Kentucky Running Set

Kentucky Running Set workshop, led by Nigel and Annabel Sharp.

Dance Styles: Square Dance

Price: £10

Time: 11am to 4pm

Ticket Options: Pay on door

Kentucky Running Set workshop, led by Nigel and Annabel Sharp.
Easter Monday Bank Holiday.
Workshops 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm. Bring and Share Lunch (or bring your own lunch if you prefer) 1pm to 2pm. Tea and coffee provided.
No previous experience required.

Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles encountered Kentucky Running Set (KRS) on a visit to the Appalachians. Sharp devoted Part 5 of The Country Dance Book to KRS. This exhilarating form of country dancing has figures such as “The Wild Goose Chase”, “California Show Basket”, “Chase the Squirrel” and “Rattlesnake Twist”.
KRS does not involve running, nor any fancy foot work. The local term for having a dance was “running a set”. The figures run on from one to the next, so the dance does keep going for longer than a conventional square dance. Having evolved in small rooms, KRS is usually danced in square sets of 4 couples, but it can accommodate other numbers. Nowadays, with judicious choice of figures, it is often danced in big set formation. We will find a format that enables everyone to dance.