[Squaredancing] (no subject)

[Cynde Sadler]

Then I'm afraid I feel forced to tell a story that amuses me...
Last weekend I was at a Finno-Swedish folkdance festival. There we were 
required to wear our folk costumes representing our home towns during the 
festivities but allowed to wear casual, comfortable clothing for the dance 
that went on into the wee hours. One little girl about the age of 16 looked 
lovely in her costume: a homespun woolen striped vest and skirt, a woolen 
apron, a blousy sleeved linen blouse with some hand made lace on the cuffs 
and collar, a little cup hat adorned with tatted lace, knee high white 
stockings and black shoes.
Well, she went back to change into something more comfortable and what she 
showed up in was all of the above... BUT she had replaced the woolen skirt 
and apron (and cotton petticoat) with black short-shorts! Hotpants! We about 
fell over then began wondering what the world would say if we all just 
removed our skirts and carried on with the casual attire. It sure looked a 
lot cooler than we were feeling! And she looked absolutely adorable.
God love the little children who make waves and changes!


> I have to admit...............I've never heard of a square dance with
> dancers who are in various stages of nudity!!   As interesting as that 
> might be, I
> believe I will also skip this type of event!!
>
> Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and opinions.
>
> Sheree