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From: trb@ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Re: Dance Flier - Intro Content
Keywords: Dance Flier, Instructions, Contra
Date: 25 Sep 92 23:52:39 GMT
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302

In article <1992Sep24.205528.7655@informix.com> bradl@neptune.informix.com (Brad Levy) writes:

> A number of people were interested in the two-page welcome sheet for
> beginners at a contra dance, so I've decided to post it.

Good stuff, for the most part.

> DO-SI-DO:  Back to back with the other person.

Like "stand back to back?"  Better would be: "walk around the other
person, passing back to back."

> In the handshake, make a muscle like you did for allemande.
> We also call this "giving weight".

"Making a muscle" is a vague way of describing giving weight.  When I
think of making a muscle, I think of tensing the muscle, not of
providing gentle resistance to the other person's arm pressure, which
is what giving weight is.  You DO NOT want to encourage dancers to
tense their muscles - tight is bad, loose is good.

Note that much of your information is locale-specific, such as your
"hands across" star, "right and left through" with hands, and your
balance.  (I have no problem with this, since your are providing info
that's useful at your dance.)

	Andrew Tannenbaum   Interactive   Cambridge, MA   +1 617 661 7474
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: henry@netcom.com (Henry Polard)
Subject: International FD - Live Music - Stanford
Followup-To: rec.folk-dancing
Keywords: Fun Live Music Stanford
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 23:33:52 GMT

International Folk Dancing at Stanford will be in the Oak Room at
Tresidder Union on Friday, October 9 at 8:00 P.M.
The band is To Be Deteremined.
Teaching starts at 8:00; requests at 9:00.
Admission  is $3.00, FREE for Stanford students with ID.

You don't need to come with a partner. We do mostly eastern
Meditterranean line dances (ask us about the lovely Sea Bottom
dance). This is a great occasion to meet interesting people in a
low-pressure environment, while getting a good workout, learning
about fascinating cultures, and listening to delightful music.

I'll be running the records. I can be bribed.

Henry Polard.  *glub*
-- 
 ________________________________________________________
/ Henry  || We are such stuffe as dreames are made on;   \
\ Polard || and our little life is rounded with a sleepe /
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From: Bob Dalsemer <70661.1300@CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Posting
Date: 6 Oct 92 10:53:34 GMT


         Winter Dance Week At The John C. Campbell Folk School
            in the mountains of Western North Carolina 

                          December 26-January 1
  contras, squares, Appalachian clogging, swing and jitterbug, singing, dance 
                  band, dance calling, and more. 

                        Callers and musicians include: 
                                Steve Zakon
                                 Fresh Fish 
(Kerry Elkin, fiddle, Gordon Peery, piano and Jeremiah McLane, accordion) 
                                Suzanne Girardot    
                           The Midnight Mockingbirds 
(James Leva ,fiddle, Carol Elizabeth Jones, guitar, John Herrmann, banjo, and 
                             Meredith McIntosh, bass)                         
          Betty Smith 
                                  Bob Dalsemer

Winter Dance Week is limited to 90 dancers and the week is now about half 
full. For further information write John C. Campbell Folk School, Rt. 1, Box 
14-A, Brasstown, NC 28902 or phone Hanne Nielsen or Bob Dalsemer at 
1-800-FOLK-SCH or 704-837-2775.


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From: lois@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Lois Lew)
Subject: Re: A Time To Dance
Reply-To: lois@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Lois Lew)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 19:16:09 GMT

I found the book "A Time To Dance" quite well written, but also quite
inaccurate when it came to Western Square Dancing.  The main problem
seemed to be that he only talked to a couple of people about it and
they were all on one extreme of the activity.  It is kind of like
wanting to learn about American politics and asking David Duke (for
non-Americans David Duke is a former leader of the KKK, a famous white
supremist organization) about it.

-Lois


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From: alfb0@syma.sussex.AC.UK
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: RE: A Time To Dance
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:01:13 GMT


 
Linda Golder, in response to the article aboout Ralph Page, suggests that
further reading can be obtained from the book, A Time to Dance, by Richard
Nevell.  1977, St Martin's Press.
 
I would really like to obtain a copy of this book, but living here in England
my chances of finding it are low. Should any readers find a store that is
selling a copy, perhaps, you could contact me.
 
Thanks
Sean Goddard
University of Sussex
Brighton
England.
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: us048503@mmm.serc.3m.com (Art H. Hurst)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Re: DANCING documentary series to be shown on PBS TV
Date: 3 Oct 92 05:44:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: mmm.1992Oct3.054430.21223
Organization: 3M Company

In article <1992Oct1.211424.12444@macc.wisc.edu> nmrdb@vms.macc.wisc.edu (BEVERLY SEAVEY) writes:
>I have here a PSA for a new eight-part documentary series on the role of
>dance in world culture, produced by Thirteen/WNET, sceduled for air
>in Oct/Nov '92.
>  "Filmed on location in 14 countries with five continents represented, DANCING
>will explore why people dance as well as how they dance. It will show the 
>extraordinary diversity of dance expression and the cultural meanings of
>dance in different places in different times."
>
>It sounds great, but when I called our local PBS station, they said
>they had no current plans of airing it. Call your local
>station and ask if they are showing it. If they aren't, urge them to,
>if they are, could someone tape it for me.....?
>

	It has been rescheduled for Spring 1993, probably April or
	May. There is still time to 'convince' local PBS's that this 
	is a most worthy cause. You might even be able to get them to 
	show a local folk dance contact phone number if you persist.
-- 
Art Hurst                                         Email: ahhurst@mmm.com
3M Company                                        Phone: (805)388-4170
Digital Storage Products Division                 FAX:   (805)388-4804
Camarillo CA 93012
From: "Emerson S. Hawley" <eshawley%BKLYN.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Zlatne Uste 8th Annual Golden Festival, New York City
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:02:52 GMT

Save this weekend for the 8th Annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival:
 
January 15 & 16, 1993.
 
More later.
From: watson@mpd.tandem.com
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Dancing in France?
Date: 7 Oct 92 01:17:29 GMT
Reply-To: swedlow@asc.slb.com

Folks,

	A friend and fellow folk dancer will be travelling to Paris
soon.  Can anyone provide information on IFD, contra, or other folk
dancing near Paris that will happen in the next few weeks?  Please
reply via mail, as my friend has no USENET access.

	Replies to: swedlow@asc.slb.com

Thanks,

William
--
William J. Watson
watson@mpd.tandem.com, cs.utexas.edu!devnull!watson, watson_william@tandem.com
Preferred^

Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: wex@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul M. Wexelblat)
Subject: Dancing in Vancouver during the <mumble> Conference
Originator: wex@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Reply-To: wex@cs.ulowell.edu
Organization: Univ. of Lowell CS Dept.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:54:42 GMT


Last week, in response to a request from Gary Bisaga, I posted the names/
numbers of some WSD contacts and said that, since Anne Ubelacker
was now Vancouver based and I would be dancing to her this (past)
weekend, I would ask her for info an follow-up.

[Has that creamed your parsers?]

Anyhow, It seems that Anne has taken ill and did not make it to the
East Coast  (of North America; This posting has world distribution
since the conference attracts an international attendence)

...so I have no further info (on WSD in Vancouver).
 
-- 
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

	...Wex
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: us048503@mmm.serc.3m.com (Art H. Hurst)
Subject: Re: Austrian folk dancing
Organization: 3M Company
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 05:57:14 GMT

In article <BvEKIq.Mun@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> cla04@keele (A.T. Fear) writes:
>I'd be very grateful if someone could give me a general idea of folk
>dancing in Austria and/or a bibliography about it.
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Andy
>
>=================================================================
>ANDY FEAR 		  BLACKPOOL FC - THE PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE
>
>cla04@seq1.keele.ac.uk    VIVA ER BETI MANQUE PIERDA		
>
>or    			  TANGERINE AND GREEN... MAGIC
>		  		 
>Dept. of Classics,        
>University of Keele,
>Staffs ST5 5BG,
>ENGLAND. 		 "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo"
>==================================================================

 Can't give you references, but can describe a bit -- 1st -- couple
 dancing to lyrical music. Couples usually hold hands, then do pretzel
 like contortions while 'waltzing' with the feet. I once heard an
 observer at San Diego Folk Dance Camp watching people who had just
 learned Untersteirer from Morry Gelman suggest that if he saw dogs do
 that he would turn a hose on them! Morry has probably popularized it in
 USA. Gretel Dunsing in Florida taught years ago. The old standby
 Zillerthaler Laendler is the one you will see most often in folk dance
 circles. Surprisingly the same hand figures can be used in the Cajun
 two step. The footwork differs, but I once saw a couple doing
 Zillerthaler figures at a Cajun dance and the teachers came over to
 learn what those 'new' figures were!
-- 
Art Hurst                                         Email: ahhurst@mmm.com
3M Company                                        Phone: (805)388-4170
Digital Storage Products Division                 FAX:   (805)388-4804
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Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: xuegx@warwick.ac.uk (Tom Holloway)
Subject: Re: Israeli folk dancing in England?
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:24:57 GMT

Joel -- there are certainly groups doing Israeli dances in
London, either at Cecil Sharp House or one of the regular
places like the Institute of Education just off Gower Street.

I'll call C-sharp for you and find out.

+--------------------------+
! Tom Holloway             !
! t.holloway@warwick.ac.uk !
! gn:tomholloway           !
! 01:CLK001                !
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Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing,rec.arts.dance
From: jlb@hounix.org (Joel Breazeale)
Subject: Re: DANCING documentary series to be shown on PBS TV
Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group (HOUNIX), Houston, TX
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 00:01:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.152523.18512@macc.wisc.edu> nmrdb@vms.macc.wisc.edu (BEVERLY SEAVEY) writes:
>In article <1992Oct2.212757.706@cmkrnl.com>, jeh@cmkrnl.com writes...
>
>> 
>>When I called KPBS in San Diego, they'd never *heard* of it.  Is there anything
>>more to the title?  
>> 
>I think DANCING is the complete title. The way to identify it to your station
>is to say that it is produced by Thirteen/WNET, which is, I think, a New York
>public station that produces a lot of programming that gets distributed
>nationally.
>
I regret to be unable to give you the precise information you desire.  Those
who archive r.f-d should be able to sift through the postings and find info
on this topic.  Could some helpful person out there retrieve the last posting
on this subject and repost it?

I believe you'd want to contact the outreach coordinator at WNET, *her* last
name is BAFF, for more information (please forgive me if I didn't remember the
name correctly).

I seem to remember the r.f-d posting also mentioned that the airing was to be
delayed until the Spring of 1993.  I'm not sure what to believe now.  Perhaps
you are looking at part of the original press kit for America Dancing?  I also
got a letter from a woman (forgive me for not having her name as I'm 600 miles
away from home base) who gave me a copy of a press release mentioning 1993.

Please -- everyone -- make sure your local PBS affiliate is aware of this
series.  As I said in the posting I made on this subject you can possibly
stage a local event with the affiliates' support/publicity and help to get
more folks dancing!

Regards,
Joel Breazeale
jlb@hounix.org
From: eshawley%BKLYN.BITNET@vm2.cis.pitt.edu
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: ZLATNE USTE GOLDEN FESTIVAL
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:37:45 GMT


 
********* ZLATNE USTE GOLDEN FESTIVAL #8: PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT **********
All we have so far is the date and the place and a general description:

DATE: January 15 & 16, 1993

PLACE: Movement Research Dance Studios, New York, New York.  There are two
    adjoining studios with wooden floors.  One will be for amplified music
    and dancing; the other for acoustic music, eating, and general carousing.
    Cathie Springer and her elves will transform this space into a Balkan
    treasure trove of woven delights.

DESCRIPTION: This funny little Balkan brass band from New York once again
    will apply the screws to its various musician friends' thumbs and coerce
    them into playing music for your dancing and listening pleasure.  We will
    open the doors as early as possible and close them only after the last
    musician has collapsed into a heap.  In the interim we will provide all
    the Brooklyn Lager and Lord Chesterfield Ale you would like to quaff and
    all the Arabic and Balkan specialty foods that Drew can find.  The rest
    will be up to you.  This description is sure to change; why some musicians
    might even come willingly, no coercion needed, you never know.
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: asimov@wk223.nas.nasa.gov (Daniel A. Asimov)
Subject: Dance-Related Public Domain Clip Art, and Richard Nevell
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:10:40 GMT

In article <6526@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> alfb0@syma.sussex.AC.UK  "Sean Goddard" 30-SEP-1992 03:29:39.64 writes:
>
> 
>Linda Golder, in response to the article aboout Ralph Page, suggests that
>further reading can be obtained from the book, A Time to Dance, by Richard
>Nevell.  1977, St Martin's Press.
> 
>I would really like to obtain a copy of this book, but living here in England
>my chances of finding it are low. Should any readers find a store that is
>selling a copy, perhaps, you could contact me.
> 
>Sean Goddard
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Funny thing, I was just going to post the following query before seeing
the one above:

1.  	Does anyone know how I can contact Richard Nevell, the author of
A Time to Dance?

2.	Does anyone know of good sources for public domain "clip art"
concerned with dancing?  (I have scoured the extensive Dover clip art
series and come up with precious little that is dance-related.)


Dan Asimov
Mail Stop T045-1
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

asimov@nas.nasa.gov
(415) 604-4799
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: holcomg@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Gordon Holcomb)
Subject: Eugene Folkdancers
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University
Distribution: or
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 16:03:02 GMT

The Eugene Folkdancers meet at a new location starting October 7th.
The new location is in the second gym at Spencer Butte Middle School,
500 East 43rd.

We dance every Wednesday from 7-10 pm.  Teaching is from 7-8 pm, request
dancing is from 8-10 pm.  Beginners are welcome.  The cost (donation) is
still only 50 cents!

Gordon

Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: orr@sura.net (Valerie Orr)
Subject: Square Dancing in Fort Meade, MD
Followup-To: orr@sura.net
Summary: Square Dancing
Keywords: Square Dancing Lessons
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Distribution: md
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:12:53 GMT

Hello all,

    There will be an introductory class for people interested in learning
to square dance at the Manor View Elementary School, Fort Meade, Maryland
sponsored by the Swinging Squares of Fort Meade on Thursday, October 1,
1992 and Thursday, October 8, 1992 at 7:30 pm.  Lessons begin officially
on October 15, 1992.  For more information, please send mail to me at
orr@sura.net, or call Mr. Stephen McAdams at (301) 498-8803.o

From,
Valerie Orr		SURAnet
orr@sura.net		8400 Baltimore Boulevard, Suite 101
			College Park, Maryland  20740-2496
			(301) 982-4600
			(301) 982-4605 FAX
Xref: sparky rec.bicycles:22816 rec.bicycles.racing:311
From: tomk@netcom.com (Thomas H. Kunich)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,rec.bicycles.racing
Subject: Re: RESULTS : Nissan Classic Stage 5
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:45:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

I think that Roche's finishing this year really shows us
that he is back. He may only have a couple of more years
in top form before he retires but I tink it's great.

Now if Sean Kelly can only knock out the late season Classics
again!
Xref: sparky rec.bicycles:22881 rec.bicycles.racing:350
From: crwg2707@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (R. Wagner)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,rec.bicycles.racing
Subject: Re: Riding and Racing with Suspension
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:31:41 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

podmorjl@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Jonathan L Podmore) writes:

>So what i am asking is for helpful hints on riding and hopefully someday  
>racing with front fork suspension.

>Jon
>podmorjl@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu  

Remember that you have a little more weight up there now, that's probably
what kept you from jumping the curb.  You just have to get used to it the
way it is.  The best hint I can give is ride a lot!  Just by being on the 
bike with the suspension you're getting used to it.


Ride on, 
Raydude.

"Ray, a man unburdened by the rigors of coherent thought." 
          -a Brannonism quoted by George Heinz
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
From: marla@sherman.tamu.edu (Marla Fendley)
Subject: : Track wheels
Summary: help
Reply-To: marla@sherman.samsung.com (Marla Fendley)
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:33:48 GMT

 I am interested in track bikes, but i dont know really anything about them.  I am presenting my problem to the net, because i dont know really anyone who can help me.  ALL comments, opinons and information will be greatfully apprieciated.
My current situation is that i have a cannondale frame that the derailer hanger has broken off and i want to buy a rear track wheel. i havent been able to thinkmuch farther than that, but i am really anixous to get started.  Any informationwhether it be about wheels or any aspects of track bikes/biking that i should be informed on would be very helpful and greatly apprieciated.

thankyou very much
marla@sherman.tamu.edu

 
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,rec.bicycles.soc
From: goelz@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (christopher k goelz)
Subject: Re: bike locks
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:14:56 GMT


One person commented that registering your bicycle with the police dept.
will often not help much.  A better solution in my opinion is to wrap a
piece of paper around the top of the fork that says "This bike has been
stolen.  Please call (name) at (phone#)."  If the thief ever takes the
bike in to a bike shop to have it worked on, they might have the fork
out of the steerer tube and see this message.

Xref: sparky rec.bicycles:22885 rec.bicycles.tech:894
From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Questions on mountain bikes (~$400 range)
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:22:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvG822.8J2
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

chandler@wc.novell.com (Mark Chandler) writes:
>In article <1992Sep23.190506.5751@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> goell@nomad.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeremy Goell) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep23.164152.15132@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu>, epstein@sparc9.cs.uiuc.edu (Milt Epstein) writes:
>>|> 
>>|> 2. All of these bikes except the Bianchi have oversized fork and
>>|> headset.  The Bianchi dealer (of course) said that they were
>>|> unnecessary, but common sense seems to indicate that it would be
>>|> better to have the sturdier equipment.  Comments?
>>Yeah, I got comments on Bianchi, but they belong in a different
>>group--alt.obscene.language.  I'll simply say that 1 1/8" headsets
>>are what you see on the UPPER end of most bike lines, including
>>Trek and Giant, and 1" are on the LOWER.  You can draw your own
>>conclusions.  Essentially, you get what you pay for, so figure out
>>how hard you're gonna ride the bike.  If it's never going to see
>>dirt, and the largest bump's gonna be a pothole, then you don't
>>NEED oversized headset/fork.  But since you're talking about the
>>same $$$ for the Bianchi as the others, I see no reason NOT to
>>go w/ the fat stuff....  Some ATB lines even use 1 1/4 headsets...
>Hmmm.  I guess the Bridgestone mountain bikes, which have been highly
>praised in the cycling press and on the net, are inferior due to their
>use of "girly-man" 1"-headsets.  And let's not forget about Ritchey's
>P-2x bikes which have been ridden to numerous off-road titles; these
>too use 1" headsets.  My new frame features a 1" headset and cost more
>than most complete Treks or Giants, do you suppose I was ripped-off?
I couldn't agree more.  Oversized headsets are totally unneccesary, I
think its just another marketing fad.  I'm 220lbs and ride a 20-in
mountain bike (Bridgestone) which has a 1-inch headset and have never
had the slightest problem.  The idea that "LOWER" end bikes have 1 inch
headsets is completely wrong and is not borne out by even a cursory
knowledge of mountain bikes.  What's wrong with Bianchi mountain bikes?
They look fine to me, if it wasn't for Bridgestone I'd probably buy a
Bianchi.  I would certainly but Bianchi before Trek.
-Terry
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
From: arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca (Adrian Pepper)
Subject: Re: Hit and Run (the results)
Organization: University of Waterloo Math Faculty Computing Facility, Ontario.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:31:23 GMT

In article <8640125@hplred.HP.COM> jbrandt@hplred.HP.COM (Jobst Brandt) writes:
>From the "Times Tribune"... 
>
>Hit-and-run teen driver is given two years for injuring bicyclist
>
>by Kerry McCray
>
>
>Wray's court-appointed attorney, Bill Johnston, said his client is
>remorseful.  Wray, a former special education student in high school,
>has developmental disabilities that impair his ability to make
>decisions, Johnston said.  "I don't believe he's a malicious, callous,
>bad person." Johnston said.  "He's easily swayed by his peers."
>
If he has a disability that impairs his ability to make decisions, then
he has no business having a driver's licence, does he?  His own lawyer
made this admission?

Adrian Pepper.
arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca
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