[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[myfanwy at pug.net]

Rose,
Dancing had been on a downhill slide for the last several years.  There was more dancing regularly at events.  People are starting to be excited with European dancing and more dancing is beginning to occur.

Yes, Mistress Adena is an enthusiastic teacher and great to dance with!!

Myfanwy
On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:52 AM, myfanwy at pug.net wrote:

> 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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