it was French folk it was from Brittany. Mitch Gordon Guerneville, CA, US [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: And then there's this one: _http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=31064_ (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=31064) 4 hurdy gurdies, accordions and dancers from Bretagne about minute in. INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD in Llangollen, Wales -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) For more options, visit this group at _http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy_ (http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy) The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at _http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm_ (http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm) . To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at _http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy_ (http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy) The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at _http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm_ (http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm) . To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
