Author: Dorothy McLean
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What is the waltz for?
I am indebted to a Facebook-using reader of Dr. Kwasnieski’s “Tradition & Sanity” substack for asking “How is dancing with members of the opposite sex better than other forms of […]
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Closer to heaven
I had two unpleasant shocks on Thursday. The first was the ferocious attack by a small but deeply convinced minority upon the “Tradition & Sanity” post to which I contributed […]
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Against ‘singles’ dances
TL/DR: Dances should be for adolescents and adults of an entire community, while acknowledging that single, childless people are the cohort most likely to attend. Entitling a book “Seraphic Singles” […]
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An argument for live music
In his astonishing yet compelling essay “A Different Drummer,” Michael Platt reviles the advent of amplification and its driving of music out of cozy rooms into enormous halls. Like other […]
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How to ask for a dance
Gentlemen tell me that asking a lady for a dance is difficult at first but easier with practice. At Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party, we are old school, so waltz lessons […]