Dancing la Bourrée

[Ancienne Alliance]

We were in Italy a few days ago and the folks there wanted me to give them a little Bourrée masterclass !

So here we go. We started with a little French piping to get into the mood. These French Bagpipes are called a musettes. They are in "G". They reach an octave and a half; From G to high C. They have 2 drones.




The Bourrée is a French traditional dance in 2 lines.





Men on one side, ladies on the other.




After going back and forth twice with the bourrée step, we cross.... This is when some folks generaly get mixed up !




Once on the opposite side, we cross again with a fancy little swing but NO jumping : enery step should be slip & slide !




Nice and slick . Steady.




The thing is with the bourrée, as you may have noticed, couples dont touch each other.

Everything is going on in the glances, the smiles...

That's why it's so important to look at your partner, not at your feet : but that's a must with all dances, right ?

Everything should go perfectly well ... until your own wife just can't resist any longer and... well... just check out the next picture !

Yes, this shocking gesture is from , who would have thunk it ? Lady Chrystel herself !




hope you enjoyed,

Robert

[McMathTX]

While spelled slightly differently, bourre' is a card game of chance in South Louisiana. A game that I've had mixed luck with (due to no skill).
Dean

[Macman]

That looks like fun! Excellent pictures, Robert, especially the last one.

[McFarkus]

Great pictures! Now I finally know what musettes are as in the song

Il est ne le divin enfant
Jouez hautbois, resonnez musettes

Thanks

[Ancienne Alliance]

Great pictures! Now I finally know what musettes are as in the song

Il est ne le divin enfant
Jouez hautbois, resonnez musettes

Oui Monsieur, that's exactly it !

[Galician]

Great pictures! Now I finally know what musettes are as in the song

Il est né, le divin enfant
Jouez hautbois, resonnez musettes

Thanks

Oh, obviously a Christmas carol. How cool! Any idea from what time period it dates?

[Ancienne Alliance]

Oh, obviously a Christmas carol. How cool! Any idea from what time period it dates?

Should be seventeen hundreds (eighteenth century)

[Galician]

Merci bcp, Alliance.

Christmas carols can go back so far, I wonder if it might even be earlier. Does anyone one know the complete carol, and the melody for it?

[Ancienne Alliance]

Merci bcp, Alliance.

Christmas carols can go back so far, I wonder if it might even be earlier. Does anyone one know the complete carol, and the melody for it?

This is what I found :

http://www.paulcarey.net/X_Il_Est_Ne.htm

[way2fractious]

Great pic of the double box pleats in action. One can see why your lady wanted to touch them!

Looks like good fun.

w2f