I got to dance after all!
Jun. 29th, 2008 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaAs I mentioned earlier in the week, I had been torn between two fun activities for Saturday evening. On one hand I could go to the Contra Dance and spend several hours dancing, on the other I could go to the performance of Harlequin and see their first performance in the new costumes that I helped them to create. Alas, as the two venues are a good 30 minute drive apart from one another the only way to do both would involve missing a good chunk of both, so I opted not to be greedy and finally decided to just go listen to Harlequin.
Now normally when Harlequin plays there is a group of us who dance whilst they play--improvising dances we know from the SCA for from folk dancing to fit the music on a spur of the moment basis. Alas, most of those dancers were going to be at the Contra Dance (go figure), so I rather expected that I wouldn't get to dance, so I settled in to the couch in the front row and worked on Nålbinding instead. However, at intermission I discovered that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madryn_1960 had arrived when I wasn't looking, so for the second set she, baronsnorri and I did a simple bransle before he sat down and left she and I to do a variety of other dances for the rest of the evening. Although we tried encouraging the other audience members to join us, the others all seemed to be content to simply sit and listen to the music.
One of the reasons I'd wanted especially to attend was so that I could get pictures of the band in their new costumes. So, did I remember to bring my camera? No, of course not! However, thanks to Rob & Alisa of Pendragon Hall I have a few photos to share.
The entire band
Me dancing.
and one of the Moraharpa because it is such a cool instrument!
Alas, I don't yet have a good photo of them with their costumes really showing well, but they also had a camera in use all evening, and promised me copies...
Now normally when Harlequin plays there is a group of us who dance whilst they play--improvising dances we know from the SCA for from folk dancing to fit the music on a spur of the moment basis. Alas, most of those dancers were going to be at the Contra Dance (go figure), so I rather expected that I wouldn't get to dance, so I settled in to the couch in the front row and worked on Nålbinding instead. However, at intermission I discovered that
madryn_1960 had arrived when I wasn't looking, so for the second set she, baronsnorri and I did a simple bransle before he sat down and left she and I to do a variety of other dances for the rest of the evening. Although we tried encouraging the other audience members to join us, the others all seemed to be content to simply sit and listen to the music.One of the reasons I'd wanted especially to attend was so that I could get pictures of the band in their new costumes. So, did I remember to bring my camera? No, of course not! However, thanks to Rob & Alisa of Pendragon Hall I have a few photos to share.
The entire band Me dancing. and one of the Moraharpa because it is such a cool instrument! Alas, I don't yet have a good photo of them with their costumes really showing well, but they also had a camera in use all evening, and promised me copies...
