The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
| 1. | Live musician VS recording ... in just about every track of Catch the Wind and Jig ... should be >preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. > >For ... practice without depriving the class of >decent music for their dances ... Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, etc.) anything other than ... Message 53638 · Becky Sager · 30 September 2008 17:22:21 |
| 2. | Live musician VS recording ... > version should be > >preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. > > > >For teaching, ... me some practice without > depriving the class of > >decent music for their dances. > ... 's Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, > etc.) anything other than > ... Message 53635 · Steven Epstein · 30 September 2008 16:56:35 |
| 3. | Live musician VS recording ... > version should be > preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. > > For teaching, ... me some practice without depriving > the class of > decent music for their dances. > ... 's Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, etc.) > anything other than > ... Message 53634 · Steven Epstein · 30 September 2008 16:53:14 |
| 4. | Live musician VS recording ... should be >>preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. >> >>For ... I >>used to play chunks of 8, 16, or 32 bars ... practice without depriving the class of >>decent music for their dances ... Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, etc.) anything other than ... Message 53633 · Elissa Hock · 30 September 2008 16:14:31 |
| 5. | Live musician VS recording ... should be >preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. > >For ... same tunes in the privacy >of one's home). Thus if ... practice without depriving the class of >decent music for their dances ... Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, etc.) anything other than ... Message 53629 · Etienne Ozorak · 30 September 2008 14:57:51 |
| 6. | Live musician VS recording ... should be preferable just because of the atmosphere it brings. For ... same tunes in the privacy of one's home). Thus if ... practice without depriving the class of decent music for their dances ... Wedding, J.B. Milne, Birks of Invermay, etc.) anything other than ... Message 53627 · Anselm Lingnau · 30 September 2008 14:01:37 |
| 7. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... disagree. One can compare »The Birks of Invermay« to »The Duke ... and it's a bit of the dance that I rather ... wisdom or creative re-interpretations of the instructions (I'm thinking ... foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ... Message 39992 · Anselm Lingnau · 29 November 2004 08:35:32 |
| 8. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... have been teaching The Birks of Invermay and had second couple ... specified, appears at the end of the instructions for the dancing ... couple to judge the timing of their movement. A good example ... a ballroom floor. Partly because of the odd sentence fragment in ... Message 39991 · Rosemary Coupe · 29 November 2004 04:09:56 |
| 9. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 My copy of the Pocket Books states that 2nd couple steps up on ... : Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:51 PM To: strathspey@strathspey.org Subject: Birks of Invermay Book 16 For many years I have been teaching The Birks of Invermay and had second couple move up ... Message 39987 · Gary Knox · 28 November 2004 22:12:10 |
| 10. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... to presume that if the editor of book 16 had wanted bars > 17-24 of »The Birks of Invermay« to look like the ... she would have been perfectly capable of writing it down " like > in » ... hands to cross« to the > explanation of bars 21-24. The fact that ... Message 39996 · Ron Mackey · 29 November 2004 23:04:39 |
| 11. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 For many years I have been teaching The Birks of Invermay and had second couple move up on Bars 19 and 20. On reading the instructions more carefully I think that maybe I was wrong and the moving up should ... Message 39986 · Jane Hewitt · 28 November 2004 21:51:29 |
| 12. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... , New Zealand) --- Jane Hewitt <janewh@iafrica.com> wrote: > > > For many years I have been teaching The Birks of > Invermay and had second couple move up on Bars 19 > and 20. On reading the instructions more ... Message 39989 · Iain Boyd · 28 November 2004 22:50:07 |
| 13. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 > So if a teacher used his/her discretion in this matter, it would be ok with > me. Perhaps the teacher should ideally say something like"The latest > instructions say xxx, but they were not always like that, and I personally prefer > yyy. > Chris ... Message 39997 · Ron Mackey · 29 November 2004 23:04:41 |
| 14. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 Thank you so much for the prompt replies to my question. It is wonderful. Jane Message 39988 · Jane Hewitt · 28 November 2004 22:16:41 |
| 15. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... replied to my query. The reason I asked was that the books I have are very old and did not say what bars to move on. I like the moving up on bars 7 and 8, I feel that it is more elegant and suits the dance and makes the most of the beautiful music. Jane Message 39994 · Jane Hewitt · 29 November 2004 15:34:27 |
| 16. | Birks of Invermay Book 16 ... too: I find the 'leading up' part of the figure is more enjoyable when there is ... to travel (i.e. through the top of the set). I have also noticed that the ... so specific. In the original (1956) edition of the Pocket Book, the instructions simply say ... Message 39990 · Chris1Ronald · 29 November 2004 03:42:27 |
| 17. | favorites. was: (Kein Thema) ... , yes Terpsichore does use the Birks of Invermay for the lead tune. Terry ... In this particular case a "dreamy" set of strathspeys is in order. Peter Price ... Peter Price wrote: > > > Terry recommends "Birksof Invermay" by Terpsichore (Liz Donaldson & Elke > ... Message 47485 · Peter Price · 11 December 2006 01:49:05 |
| 18. | Half Figure Eights vs. Crosses and Casts ... in the Pilling diagram) instead of cross, cast, > lead up, cross, ... people > almost invariably run out of floor before they run out ... Aside from that, a figure of eight is done around stationary ... can (as in the Birks of Invermay) involve the other couple ... Message 1462 · George Brian Mackintosh · 25 March 1995 01:08:25 |
| 19. | help ... more specific > than "Re: Contents of Strathspey digest..." > > > Today's Topics ... 3x32)S > > Strathspey set: Camp of Pleasure (3/8) (3x32)S ... Recording > > > > With compliments. > > > > > > > > Angus > > > > > > > > Birks of Invermay (3/8) (3x32)S ... Message 52523 · solange grimoldi · 29 May 2008 00:09:06 |
| 20. | Dancing to airs Hi, Etienne wrote - > > I'd like to know who first though of using airs to dance strathspeys to. > Birks of Invermay and Lea-Rig are both old dances which appear in the RSCDS > books, but there's never been a good ... Message 13448 · Ron.Mackey · 15 October 1998 02:50:08 |
