[SCA-Dance] SCA Created Dances

[Charlene Charette]

Collecting dance origins is a bit of a hobby of mine. From my files:

Postie's Jig was written by Roy Clowes for Diane Childers in the
1960s. He used the tune "Lassie come and dance with me." The original
choreography uses Scottish Country Dance steps. No idea how it may
have morphed in the SCA or modern ECD communities.

--Perronnelle


On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Mary Railing <mrailing2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd have to look through very old e-list archives, but I recall a discussion of this on the ECD list in which the person who choreographed it said that it was created without a specific piece of music or step style, but that the Scottish Country Dancers do it with Scottish stepping and the English Country dancers don't.  Folk process at work.
>
> --Urraca
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> ________________________________
> From: Aaron Elkiss <aelkiss at umich.edu>
> To: Mary Railing <mrailing2 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 1:06:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] SCA Created Dances
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> Actually, Postie's Jig (and Mairi's Wedding, which is another
> non-period dance often done in the SCA, and Dashing White Sergeant,
> which I've only seen done at Crystal Ball) are Scottish country
> dances, which is a separate tradition from modern English Country,
> with a separate repertoire and much more emphasis on footwork.
>
> -Aaron Drummond
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> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Mary Railing <mrailing2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Posties Jig is not an SCA choreography.  It is one of many modern ECD choreographies created by the non-SCA English country dance community.
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>> --Urraca
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>> From: Amy <lynnaea_fairchild at yahoo.com>
>> To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
>> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 12:33:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] SCA Created Dances
>>
>> Quen Quer Que is a fun a dance, but I usually get lost in the middle of the song and forget which turn we're on!
>>
>> Another SCA dance that's probably not period would be Postes Jig. This has been a dance that is a favorite of the College of Saint Joan. We did dance a slight variation of this at the ORF.
>>
>> Are you looking specifically for dances that were created in the SCA? Or for dances that are creatively danced to other tunes? For example, dancing Road to the Isles to the B52's song Roam.
>>
>> Lady Elisabeth (Lynnaea) Fairchild
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>> --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Kirsten Garner <kngarner at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>> From: Kirsten Garner <kngarner at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] SCA Created Dances
>>> To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
>>> Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 9:27 AM
>>> LOL!
>>>
>>> Sorry, but every time I see reference to this dance I'm
>>> reminded of an incident at the KWAR in Atenveldt several
>>> years ago. I was running the ball, and a lady came over and
>>> asked me if I had the music for that 12th century dance the
>>> Crusaders brought back from Malta. As you can imagine, I
>>> looked at her rather quizzically. After some discussion, I
>>> realized she was talking about, oh yes, Quen Quer Que. :)
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 4/22/10, Jane & Mark Waks <waks at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Jane & Mark Waks <waks at comcast.net>
>>> > Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] SCA Created Dances
>>> > To: "Mary Railing" <mrailing2 at yahoo.com>
>>> > Cc: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
>>> > Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 8:14 AM
>>> > Mary Railing wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> >
>>> > I'd add Sion Andreas' choreography to Quen Quer Que.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     -- Justin
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