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I heard Gary exetered the situation, but I’d just like to add to these words of wisdom, sometimes you have to admonish those who chastise others for an arrogance that isn’t there, which is not only a judgement but an erroneous one! 😅😂

Where can you go to dance like this again? I probably would have to learn all over again...but I loved it....

Reminds me of the Christmas parties I attended with my grandparents. So much fun !!

Thanks, John, for sharing this video with y'all and Gary. I'm so moved.

One of my favorite dances. Loving that this video was recorded when I was but a month old.

Damn. This may be 14+ years ago but it's still amazing, And it only gets better with practice,

Great video, I have linked to it in my article! yestosocialdance.com/history/nedfrhy/

This dance sequence is a variation of "Tamboro Jig" by Gene Hubert, with 1s and 2s alternating on the contra corners.

My grandparents' favorite dance. Always wondered how to do it -- thanks for sharing this!

May 28, 2009 at 10:25pm So glad to be here with you beautiful people joyously partaking in dissolving inner evils Through music, song, dance; as we share the mystery I declare it's too rare to live here this blissfully Older ones and little ones no one twiddling their thumbs All of us in middle of a bit of fiddling rhythms Fun beckons us to come when it summons, picking strings and quickening the tempo of the drumming. Can't ya feel it in the air? Can't ya see it in the stares? Can't ya smell it in the sweat of people dancing everywhere? This is what it's all about, this right here's the meaning not in any job or bank account but just in being and sharing who you're being with the people you're perceiving Dancing hard and sweating hard and laughing hard and breathing Every situation is an invitation waiting to join into a nation and to demonstrate creating Multi-generational and brain emancipating highly educational in joyous celebrating Thank you all for being here, thank you all for sharing Thank you for your lack of fear, thank you for your daring May you all stay every cheerful and find your bearings May your music be an earful and always caring Everyone I've met is dear folk, I'm not comparing you to the other weird folk who's company is wearing and yet I can't deny that there's something so implicitly beautiful in having fun in old-timey simplicity So come on, get up, stomp your feet, don't saunter gallivant around the room, yeah, you know you want to Dump all of your troubles with this wonderful new mantra: grab a partner, do-si-do, and dance a little contra...Such a beauty..<3

I thought the women led this dance?

C'est vraiment marrant :D

Waltz clog steps inspired by a jumprope routine learned from Kari Smith, who learned it from Anna Marley, a 4th generation performer who choreographed the routine when she was 7.

Slower panning would enable me to recognize my friends.

(This dance sequence is a variant of "Weeks on the Road" by Bill Olson.)

(This dance sequence is "Mrs. Saxton's Magic Carpet Ride" by Wendy Graham.)

(This dance sequence is "The Hop Ground".)

(This dance sequence is "Now We Are Four" by Erik Weberg.)

(These dance sequences are "The Dixie Gal" by Robert Cromartie (0:00), "Slapping the Wood" by Don Flaherty (1:00), "Leave Them Hanging" by Luke Donforth (1:50), "Power Surge" by Bob Isaacs and Beth Brill (2:54), and "Double Boomerang" by Gene Hubert (3:45).)

(These dance sequences are "Labor of Love" by Kathy Anderson (0:00), "The Raeden Reel" by Bob Isaacs (2:02), and "Give the Scout a Hand" by Chris Weiler and Bob Isaacs.)

(These dance sequences are "One Fell Swoop" by Bob Isaacs (0:00), possibly "Tica Tica Timing" by Dean Snipes (2:48), "Gypsy Moon" by Lisa Greenleaf (3:03), and "Joel's in the Kitchen" by Sue Rosen (5:15).)

(This dance sequence is "Kitchen Stomp" by Becky Hill.)

How odd that the dancers are out of synch with the tune as played. They don't start when the parts of the tune start.

(This dance sequence is "The Amazing Sarah Wilcox" by Tom Hinds.)

wish it was longer & more clear

(This dance sequence is a variant of "Thanks to the Gene" by Tom Hinds.)

Many refer to this dance with two couples... I, too, have danced the schottische in this manner... it is called the "Box Schottische". I also attend dances weekly in our area (NE South Dakota) that do a "Circle Schottische" in which couples switch partners during the step-hop part.

Nice to see dancers enjoying themselves. One couple have great bounce and rhythm. The others get better as the dance goes on. You can only learn by doing, not watching.

E para lou loup pitchouno, para lou loup...

(These dance sequences are "Summer Sunshine" by Paul Balliet (0:00), "Leave Them Hanging" by Luke Donfrth (3:50), :First Night Quadrille" by Bob Dalsemer (6:15) , a potentially still untitled dance by Carol Ormand (9:09), and probably a hybrid of "Carmen's Scarf" by Paul Balliet and "The Big Easy" by Becky Hill (13:18). Band and caller for all but the last dance are the Syncopaths and Carol Ormand.)

Right!!!!!!

(This dance sequence is "Pat's Parade" by Sue Rosen.)

In Sweden Schottis (as we spell it) is danced in anything from folk costume to jeans.....as long as you dance. I would join in here as soon as i saw a lady without a partner!

How beautiful it looks to be having so much fun. Dressing up has its place but going out to have fun is a lot more important. And they look great!

I know it as Off to California.

Earthakitt2 ,you must be an American So rude..

It's in simple triple?? I thought a bourree was in alla breve time with an anacrusis.

You are a snob!

Thats what I am complaining about when it comes to tango *sigh* I mean ... TANGO!

How ugly these people look. You don't even take the trouble of dressing to go out. I don't mean, silk and lace, I mean to simply look well, to have your clothes well put together. This is simply lack of respect for others. Really, this is how low things have got. This is your 'Peasantry" showing. And you Caucasians talk about how bad other Cultures dress, say Africa or other poor countries, you call them "Banana Republics." Yet, when these poor people go out, they dress to the NINES!

@Merejkowski The Schottis (as it is spelled in Sweden) may origin from central Europe, Bohemia, but the version dancing in pairs like here is indeed Swedish or Scandinavian. That is typical of the Swedish folk dances (walze, snoa, hambo, polska, mazurka, polka, schottis) that you dance in pairs normally, although most of them can be danced as a group as well.

Lovely video of a well-matched dance and tune. What is the name of the tune?

@nortenero My sister was playing a chotis here in Austin, Texas (we're from here), and I've never seen anyone dance a chotis/schotis/schottisches, but a family from MX (I want to say Monterrey) danced to it, a son and a mother. Dancing together like normal. They went to the guys left one, two, three, and then kick a little behind the other leg, then they traveled the other way, one, two, three kick. Is that how nortenos dance? You can check out her playing two schotises in my videos.

I grew up to this song around the Alsace communities in SW Texas, and it was very different from the couples dancing. In fact, it was a two-parter, first the Cotton-Eyed Joe, immediately flowed into the Shottis without changing partners. The dancers were lined up like spokes in a wheel, and the spokes revolved around the center 'hub'. The entire 'spoke' line swayed together with the familiar swagger, followed by the skipping. You'd think everyone in the line was drunk.

What's the song?

chingo carnales

@Heroe34ful Well but Jenkka is not the same as Schottis; the music is different and it is not danced in pairs, at least as I when I was dancing Jenkka in the gym class in school.

As always, tasteful and fun; good job Pat. It took me back to the sound of Cisco Huston in the 50's, but with much greater guitar artistry. Thanks!

Nice! They are playing the Thirsty Ear Festival in Santa Fe this year too!!

Great dance A1 Gents Allemand Left 1 1/2 scoop Neighbor into a CCW Promenade (big oval) (At last minute) Ladies roll back (Gents keep going Fwd) A2 Neighbor Gypsy and Swing B1 Promenade Back (CW), (when see Partner), Ladies Chain (back to partner) B2 Pass Thru across, Partner Swing