[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[Jeffrey Clark]

I've been looking into starting a Elfsea/Steppes music group, however I have no place to host it. As always, I am willing to teach music to anyone interested.

--AS Zorzi

On Feb 14, 2012, at 14:01, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is great news, Your Excellency!  We will look forward to it.
> Also, if there are any plans to teach some non-musicians to play a few
> things, I'd like to hear about that, too.  I'm sure a recorder or
> something of the sort can be acquired on the cheap.
> 
> --Antoine
> 
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Duncan Hepburn <duncan at stormypetrel.org> wrote:
>> Lord Antoine and Lady Beonne,
>> 
>> Rest easy. European dance practice will soon be returning to the
>> Steppes. Too many of us have missed it for too long.
>> 
>> Duncan Hepburn
>> 
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Laura Young <laura.young.9191 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "But two people have so far chimed in
>>> with concerns about how to name a champion for an activity that,
>>> except for a few isolated enclaves, seems to be dormant at best."
>>> 
>>> I only brought up competition because I was going down Lord Blackmoon's
>>> list of concerns.
>>> 
>>> "That's when the critical mass gets formed, I'd think: when enough
>>> people want to do it after court at an average event, "
>>> 
>>> One problem with this scenario is that court is often the last item on the
>>> docket and everyone is scrambling to get out before site closes.  The
>>> dancing this weekend was something to do to entertain the people waiting
>>> for the Laurels (who were being as slow as possible on purpose, I know
>>> :P).   I would have loved to see some dancing during the day at 12th Night,
>>> although adding space for dancing would add another requirement to an
>>> almost imposible set of site requirements, (location, price, kitchen,
>>> seating, etc).  Sigh, never an easy answer.
>>> 
>>> Beonne
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM,  <myfanwy at pug.net> wrote:
>>>>> I don't think that the lack of competition is holding back the activity.
>>>>  I'm sorry if I gave that impression.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Myfanwy
>>>> 
>>>> ----------
>>>> No apology necessary, of course!  But two people have so far chimed in
>>>> with concerns about how to name a champion for an activity that,
>>>> except for a few isolated enclaves, seems to be dormant at best.
>>>> Besides my original comment about not allowing competitiveness to be
>>>> the prime motivation for any SCA activity (as opposed to fun,
>>>> scholarship, fellowship, pageantry, etc.), it also seems premature to
>>>> concern ourselves overmuch with how to identify and reward the best
>>>> among a currently non-existent group of dancers.  The real question
>>>> is, how do we interest more people in doing it, just for the fun of
>>>> it?  That's when the critical mass gets formed, I'd think: when enough
>>>> people want to do it after court at an average event, when the very
>>>> absence of a competitive aspect makes even those with two left feet
>>>> feel comfortable jumping up and joining in for a few laughs and a few
>>>> minutes of enjoying period music.  I'm just afraid that a lot of
>>>> people will be put off if they think they have to be "good enough" to
>>>> get up and dance.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm only going on snatches of rumors I've heard, but I'm under the
>>>> impression that one of the problems that was faced by period dancers
>>>> in the past was that the "good" or "dedicated" dancers lost interest
>>>> in doing the simpler dances that could be more easily learned and
>>>> enjoyed by the novice, casual dancers.  Surely, picking some easy, fun
>>>> dances, even if they're a little anachronistic, would be a good start?
>>>> 
>>>> In Service,
>>>> 
>>>> --Antoine
>>>> Barony of the Steppes
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