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[simmonssomer]

We left out "clunking" as perfected by Ruby Keeler's clog stomping.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:23 AM
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> David Lennick wrote:
>>>> When dancing something other than the waltz began to take off, in the
>>>> early 1910s/ snip
>
> I wrote:
>>> Mazurka?
>>> Polka?
>>> Scotch Reel?
>>> Quadrille?
>>> Schottische?
>>> Redowa?
>>> Varsouvienne?
>>> Galop?
>>> Two-Step?
>>> Krakowiak?
>>> Cakewalk?
>
> Steven C Barr wrote:
>> Mainly, One-Step, Two-Step and the brand-new "Fox Trot!"
>> Traditional folk dances (like most of what you list above...!)
>> were starting to disappear!
>
> --
> That's what I wanted to say. At the turn of the 20th century it wasn't 
> just
> waltz that was danced, but a lot of other dances as well.
> Besides: the "traditional folk dances" above were all ballroom variations 
> of
> folk dances. Just as most modern dances have folk dance roots as well.
> Kristjan