As I was looking at MyPlaylist for songs to fit my new historically romantic blog, I came across ragtime music. How I love ragtime! If I could dance, I would learn ragtime dancing--maybe I will anyway.
If you've ever thought about music, there is an endless repetition of scandal. Beginning, as far as I can tell, with the waltz in the 1800s--too close! Then, in the late 1800s, early 1900s, came ragtime. An awesome precursor to jazz, then rock and roll, (both words, my English professor tells me, used to be slang for sex), then the Beatles (gasp!), and eighties music... a category all its own... And rap... To think that one hundred years ago parents were complaining about the scandalous ragtime! What would be a parent's reaction today if a child listened to that kind of music? My dad's was: "You're weird." Hm... history is so interesting.
Here's some great instructions directly from the Castles.
(I know the images are small, but click on them to see the full instructions.)
i like it! the dance instructions are great....wish i could dance like that
ReplyDeleteI love the graphics and the work you have put into this whole page. You are so good at getting all the historical information. I cannot wait to read one of your books you are writing with all this info. mom
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