I have taught Cornish dancing in various schools and states in Australia, the name of our group is 'Cara y'n Donsya' which roughly translates to 'Love of Dance' Cheers Julie On 1/2/2013 7:02 AM, Joy Langdon wrote: > There is an article about Cornish Dance on Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_dance > > Here you can see some of the dances: > http://www.cornishdance.com/Cornish_Dance_Society/Videos.html > > I also remember enjoying country dancing at school and I belonged to a Scottish dancing group when I was in my 20s (my mother has Scottish ancestry). I wish there was a group near to me now, it is a much nicer way to shed those extra Christmas pounds than exercising at the gym. My New Year's resolution would have a much better chance of surviving for more than a week! > > Joy > > > ________________________________ > From: hlmw <hlmw1@telus.net> > To: Cornish <Cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 January 2013, 17:43 > Subject: [CORNISH] Country Dancing > > The mention of Sir Roger De Coverley in the West Briton 16 January 1857 > brought back many memories of learning this dance in school in England. I > had completely forgotten about Country Dancing. I went to UTube and lost > myself for an hour or so watching the delightful dance also known as the > Virginia Reel. Seeing it performed by children was pure delight. I n memory > I was a child again trying to drag some reluctant boy through the moves and > getting mixed up a lot as we moved on to the next pair of dancers down the > line. The only comparable dance here in Canada is the Square Dance with a > caller, not much performed here anymore. The ball written about in 1857 > seemed to be for the very rich and/or privileged, a very posh affair. What > other dances were enjoyed by the people of the time in Cornwall? > Thanks again Julia for this fine report. > Lorna May > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >