RE: gay gordon??

[Becky McEllistrem <beckymc@MICROSOFT.com>]

Poster: Becky McEllistrem <beckymc@MICROSOFT.com>


Gay Gordon in Meridies was very different music from Road to the Aisles
and
about 20 min long.  It wasn't as difficult a dance as the one in Road to
the Aisles
but the ladies spun around the men quite a bit more often and made me
very
dizzy. I've never seen this particular form danced in Atlantia but I've
only lived
here 5 years.

Rebecca
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Beth Morris [SMTP:bmorris@access.digex.net]
> Sent:	Friday, September 05, 1997 1:01 PM
> To:	atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
> Subject:	Re: gay gordon??
> 
> 
> Poster: Beth Morris <bmorris@access.digex.net>
> 
> Sallie Montuori wrote:
> > 
> > Poster: Sallie Montuori <foxdale@wolfstar.com>
> > 
> > > Poster: PDRUSS@aol.com
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I haven't been active the the SCA for a few years and am just
> getting back
> > > into it. I came across some photos from a few years ago. One is of
> me and a
> > > friend doing a dance I remember as the "Gay Gordon" but I'm not
> sure if my
> > > memory is that good. Is there a dance called the "Gay Gordon", I
> seem to
> > > remember you swept across the floor from one end of the room to
> the other and
> > > on the trip back the lady revolved under the man's up held arm.
> Does this
> > > sound familiar to anyone? We were at an Oldenfeld event in
> Trimaris at the
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Tamara
> > 
> > The tune is Gay Gordons, better known as Scotland the Brave (or
> > Scotland's Depraved ;) and the dance is commonly referred to as
> Dance
> > of the Isles.  There are still folk out there agile enough to
> attempt
> > this dance, although I'm not one of them!
> 
> Actually, not to be too picky, but my recollection (from years ago) is
> that there is a dance called Gay Gordon but my recollection of the one
> done regularly in the SCA is that it is Road to the Isles.  And not
> that
> it matters much, but my recollection is that they're all way OOP....
> 
> Keilyn
> sometime dance geek (but not recently)
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