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Indigo Lupin sausageNet God Offline 'Space for rent' Posts: 2530 Norwich Gender:	Country dancing Oct 26^th, 2006 at 5:53pm Was anyone else here made to do country dancing at school? It didn't involve one bit of line dancing, more the join hands with your partner, skip around the hall in your plimsolls then make a chain of hands and skip through it one by one. I believe it may have been part of the curriculum back then.
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Re: Country dancing
Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 6:28pm

Oh yes! We had a country dancing club at junior school and practically every girl joined. I refused in an act of rebellion, but felt really left out, so joined the following year - and got my Girl Guide country dance badge.

We had to do a dance called the Durham Reel and one called Trip To The Cottage. I remember something called The Oxo Reel too.

We often did the same dances at the village barn dance.

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BahHmmmBug Beans on Toast Offline Do you ever stop to think & forget to start again? Posts: 196 Bournemouth, UK Gender:	Re: Country dancing Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 6:49pm Didn't have country dancing but we were made to learn maypole dancing, and perform at the mayday celebrations on the village green! I can still remember how to do the 'Spider's Web' and the music that accompanied the dance!
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Re: Country dancing
Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 7:59pm

I loved doing country dancing...we had an old gramaphone and danced out in the playground...it was great fun...

after I left school I went to a lot of celidhs (sp?) and can still do a mean 'Strip the willow' ...(IT's A DANCE, WILLO!!!!)...I also learnt abit of Scottish country dancing as well, and a bit of Greek folk dancing as well!!

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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Country dancing Reply #4 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 10:06pm As a Pagan I enjoy watching Maypole dancing. Many people don't realise it's actually fertility rite. The village near us has a May Day(Beltane) Fayre each year which is fun. I do like the sound of Strip the Willow Ladybird!
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BahHmmmBug Beans on Toast Offline Do you ever stop to think & forget to start again? Posts: 196 Bournemouth, UK Gender:	Re: Country dancing Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2006 at 10:10pm WillotheWisp wrote on Oct 26^th, 2006 at 10:06pm: I do like the sound of Strip the Willow Ladybird! Not sure if it should qualify as public entertainment though Willo!!
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Re: Country dancing
Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 1:12am

Oh God yeah! The time we all used to dread at school. For the last weeks of PE in the run up to Christmas, the normal PE schedule was thrown out of the window and country dancing was brought in. They made us do the same dances year after year. I remember it always used to be to Billy Joel and "Uptown Girl" (bet you didn't know you can do country dancing to that) and 'King Of The Road'.

It could be quite fun!

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Re: Country dancing
Reply #7 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 5:26am

WillotheWisp wrote on Oct 26^th, 2006 at 10:06pm:

As a Pagan I enjoy watching Maypole dancing. Many people don't realise it's actually fertility rite. The village near us has a May Day(Beltane) Fayre each year which is fun.

I do like the sound of Strip the Willow Ladybird! Cheesy

My moment of glory was Stripping the Willow to 'Blue Suede Shoes' in the middle of Crewkerne, along with 50 other people.... Tongue

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hotrodzombie Toast Offline Posts: 5	Re: Country dancing Reply #8 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 11:39am "I want to be near you, you're the one, the one, the one, I want to be near you, you're the one for me" HAHAHAHA, Thats the only tune I can remember from my country dancing days. Oh, I was good!
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Re: Country dancing
Reply #9 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:22pm

Oh good grief, i'd forgotten all about country dancing. I used to like the dancing but hated the part where we were paired up with the boys, for some reason i used to get really shy Embarrassed

We never did the maple dancing just the dancing around the school hall, i think i may have even been quite good at it, after i'd gotten over my shyness of course.

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Re: Country dancing
Reply #10 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:36pm

hotrodzombie wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 11:39am:

"I want to be near you,
you're the one, the one, the one

Oh God, yes I remember that one too!

"First couple separate, go out around the ring
Pass your partner coming out and pass them coming in
Honour your corner lady, promenade your own - OH!
I want to be near you.... " etc etc

Didn't realise I still remembered all the words! Incidentally the tune is a well known French song called "Aupres de ma Blonde".

I think we did Strip The Willow at my friend's wedding - she got married in Scotland (being Scottish) and had a ceilidh. Is there one called The Dashing White Sergeants too?

And who can forget The Gay Gordons!

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BahHmmmBug Beans on Toast Offline Do you ever stop to think & forget to start again? Posts: 196 Bournemouth, UK Gender:	Re: Country dancing Reply #11 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:40pm Black_Widow wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:36pm: And who can forget The Gay Gordons! Flash's camp twin brothers?
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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Country dancing Reply #12 - Oct 27^th, 2006 at 8:04pm BahHmmmBug wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:40pm: Black_Widow wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:36pm: And who can forget The Gay Gordons! Flash's camp twin brothers?
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Re: Country dancing
Reply #13 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 11:04am

Black_Widow wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:36pm:

Is there one called The Dashing White Sergeants too?

Yep.

Strip The Willow done properly is quite a dangerous affair, and can result in serious injury!

One of the islands in Orkney has a dance almost peculiar to them, called Nine Pins, which makes STW look quite tame though... it's like a rugby match set to music. Undecided

In some of the islands, dances are well-attended social events, and you can see children of 5 or so who can do all these old fashioned dances perfectly... it's actually very sweet to see.

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Re: Country dancing
Reply #14 - Oct 28^th, 2006 at 1:25pm

WillotheWisp wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 8:04pm:

BahHmmmBug wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:40pm:

Black_Widow wrote on Oct 27^th, 2006 at 6:36pm:

And who can forget The Gay Gordons!

Flash's camp twin brothers?

The easiest way to lose you r dancing partner is to attempt the Gay Gordons...the dance usually ends up with a load of chaps in the middle of the floor looking lost...cos all the girls have given up and are dancing with each other!

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