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Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
| 1. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... the reels as danced in Gates of Edinburgh and what are > generally ... -dance formation. So the notion of those reels being the same ... be something worth being wary of. = Good hint! Anselm -- = Anselm Lingnau ... urt.de The proper office of a friend is to side ... Message 17664 · Anselm Lingnau · 14 June 1999 10:30:57 |
| 2. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... the reels as danced in Gates of Edinburgh and what are generally referred to as Gates of Edinburgh Reels by which is usually meant ... ever referred to 'ordinary' cross-over reels (a la Maxwell) as Gates of Edinburgh Reels since then. Jim Healy ... Message 17658 · The_Healys · 14 June 1999 02:22:25 |
| 3. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... >Jim Healy Interesting. A couple of years ago at St Andrews, ... was standing in the middle of the set between 3rd couple, ... had just walked through "Gates of Edinburgh Reels" as instructed (without ... open to debate the question of using such a description, and ... Message 17677 · Angus Henry · 15 June 1999 07:22:00 |
| 4. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... -frankfurt.de > Subject: Re: Gates of Edinburgh Reels > Date: 15 June ... Manual (amateur Scandiavian linguists' enjoyment of comparing languages > notwithstanding). > Happy Dancing, ... specific dance, and in favour of touching hands in > >suitable occasions ... Message 17679 · Pia Walker · 15 June 1999 12:42:00 |
| 5. | Backing out of turns (was Gates of Edinburgh Reels) ... turns other than at the end of > Poussette, for which we retire. ... bar sequence, all pas de basque, of 1 Set 2 Advance 3 1 ... 4 Retire And therefore in Gates of Edinburgh dancing couple set twice, ... use a phrase employed by one of our teachers. (It was a full ... Message 17698 · Malcolm & Helen Brown - York · 16 June 1999 23:49:34 |
| 6. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Date: 13 June 1999 23:24 Subject: Gates of Edinburgh Reels >>The difference was best ... reels early, but my only experience of trying to teach this dance to a group of dancers, who while relatively experienced dancers, were ... Message 17666 · S.M.D.Phillips · 14 June 1999 13:56:32 |
| 7. | Gates of Edinburgh ... is a connection Scotland and Norway was of course owned by DENMARK many years ago ... informatik.uni-frankfurt.de > Subject: Re: Gates of Edinburgh > Date: 11 June 1999 23:17 ... to speculate... > Cheers, Carol Johnson, daughter of Norwegian immigrants to U.S. > ... Message 17644 · Pia Walker · 12 June 1999 19:47:47 |
| 8. | Gates of Edinburgh ... .informatik.uni-frankfurt.de >> Subject: Re: Gates of Edinburgh >> Date: 11 June 1999 23:17 ... >same as) same, >> and in one of the Norwegian languages, Nynorsk, gange is ... to speculate... >> Cheers, Carol Johnson, daughter of Norwegian immigrants to U.S. >> ... Message 17650 · cnordj · 13 June 1999 10:57:18 |
| 9. | Backing out of turns (was Gates of Edinburgh Reels) ... understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible ... inside hands joined at the end of bar three and then retiring ... >RE: Backing out of turns (was Gates of Edinburgh Reels)</TITLE> ... hands joined at the end of bar three and = then retiring ... Message 17692 · Smith, Kent · 16 June 1999 16:49:17 |
| 10. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... the Manual (amateur Scandiavian linguists' enjoyment of comparing languages notwithstanding). Happy Dancing, ... this specific dance, and in favour of touching hands in >suitable occasions ( ... derivation is of the gates of the >walled city of Edinburgh being ... Message 17678 · cnordj · 15 June 1999 09:53:42 |
| 11. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... specific dance, and in favour of touching hands in suitable occasions ... is of the gates of the walled city of Edinburgh being ... turn undermines the 'handing' conclusion of the Blue Manual. Now if ... wrong, our Manual"), for lack of higher authority. I hope that ... Message 17675 · Eric T. Ferguson · 15 June 1999 03:01:14 |
| 12. | Gates of Edinburgh ... @aol.com wrote: > <snip> When the Gates was > introduced we were encouraged to touch because the dance was about Gates and > the touching was symbolic of the gates opening and closing. <snip> ... now we all know that the Gates in question are not wood/metal ... Message 17623 · Alan Paterson · 11 June 1999 17:56:49 |
| 13. | Gates of Edinburgh revisited I suspect we shall never know what used to be done, but thanks for sharing the original text with us, Jim. Martin Message 36395 · Martin · 31 August 2003 18:25:15 |
| 14. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels >[Carol:] >I share Eric's confusion, but for different reasons. I have at least one >teacher that indicates that taking hands in mirror reels is the sociable >thing to do, and I have at least one teacher who wrinkles her nose at the >very idea. So I try ... Message 17685 · Oberdan Otto · 16 June 1999 09:07:14 |
| 15. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels "The only possible exception is when the hall is so elbow to elbow crowded that you lose your partner if you take your eyes off her." Another good reason for holding her hand whenever the opportunity presents! Regards Ian Brown Harrogate Message 17680 · Ian Brown · 15 June 1999 14:11:59 |
| 16. | Backing out of turns (was Gates of Edinburgh Reels) someone wrote: > I think it was with Claire Goodman at Pinewoods but it might have > been with Lesley Martin YHow could you possibly confuse two people so very different? Martin, in Grenoble, France. --- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scots.in.france/ ( ... Message 17715 · Martin Sheffield · 18 June 1999 19:35:42 |
| 17. | Gates of Edinburgh ... >up to face the center on say bar 7, then retire on 8 of the phrase? In >other words, set in lines across for 4 bars, ... - all 3 couples are turning with both hands during bars 5 - 8 of the phrase, so the supporting couples must be doing their turns on the ... Message 23345 · mlbrown · 2 November 2000 22:18:23 |
| 18. | Backing out of turns (was Gates of Edinburgh Reels) ... so memorably by Ron Mackey so that even though it is not even 20 years since it took place, I do not have a clear visual impression of who my partner was, I could not tell you what she was wearing, nor can I tell you where it took place. Martin in St. ... Message 17717 · Martin E. Mulligan · 18 June 1999 21:32:26 |
| 19. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... that dancers tend >to finish these reels early, but my only experience of trying to teach this >dance to a group of dancers, who while relatively experienced dancers, were >not very expert, was that they could ... Message 17686 · Oberdan Otto · 16 June 1999 09:07:15 |
| 20. | Gates of Edinburgh Reels ... feels very nice. Cheers, Carol J, Los Angeles Branch [Malcolm Brown] >Out of interest, how many people dance forwards out of the two-handed >turns, and how many retire backwards? (or do you dance differently >when ... Message 17673 · cnordj · 14 June 1999 23:08:01 |
