ANST - dead traditions

[dssweet at okway.okstate.edu]

Joanna wrote:

>By the way, even if "Hole in the Wall" has been done to death, please
>have pity on beginners and those of us with two right feet (a little
>"sinister" humor there) who are actually only capable of that one.  It is
>easy to teach to beginners, and I have many fond memories of "stealing"
>partners.  Okay, so I'm old, but I even remember some "strip the Willow"
>marathons that were really fun!  One of these was at TYC.  (Yes,
>Virginia, I was there way back then.)  These are the dances that the
>prancin' , dancin' Master Giles Hill of Sweetwater started with, and look
>at him now!


 Two points: 1) Hole in the Wall is *not* that easy of a dance to teach  
                to beginners. There are many far simpler dances out      
                there. If you can do HITW, you can do probably another   
                20-30 dances easy.

             2) How do I say this.....hmmmm, let's just say I don't hear 
                the fighters clamoring to go back to freon helms and     
                carpet armor. They have evolved the sport (for lack of a 
                better term before 9am) and developed better, safer (&   
                sometimes more authentic looking) armor requirements (&  
                fighting styles). I transpose this to dance. Back in the 
                good old days we danced certain dances because that was  
                all we had. As the years have passed, more research has  
                been done on dances and dancing. There are now better (& 
                more authentic) dances to be done. Let dancing evolve    
                back to a truly renaissance repertoire without           
               including dances from the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries.   

     Estrill
     Tanzelehrerin
     (I have further parallels between fighting & dancing - it's really  
      amazing how similar they are.)

     "Never hire a ferret to do a weasel's job." Louie the Lizard


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