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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2006-05-19 under

"Contradancing is where the music and people who represent the bones of the earth come together. Joy and laughter are inevitable." -- [livejournal.com profile] anniemal, 2006-03-07

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posted by [identity profile] slfisher.livejournal.com at 11:52am on 2006-05-19
My mom, who square danced (which required a certain amount of lessons before one was allowed to come), used to look down her nose at contradancing because, goodness, anyone could come in off the street and do it.
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posted by [identity profile] syntonic-comma.livejournal.com at 09:36pm on 2006-05-19
anniemal & syntonic_comma at Chesapeake 2002 (by Karl Senseman)
Karl Senseman
Fortunately there are square dances that also allow anyone to come in off the street too. It sounds like your mom was doing Modern Western Square Dance, which has lessons and rankings. The people who do this find it challenging and enjoyable. The dancing (and dancers) will be of a consistent and predictable caliber. The people who do traditional squares find MWSD exclusivist and elitist.
What [contradance] is lacking, compared to MWSD, is all the rules and regulations and organizations and organizations of organizations. There are no lists, no lessons, no dress code, no dancer mobility issue, and no levels.
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posted by [identity profile] slfisher.livejournal.com at 03:17pm on 2006-05-20
Well, I like to think there's room for all types...I took lessons and classes and stuff in Western square dancing, and it has its high points and contradancing has its high points.
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