Re: Strauss/Warschauer Duo and Columbia Klezmer Band, NYC, Monday, December 8: Free Concert and Dance Party

[r l reid <ro...>]

Lori M Simon wrote:
> Will there be someone teaching Yiddish dance or is this a free-for-all,
> dance as you feel party? 

Lori, at S-W events Deborah usually drafts people she knows have a least
a tiny bit of knowledge - "Roger Reid, Please Report to the Front", she
aclls as  slink back toward the cake and coffee.  It's been a long day,
my ankles are tired, I was up at 6, it's going on 10...

But in the end I have my khoyf and out of kavod for my morah I dance.
I would not call it instruction, but it is not a free-for-all.  She gets
as many people with at least a clue as she can (I'm usually on the wrong
foot, but at least I know it) and gives gentle guidance as needed.

It actually seems to work rather well.  Once it's going, I pull my sweaty
palms out of the group and head back to the cake.


roger

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