Daniel Friedman called it at the Scout House for two lines, including 
many young people and new dancers.

Chris

Delia Clark wrote:
> I haven't seen it posted so just want to be sure that you know, for 
> the tally, that Nils Fredland called Money Musk just after the break 
> at the Greenfield dance Saturday night too, with Tidal Wave providing 
> the music.  Not sure how many people, but there were 4 lines, for 
> those of you who know the hall (most of you, I'm guessing).
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:36 PM, David Millstone wrote:
>
>> Good luck, Bill! And there definitely is a market of folks interested 
>> in the
>> older dances. David Smukler and I each held a dance this past 
>> Saturday where the
>> program was advertised as all older dances. We each had a great 
>> turnout. At my
>> dance, we had everone from absolute first-timers, to many of the 
>> regular crowd,
>> to folks whom we haven't seen on a dance floor in ages. Some dancers 
>> drove two
>> hours to attend.
>>
>> Here's the program I called in Norwich, Vermont:
>>
>> Grand March
>> British Sorrow
>> Lamplighter's Hornpipe
>> Jamie Allen
>> Gay Gordon's
>> Portland Fancy
>> Morning Star
>> Devil's Dream
>>
>> Money Musk
>> Rory O'More
>> Speed the Plough
>> Young Widow
>> Chorus Jig
>>
>> There were plenty of other good possibilities. Didn't include 
>> Petronella or
>> Hull's Victory or Hull's Victory because we do 'em so often anyhow, 
>> mixed in
>> with more modern material. Of course, we do Chorus Jig often, too, 
>> but you can't
>> have a program of chestnuts and omit that one!
>>
>> The program in Syracuse, with multiple callers, went as follows:
>>
>> Lady Walpole's
>> Queen Victoria
>> British Sorrow
>> Chorus Jig
>> Petronella
>> Rory O'More
>>
>> Money Musk
>> 5th figure of the standard Lancers
>> Lamplighters' HP
>> Young Widow
>> Devil's Dream
>>
>> One of the delights has been reading comments e-mailed after the 
>> dance from
>> folks who wished that there could be more such events. Here are some 
>> samples:
>>
>> "I've been meaning to write to thank you for that fabulous dance this 
>> past
>> weekend in Norwich. It was well worth the trip from northern Vermont. 
>> On the way
>> back we were wondering if  this could become an annual event. I've 
>> pretty much
>> given up contra dancing in recent years (twirling, stomping, 
>> athleticism, etc)
>> but that night brought back everything I love about it. The calling, 
>> the music,
>> the dances, it was all sheer pleasure. So were the tidbits about the 
>> dances and
>> their history. You even persuaded people to behave in a civilized 
>> manner..."
>>
>> "What wonderful dances !! Those chestnuts are such a treat to dance 
>> -- they're
>> full of that unending flowing feeling if you're active; and if you're 
>> inactive,
>> they're full of chances to admire the actives - the hall - and the 
>> caller and
>> band, to enjoy the other dancers in your set, and to support the 
>> actives in
>> making each round of the dance a perfectly timed 
>> smoothly-choreographed delight.
>> And Money Musk is one of my favorites, so it was wonderful to do that 
>> last night
>> -- I particularly like when the active person swoops (or backs) into 
>> his/her
>> spot in the lines of three -- or as an inactive, when to two of you are
>> receiving the "incoming" active with just the right timing. Plus 
>> while we were
>> dancing it in Norwich, it was wonderful to realize that this dance 
>> being done by
>> like-minded but unknown "friends" all around the globe, with great 
>> callers and
>> bands all urging on the dancers!"
>>
>> "I saw so many familiar faces (usually I can't remember the names) 
>> and found
>> that many had  come because of the program. Us 'oldsters' don't get 
>> the chance
>> to do the old chestnuts often. Thank you!"
>>
>> "Thank you for an absolutely wonderful dance last night.  The program 
>> and music
>> and calling were utter heaven..."
>>
>> Are these dances for everyone? Probably not. (I was calling a week 
>> ago at a
>> large venue with many-- i.e., 50 or so-- new dancers on the floor. 
>> The first
>> dance of the evening had no partner swing, only neighbor swings, so 
>> that the
>> newbies could experience swings with many different people. One 
>> experienced
>> dancer approached me afterwards to point out that there had been no 
>> partner
>> swing. She mentioned that she had never done a dance before that 
>> evening that
>> didn't have a partner swing, didn't know that such items even existed.)
>>
>> One of the things I noted in looking at the two hours of video 
>> footage we
>> gathered from the Norwich dance was seeing all those inactive couples 
>> having fun
>> while just standing still. Smiling at their partner, listening to the 
>> music,
>> occasionally sneaking in a swing with an inactive from the 
>> neighboring line--
>> okay, so they weren't always standing still-- and watching the active 
>> couples.
>> Boy, I sure remember picking up a lot of tricks from watching good 
>> dancers,
>> something that's much harder to do in the 
>> everyone-moving-all-the-time dances.
>> Don't get me wrong-- I love those, too, and call plenty of 'em, but 
>> variety is
>> good.
>>
>> Where can you find directions for all those dances? Well, I'll put in 
>> a plug for
>> "Cracking Chestnuts," published by CDSS. You can also find many of 
>> them on the
>> syllabi online for the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend.
>>
>> As many of you know, Saturday night was also the time for what we 
>> dubbed the
>> International Money Musk Moment. Folks in venues around the northeast 
>> danced
>> Money Musk at more or less the same time, and we were joined by 
>> dancers in
>> Michigan, California, New Zealand, Denmark, and (coming up this 
>> coming Saturday
>> at their monthly dance) the outskirts of Zurich. David Smukler and I 
>> will
>> compile the stories from all these venues and will share the 
>> information in some
>> fashion.
>>
>> I posted a piece of video footage showing our dancing in Norwich, 
>> Vermont:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCnMSEAejg
>>
>> There's also a short piece documenting Money Musk at Monte Toyon camp 
>> (Linda
>> Leslie and Bob Isaacs calling):
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8hIwkpo1Q
>>
>> Here's a link to a Facebook site showing the dance in Bethlehem, PA, 
>> with Donna
>> Hunt calling
>> http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/swf/mvp.swf?8%3A149819=&v=24250984990&ev=0
>>
>> and this clip from New Zealand, with Bill Baritompa calling to the 
>> New England
>> Chestnuts recording:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdQIKMdtR3A
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David Millstone
>> Lebanon, NH
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