The annual College of Bellewode Heraldic, Scribal, and Dance Symposium
is coming up on April 4th and we still need teachers.  If you would
like to teach a class please contact me either on this list or by
e-mail at ncd121@....
Thank you!
--Ewen of Bellewode
Autocrat

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WOW--That sounds like a terrific event!! Thanks for telling us about it.
Conna


On Monday, February 2, 2009, at 02:04 PM, Chris Mortika wrote:

> This past weekend, the Shire of Wulm Wald (Champaign-Urbana IL)
> hosted a ball at the Festival of Maidens. Mistress A was in charge
> of the dancing, and Ladies Francesca and Lucia of Musica Subterranea
> were in charge of the musicians.
>
> The band comprised two violins; a viola; two 'cellos; two fellows,
> both of whom were switching back and forth between hammered
> dulcimer, guitar, recorder, and percussion; a young lady on
> mandolin; two soprano recorders; and an alto recorder. Everybody
> was on their best game, and we sounded fantastic. (The university
> put two overhead mics up in front of the band, which were very
> sensitive, and helped us fill the ballroom.)
>
> There were many new dancers, and quite a few U of I students who
> just walked in to see what the activity was on a Saturday evening.
> So most dances needed to be taught, and tempos were a little slower
> than usual.
>
> The sets:
> Carolingian Pavan and Galliard
> Maltese Branle (which started slow, got a little faster, and then
> stablized; a very good plan)
> Heart's Ease
> Salterello la Regina
> Heralds in Love (the only non-Musica Subterranea arrangement;
> Avatar's)
> Scotish Branle
> Rostiboli Gioioso (for those musicians familiar with the John
> Chandler arrangement I've distributed; the Musica Subterranea
> arrangement is a bridge between it and some other arrangements.)
> Newcastle
> Horse Branle
> Gelosia (The MS arrangement shifts from 4/4 to 6/8 for the skippy
> parts, which the dancers seemed to appreciate)
> Korabushka (12 times through the dance, as I recall; again, it sped
> up, but not to an extreme)
>
> (a 45-minute break between sets; did I mention there was a cash bar?)
>
> Hole in the Wall
> Official Branle
> Upon a Summer's Day
> Gracca Amorosa
> Sellingers Round
> Petit Vriens
> Black Alman
> John Tallow's Canon
> Amoroso (the short version: part A only twice, and not repeating the
> last section)
> Jenny Pluck Pears
> Female Sailor
>
> The ball began around 8:30 and finished three hours later.
>
>

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The Dance page is now live on the event website:

http://threeriver.org/25thyear/c25_dance.html

Lucia

You asked for teachers - we are volenteering!

Please put the following dance classes into your schedule for the Dance
Symposium at Bellewood.

Italians are Sexy! (1hr)    taught by Ly Azenari Basndere
(English) Country Square Dances (1hr)    taught by HL Rowan Houndskeeper
New English Country (1hr)    taught by HL Cathus the Curious
Redacting Playford (1hr)    roundtable and workshop by Azenari, Cathus and
Rowan


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The annual College of Bellewode Heraldic, Scribal, and Dance Symposium

is coming up on April 4th and we still need teachers.  If you would

like to teach a class please contact me either on this list or by

e-mail at ncd121@....

Thank you!

--Ewen of Bellewode

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The shire of Dark River (Quad Cities, Illinois / Iowa) held their 30th
Anniversary event this
weekend.

The event flyer included:

European Dance ~ Lord Wendell will be teaching, Korabushka, Hole in the Wall,
Sellingers
Round, Horses Bransel, and official Bransel. If there is time we will do more.
Dance will be
held from 3:30p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

He had time to teach Korabushka and Hole in the Wall.

From 7:00 till 9:00, the event held a dance revel, Lord Wendell presiding.  The
dancers
went through:
* Official Bransle
* Korabushka
* Petit Riens
* Sellenger's Round  (they're used to dancing it all the ay through, twice)
* Black Nag (again, they're used to all the way through, twice).

In general, we used the Samuel Piper (Steve Hendricks) arrangements.  (The
Hendricks
arrangement of Hole in the Wall, which we didn't get to, is notable because it's
in 3/4, not
6/8.  http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Playford_new/hole_sum.pdf  Some folks in
Northshield had written a similar version, because the dancers found it easier.

One thing I found notable was the willingness of folks who don't think of
themselves as
dance fans to come join in for a dance or two.  Practically half the attendees
were involved
in at least one of the five dances.

And, as many folks as were dancing, they had more men than women, so some of the
men
took the ladies' parts.  No fuss, no jokes.

--Christian

My favorite on-line dictionary is the OEDILF, the "omnificent
English dictionary in limerick form".  Every entry is a limerick
using the word and often actually defining it.

This morning I ran across:

My favourite composer is Byrd,
Which some may find faintly absurd
In this day and age
When hip-hop's the rage,
But it's Byrd-song I've always preferred.


The odd discord can sometimes be heard
In the music of William Byrd.
The question, it seems:
'Was that clash in my dreams,
Or was William true to his word?'

The second limerick has the postscript:

"William Byrd (1539–1623) was one of the foremost Renaissance
composers. While expertly using the rules of harmony and
counterpoint, he also added surprising and stunningly
beautiful 'clashes' to his compositions. These would often be in the
form of two adjacent notes momentarily coinciding in two vocal or
instrumental parts. While each note would be technically correct in
the context of its own line, the two together would form that
delicious 'clash': in music harmony this is called a false relation.
So, in his music he stuck to his word, writing unexpected harmonies,
but in a correct way, that a lesser composer would have balked at.

"Byrd also stuck to his own 'truth' and principles in his personal
life. Despite living under a Protestant monarch (Elizabeth I), he
upheld his Catholic beliefs at a time when it was life-threatening
to do so, and additionally managed to flourish under Elizabeth's
patronage."

www.oedilf.com -- because you haven't wasted enough time today.

hey there Bellwode organizers
Sorry for the delay in responding but I would be willing to teach Cascarde (16th
C. italian) and Buffens. I can be pursuaded to resurect Dance Jeopardy if there
is interest in it. Is there anything else you feel you are missing?

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Would Cascarde and Buffens be two different classes or one class
together?
I would be more than happy to have you teach Dance Jeopardy, but only
if you would like to teach it.
Thank you,
Ewen of Bellewode


Tsire Tuzevo wrote:


>
>
>hey there Bellwode organizers
>Sorry for the delay in responding but I would be willing to teach
Cascarde (16th C. italian) and Buffens. I can be pursuaded to resurect
Dance Jeopardy if there is interest in it. Is there anything else you
feel you are missing?
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I am so excited.  Lilies is right around the corner and It is about
that time when we need your great classes for Lilies.  You can submit
them through the Royal University web site Course form
http://calontir-rush.org/test/courseinfo.htm

Love
HL Neathery of Safita
Chancellor of the Royal University of Scir Hafoc

Nethry! You beat me to my posting!

All,
I have reserved the permenant pavillion for Lilies Dance classes from 10-11
and from 1-3 from the first Sat through Thurs.  and from 1-3 on the last
Friday and Saturday.  I am now looking for Dance classes to fill those
slots.
The Lilies Ball will be Wed night.  Wed classes will be ball review.
PLEASE send your choice of times and classes to teach to me - and I will put
them into the Lilies RUSH as a block.  I DO NOT want to discover that we
have double booked the dance classes.

Lilies ball list to follow soon. Shattered Crystal will also be sponsoring
their ball as well.  I'm still working to see what else we can scare up in
the way of dance fun for Lilies.

Rowan
-after Jubilee I'll be more on the ball about this (pun intended)

HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
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To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:21:02 -0000
Subject: [CalontirDance] Time to submit classes for Lilies


I am so excited.  Lilies is right around the corner and It is about
that time when we need your great classes for Lilies.  You can submit
them through the Royal University web site Course form
http://calontir-rush.org/test/courseinfo.htm

Love
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Dancers neophyte, casual, and hardcore are invited to celebrate a
quarter-century of Calontir with a Ball in the evening, and dance
during the day.

      The Ball pieces are mostly simple but all fun: Bransles, Italian,
and English Country dances are featured.
      What will be taught during the day will depend on the teacher,
the students, guests, and requests.  There will be an in-room teacher
present, but if you'd like to teach a dance, please bring sheet music
or a CD and show up in the classroom and see if others are interested.


Here's the loose plan:

10:30 a.m., later if necessitated by court:  Random Newcomer Dances,
taught
by Lady Hanne and Constantia Kaloethes

11:30 a.m. : Ball Review, taught by Lady Azenari

12:30-1:30 p.m., lunch break

1:30 p.m. :  Miscellaneous Dance, hosted/taught by TBA

2:30 p.m. :  Bransles or Almains, taught by Master Philippe

After Feast:  Ball


Set 1:
Official's Bransle, Ly Bens Distonys, Anello, Jenny Pluck Pears, My Lady
Cullen, Trenchmore

Set 2:
Kick the Tassel (to Maltese Bransle), Black Alman, Ballo del Fiore,
Gathering Peasecods, Amoroso, Bransle suite (Pease, Cassandra, Scots),
Petit
Riens

Likely extras:
Tangle Bransle, Horses' Bransle, Rufty Tufty, Heralds in Love


--Lady Ingeborg Ulfsdottir, Jubilee dance steward

--- In CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com, "ingeborgbildrbriotr" <alianoraree@...>
wrote:
>    Dancers neophyte, casual, and hardcore are invited to celebrate a
> quarter-century of Calontir with a Ball in the evening, and dance
> during the day.
>
>
Will there be a music practice?

--Christian d'Hiver
who would want to schedule around it, if there were one

I'm over my strep throat, but now I have a cold.
I can probably make use of a herald if need be for teaching dances at
the ball, but I would be very grateful to anyone willing to call the
dances.

Slightly unlucky Ingeborg

I would be willing to help you out with your class and the ball if you need a
voice.

________________________________
From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of ingeborgbildrbriotr
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:13 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] Jubilee dance calling


I'm over my strep throat, but now I have a cold.
I can probably make use of a herald if need be for teaching dances at
the ball, but I would be very grateful to anyone willing to call the
dances.

Slightly unlucky Ingeborg



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Ingeborg & Ermenrich,

I- I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Hang in there and delegate. You're doing
great!
E- Thanks for always being there to help a dance leader in need. You rock!

Tsire

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:18:09 -0600
Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Jubilee dance calling





















             I would be willing to help you out with your class and the ball if
you need a voice.



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Behalf Of ingeborgbildrbriotr

Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:13 PM

To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [CalontirDance] Jubilee dance calling



I'm over my strep throat, but now I have a cold.

I can probably make use of a herald if need be for teaching dances at

the ball, but I would be very grateful to anyone willing to call the

dances.



Slightly unlucky Ingeborg



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I'm over my strep throat, but now I have a cold.



[Pavel Says:]

I will be missing Jubilee for just that.  My fever just broke this morning
about 10ish after 3 days.  (got up to 103.1!) I have nothing left for the
trip or weekend.  Trying to find someone to take the scroll for me.

Pav



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Thank you, very much.

Ingeborg

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To: "CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com" <CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 2:18 PM












             I would be willing to help you out with your class and the ball if
you need a voice.



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From: CalontirDance@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:CalontirDance@ yahoogroups. com]
On Behalf Of ingeborgbildrbriotr

Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:13 PM

To: CalontirDance@ yahoogroups. com

Subject: [CalontirDance] Jubilee dance calling



I'm over my strep throat, but now I have a cold.

I can probably make use of a herald if need be for teaching dances at

the ball, but I would be very grateful to anyone willing to call the

dances.



Slightly unlucky Ingeborg



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A handful of us musicians will be playing background ambient music at feast at
25th Jubilee
this weekend.  The feast steward has asked that we try to keep the music as
early-period as
possible, as she feels that recognizably late-period tunes will clash with the
feast.

So, I've got a bunch of Medieval and early Renaissance pieces to play, and
anyone's welcome
to join us in a read-through.  We'll gather at 1:30, in as quiet a place as we
can find.  (I
expect to leave location details at Troll.)

--Christian d'Hiver

The Barony of Three Rivers (Saint Louis, MO) held the Calontir 25th
Anniversary Jubilee on Saturday, February 28.

The event web site (http://threeriver.org/25thyear/c25_dance.html) states:

"Too lazy to stretch after the fighting? Work your muscles loose via a more
amusing way by participating in the evening's Ball. “Toss the duchess” in
“Offical's Bransle”, or jump-kick higher than everyone else to win “Kick
the
Tassel.” Most dances are simple and all will be taught at the Ball (but if you
want more practice drop by the dance classroom during the day!)

Dancers neophyte, casual, and hardcore are invited to celebrate a quarter-
century of Calontir with a Ball in the evening, and dance during the day. The
Ball pieces are mostly simple but all are fun...Bransles, Italian, and English
Country dances are featured."

The ball dance list included:

"Set 1: Official's Bransle, Ly Bens Distonys, Anello, Jenny Pluck Pears, My
Lady Cullen, Trenchmore
Set 2: Kick the Tassel (Maltese Bransle), Black Alman, Ballo del Fiore,
Gathering Peasecods, Amoroso, Bransle suite (Pease, Cassandra, Scots), Petit
Riens
Requests: Begins with Korobushka"

The ball was scheduled to begin in the third floor gymnasium after the
conclusion of feast.

Dance classes were held and musicians rehearsed throughout the day. Rehearsal
and class space was extremely limited at this event. The musician rehearsal
culminated in a 10-15 member open music pit for the evening court featuring
ball music selections.

A cancellation announcement for the ball was given at approximately 9:30 PM
during the third and final course of feast. The ball itself was never held.
There was no organized dance at this event outside of the classes held
throughout the day.

-Julian

I am sorry.  That's all I can say: I'm so sorry.

Ingeborg


> The ball was scheduled to begin in the third floor gymnasium after the
> conclusion of feast.
>
> Dance classes were held and musicians rehearsed throughout the day.
Rehearsal
> and class space was extremely limited at this event. The musician
rehearsal
> culminated in a 10-15 member open music pit for the evening court
featuring
> ball music selections.
>
> A cancellation announcement for the ball was given at approximately
9:30 PM
> during the third and final course of feast. The ball itself was
never held.
> There was no organized dance at this event outside of the classes held
> throughout the day.
>
> -Julian
>

Ingeborg,

Don't be sorry.  The ball was canceled, IMHO, for good reasons.  Did I want to
dance?  Heck ya!  Bellewode prepared food and was ready to do it.... when it was
scheduled.  This was completely out of your hands.  Court was wonderful, but it
went long and the feast HAD to happen.  Site was scheduled to close at 10:00 and
many, including myself, realized that there was no time for the ball given this
constraint.  Bellewode still had fun and our new members are looking forward to
the ball on April 4th with even greater anticipation given the classes they
took.  I myself learned a new dance that now MUST go on Bellewode's Ball List.
Space and time were limited and NOTHING you could have done would have changed
that (unless you have a time machine).

Sincerely
Lord Ermenrich von Duidburg
Seneschal, College of Bellewode
Order of the Torse
Order of the Golden Calon Swan
Persuivant at Large
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To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] Re: Ball Non-Report: Calontir 25th Anniversary Jubilee

I am sorry. That's all I can say: I'm so sorry.

Ingeborg

> The ball was scheduled to begin in the third floor gymnasium after the
> conclusion of feast.
>
> Dance classes were held and musicians rehearsed throughout the day.
Rehearsal
> and class space was extremely limited at this event. The musician
rehearsal
> culminated in a 10-15 member open music pit for the evening court
featuring
> ball music selections.
>
> A cancellation announcement for the ball was given at approximately
9:30 PM
> during the third and final course of feast. The ball itself was
never held.
> There was no organized dance at this event outside of the classes held
> throughout the day.
>
> -Julian
>

Ingeborg - this is not the first time this has happened it won't be the last.

Its what happens to the last thing on the schedule. And in its own fashion is
sadly appropriate for a Calontir anniversry event :(

Ermenrich: What dance?


Conrad

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To answer Conrad's question, the dance that Ingeborg taught me was
Ballo del Fiore.  Just the idea of the flower and the scuttling around
the room seemed very cute and fun.

Bellewode is planning a Caroso Style ball and we want your input (that
means everyone).  We hope to use this as a learning tool in the
following way:  The current plan is to have each dance on a card,
pinned to a board.  The card will list the dance's name, its origin
(i.e. French c. 1500, NOT PERIOD, or SCA invention of period
technique), and its formation (round for as many as will, three people
in a line, etc.).  A dancer will then pick their dance, announce it,
invite whoever they want to dance it and hand the card over to the
musicians.  If people need it to be taught, we will do it at that
time.  So dances could involve everyone in the room doing an old
favorite or a perfect time for someone to show off something fancy and
complicated and allowing everyone else to watch.  Of course I am not a
mind reader, so if you have a performance dance you would like to do,
let me know and I will add it to the list of dances and we will make
sure the musicians have the music ahead of time.

I hope that this can be used as a great new learning tool and give the
Bellewode Ball a bit of variety.

Sincerely,
Ermenrich

For those of you that missed Jubilee three items in court came up that
I thought should be repeated here:

Lord Peter (and I apologize for not remembering the rest of his name)
was awarded a Golden Calon Swan.  For those of you who are not
familiar with him, he plays the violin in the pit.

Lady Lucia is now Her Ladyship Lucia after being given a Calon Lily!
Her scroll was beautiful and the accolade well earned I think.

And Mistress Conna was awarded a Court Baronet!  Her new shiny hat has
musical notes on it that apparently are from a song involving a
porkchop... I must admit I am slightly confused, but I am sure she can
explain it.

Where would we dancers be without people like these three?  An iPod
can only get you so far.... though sometimes its batteries do last longer.

Ermenrich

Thanks to the Bellewode group for being ready with all sorts of wonderful
food for the ball. That was a really nice gesture. Thanks for volunteering
to do it!

Thanks to HL Lucia, for prepping all the music packets. They sure were fun
to use during court. ;)

And Ingeborg, thanks for organizing everything. Heaven knows the
cancellation was unavoidable. I hope it didn't spoil the fun of the rest of
the day.

And thanks to all the musicians for playing during morning and evening
courts, and to Kasha for taking charge of evening court, and to Emelye for
her fun improve. I know it was a crazy space to play in. Thanks to all for
making the hike up the scary steep steps. :)

Conna

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>
>
> Ingeborg - this is not the first time this has happened it won't be the
> last.
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> Its what happens to the last thing on the schedule. And in its own fashion
> is sadly appropriate for a Calontir anniversry event :(
>
> Ermenrich: What dance?
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Her Excellency still speaks to us lowly peasants!!!

We are all duly honored, your Excellency, by this mark of your regard!


:-)



Congratulations, btw!

--- In CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com, "Carol O'Connell"
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> Thanks to the Bellewode group for being ready with all sorts of
wonderful
> food for the ball. That was a really nice gesture. Thanks for
volunteering
> to do it!
>
> Thanks to HL Lucia, for prepping all the music packets. They sure
were fun
> to use during court. ;)
>
> And Ingeborg, thanks for organizing everything. Heaven knows the
> cancellation was unavoidable. I hope it didn't spoil the fun of the
rest of
> the day.
>
> And thanks to all the musicians for playing during morning and evening
> courts, and to Kasha for taking charge of evening court, and to
Emelye for
> her fun improve. I know it was a crazy space to play in. Thanks to
all for
> making the hike up the scary steep steps. :)
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Caroso-style balls are a very nice and period type of dance but
i'm not sure its the best way to go for the main and only evening dance at
an event - especially of newer dancers. Though I do sort of like the card idea.

By default in a caroso style ball (CSB) only one couple or set does any
particular dance, resulting in more sitting and less dancing for most people.
This can be mitigated by generally making every dance be of the
'and all who would join us' type of invite. SCA people in general and college
students in paricular seem to be more in the 'do it' than 'watch it'
inclinations

It can also make inviting a partner difficult especially with people who
either don't know many dances or don't the nams of the dances they know.
So either you end up asking people you know, know certian dances or there
can be long discussions trying to figure out a mutually known dance.

It also means its harder to teach to the ball list as its not exactly know until
the dance is called. Plus the musicians must learn be ready with more to
learn as well (they need to know all the dances on the pick from list - even if
only
half get danced).

Lastly putting a new person on the spot to pick the next dance may be asking
much
- maybe the current crop is made of stronger stuff, but it would have made me
nervous
in my first year or two.


OK even with all of that, it would stilll be interesting to incorporate this
somehow.
My 2 suggestions are to either run just one set of the ball (and not the first
or last) this
way and limit it to fewer dances - all of which are easy enough to be taught and
ask
each person to choose as their partner someone they have not danced with before
and
make all for as many as will (people, couples or sets).

It anyone has a truly fancy performance dance they want to do this could be
scheduled
during a break.

The other posibility would be to turn the last class period into a CSB, joining
both dance tracks
and idealy even bring the musicians into things.This could be used to train both
the style of
ball and some new dances.

Ok so those are my thought as how to incoprorate some good ideas in a way to IMO
maximize
the fun for the largest amount of people. Its possible our biggest Caroso fan
(Tsire) may disagree :)
However you go I'll offer whatever I can do to make it the most fun for the most
people.

Conrad


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From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com on behalf of mateoalanohombrealtopezold
Sent: Sun 3/1/2009 9:23 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] The Bellewode Ball



To answer Conrad's question, the dance that Ingeborg taught me was
Ballo del Fiore. Just the idea of the flower and the scuttling around
the room seemed very cute and fun.

Bellewode is planning a Caroso Style ball and we want your input (that
means everyone). We hope to use this as a learning tool in the
following way: The current plan is to have each dance on a card,
pinned to a board. The card will list the dance's name, its origin
(i.e. French c. 1500, NOT PERIOD, or SCA invention of period
technique), and its formation (round for as many as will, three people
in a line, etc.). A dancer will then pick their dance, announce it,
invite whoever they want to dance it and hand the card over to the
musicians. If people need it to be taught, we will do it at that
time. So dances could involve everyone in the room doing an old
favorite or a perfect time for someone to show off something fancy and
complicated and allowing everyone else to watch. Of course I am not a
mind reader, so if you have a performance dance you would like to do,
let me know and I will add it to the list of dances and we will make
sure the musicians have the music ahead of time.

I hope that this can be used as a great new learning tool and give the
Bellewode Ball a bit of variety.

Sincerely,
Ermenrich






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Regarding the Caroso style ball for Bellewode:

I think the Caroso concept can be adapted to the main ball format quite well. I
think Conrad's points are good but can be mitigated. The card idea is fantastic.
By creating the cards, you determine the set list. A traditional Caroso ball
does have a set list so musicians will not have to have a huge catalogue of
music available. If you wih to do a perormance, be prepared with a music backup
so as not to tax the musicians should they not wish to be taxed. If the cards
had a bare bones step description on it as well it could help people choose who
are unfamiliar.
Also the host will need to be willing to guide the indecisive in thier choices.
This is a great opportunity to build relationships and make new friends! Those
of us who have whizbang performance dances at the ready need to be willing to do
them but equally willing to choose strangers, newbies, and dances of ease for
all. It is up to those of us with the familiarity of the dances and this style
to set the tone and create examples of goodwill and fun in this format.
It can be great. I'd love to see it as the primary format. I think, with
attention to the possible pitfalls, and a positive attitude it can work and work
well. I'm willing to help make it so.

So excited. Bellewode will be Henry's first SCA event.
Tsire







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Henry's first event!  YEAH!  I can't wait to see the newest addition to the
dance community.  I am afraid though that he will learn to walk in doubles....

Ermenrich

So excited. Bellewode will be Henry's first SCA event.
Tsire





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