If, on the other hand, you live in the San Francisco Bay area and would
like
to try English Country Dancing check out either www.bacds.org (lists
English
and American Contra dances in Berkeley, Palo Alto, Mountain View, etc) or
the
Bay Area English Regency Society at www.baers.org for Jane Austen-era
dances -
the next one is April 11 in Palo Alto.
-- Alan
In article <47FEC592.3050600@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Oahu Playford English Dancing
<susiesmlhaole@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>Aloha
>
>If you live on Oahu, have Playford English Country Dancing experience or
>have been watching the PBS TV Jane Austen series, and would like to try
>English Country dancing, read on ....
>
>We have been dancing for 2 years in Kahala and Kailua. We are a very
small
>private group, and are dancing in very small spaces. The disadvantage is
>our inability to expand to accommodate a lot more dancers. The advantage
>is that the number of dancers we can accommodate are learning in very
>comfortable, non-competitive, friendly cl*****. (We would like to find a
>larger space and expand to include all who are interested.)
>
>We usually dance mid-day during the week, once a month in Kahala. We
also
>dance once a week in the evenings in Kailua, usually from 6:30 or 7:00 to
9:00.
>
>English Country Dancing - Explained
>
>It is done in lines by men facing (contra-lines) their women partners,
>hence the term "Country" refers to contra-lines. It is not country folk
>dancing, but was initially inspired the village dances of the 1600s.
>Playford English Country Dancing is the polite society dancing of the
>nobility and the gentry in their drawing rooms and ballrooms from 1635 to
>1825. Obviously, we're still doing it, because it never died, just became
>less popular than the waltz, polka, twist, &c..
>
>There are no fancy steps. It is low impact. It is not aerobic. It is not
>couple dancing, so there is no "ballroom holding", hence no
>stepping-on-toes. Dancers mostly walk at speeds from very slow to very
>brisk. Dances include figures; such as, circles, wheels, turning
partners
>with one or two hands, &c.. In other words, even an old caveman can do
it.
>
>Google "Playford" and "English Country Dancing". There are even
>downloadable movies of some dances.
>
>If you are interested, e-mail us at SUSIESMLHAOLE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>a hui hou
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