Ramblin' Rosie (cc: dance subtitles)

Ramblin' Rosie
duple minor longways improper Gm 2/2
Odd Calculated Figures (Roodman), 2008
"Ramblin' Rosie" tune by Steve Maranto
Fast Friends, CDSS 2011

Dance Mistress: Adina Gordon

Music by: A Trip to Norwich - Carol Compton, Thal Aylward, Rachel Clark

Dance Organizer: Ann Thomas

Registrar: Diane Bell

Danced in the Albany Shaker Museum at the Stockade Assembly May 15, 2016.

"The unusual musical phrasing in this infectious tune by Steve Maranto often surprises both dancers and musicians the first few times through. A wonderful tension and drive is created as the last bar of the B music suddenly wraps around into the first bar of the A music."
(Note from the Bare Necessities Fast Friends Volume 15 CD)

This Shaker Meeting House, or Church, was built in 1848 to replace an earlier (1791) and much smaller Meeting House. It demonstrates many typical characteristics of Shaker architecture; double doors, one for men and one for women; a large meeting room with no columns to allow the dancing which was part of their worship; a separate area for visitors; and simplicity of design and detail.

Shaker Heritage Society: https://home.shakerheritage.org/