Re: bulgar holds

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

While we're on the bulgar topic, the following question came up last night when 
I was teaching the bulgar to my group:
Would the dancers necessarily have followed the variations done by the
leader or would everyone do their own thing in terms of variations?  I'm
guessing they would have done their own thing, based on what I know of
Yiddish dance and also this does seem to be what is done in many other
Balkan dances in the village situation.  Any opinions on this?
Helen
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