[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[myfanwy at pug.net]

This webpage is a pretty decent information source:
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~praetzel/sca-music.html

I find the recordings here fun and pretty danceable:
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MusicaSubterranea

At this location is a pretty decent dance booklet.  It won't help you necessarily learn the dances, but is a good refresher for when you have learned the dances:
http://cynnabar.org/sites/default/files/terp14book.pdf

Myfanwy

On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Randy Shipp wrote:

> My wife and I would be interested in learning some simple, period,
> European dances here in the Steppes.  I understand there was once a
> group here that went its own way.  If there were people who wanted to
> learn, where can they find recordings of appropriate period music?
> (This leads to a whole discussion of where [other than Bryn Gwlad]
> there are people practicing period music performance!)
> 
> --Antoine
> 
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Susan O'Neal <catmafia03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I thought there was dancing periodically in Mooneschaddowe and it is close.
>> Susan the Curious
>> 
>> On 2/14/12, myfanwy at pug.net <myfanwy at pug.net> wrote:
>>> In Bryn Gwlad, we have an active dance practice that regularly has 20ish
>>> people or so in attendance.  Shadowlands also has a group of dancers.  As
>>> somebody stated, Bryn Gwlad's Candlemas has started a tradition of having
>>> dances between the removes of feast.  Shadowlands has started regularly
>>> having a small event that has dancing.  Gulf Wars, every night there is
>>> dancing.  Same with Pennsic.  They have many people at the balls.  Pennsic
>>> the classes are usually fairly busy also. There are a few dancers in other
>>> places, but those are the active guilds that I know about.  As dancing is a
>>> social activity, we are always willing to teach you whatever dance we know!
>>> 
>>> Myfanwy
>>> 
>>> On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Ld.blackmoon wrote:
>>> 
>>>> greetings
>>>> 
>>>> as part of a conversation earlier today, it was mentioned that there are
>>>> people that practice dances from the sca's primary time / place  ( pre
>>>> 16th century european countries )
>>>> i being poorly designed for dancing of any type ( having 2 left feet ) was
>>>> curious as to how many and how far apart those individuals , or groups may
>>>> currently be ?
>>>> also of interest , are there any events that showcase such period endevors
>>>> ??
>>>> 
>>>> thank you in advance
>>>> your friendly opinionated old fart ; )
>>>> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
>>>> Arthur
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