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>You could probably refer to Bush Dancing in Australia >as English Ceilidh Dancing. It has been a number of >years since I have done Bush Dancing in Australia, and >I knew less then, so I can't be sure just what their >repertoir includes, but English Ceilidh dances are >aimed at the same feel and purpose. The term English >Country Dance is used to refer to quite a wide range >of dance styles, from first edition Playford dances, >to modern dances in that style, to modern dances in >modern styles, some slow and elegant, some complicated >and intricate, to simple Community Dances Manual >style, to simple but lively English Ceilidh, and even >more, all gets called Egnlish Country Dance. > >So, you could call the Bush Dances ECD, and be >correct, but you could also be more specific. There >has recently (and currently) been a detailed >discussion of the subject starting with the title "oh >I get it now" on the ECD discussion list. the archives >of which are at: > http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ECD.html > >And you can join the list yourself somehow, perhaps by >sending a request to: >ECD-REQUEST@playford.slac.stanford.edu >or if that doesn't work, contact Alan Winston, at >winston@slac.stanford.edu > >>I do a lot of bush dancing in Australia. Why isn't it >>called English Country Dancing? It all seems the same, >>just bush dancing is simpler.

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