I should also add that the 14 count “Dick Crum version” is not done the same way all over. The arguments are usually about whether the step is on the beat or whether it begins with the hop, like most of the Bulgarian versions you started out with in the article. In St. Louis, where Dick taught it, we do the 14 count version with a hop on the beat. Interestingly, Yves Moreau taught it with a step on the beat, as per your video.
The dance is also done in NE Greece, and is called “Stis Tris”. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXtLLvUX-Es&list=RDgXtLLvUX-Es&start_radio=1 . Of course many of the Greeks there, especially around the Evros valley, are descended from Greeks who were forced to migrate there from Bulgaria. The dance is popular among Greek-Americans as well, these days.
It looks like a dance party hosted by the Seattle Balkan Dancers, at the Russian Center (in Seattle). I recognize many dancers, and the location, as I belonged to that group for several years.
I remember learning Trite Puti at Stockton Folk Dance Camp, in 1957, with Dick Crum. It is the same version that the Ottawa, Canada group does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHfqowfn54. It’s a fun dance that you don’t see done very often anymore.
Dick Weston, Prescott International Folk Dancers, Prescott, Arizona
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I should also add that the 14 count “Dick Crum version” is not done the same way all over. The arguments are usually about whether the step is on the beat or whether it begins with the hop, like most of the Bulgarian versions you started out with in the article. In St. Louis, where Dick taught it, we do the 14 count version with a hop on the beat. Interestingly, Yves Moreau taught it with a step on the beat, as per your video.
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The dance is also done in NE Greece, and is called “Stis Tris”. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXtLLvUX-Es&list=RDgXtLLvUX-Es&start_radio=1 . Of course many of the Greeks there, especially around the Evros valley, are descended from Greeks who were forced to migrate there from Bulgaria. The dance is popular among Greek-Americans as well, these days.
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I wrote that, but forgot to log in.
-John Uhlemann
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p.s. to clarify, it is a party
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Do tell, where is it? I’ll add the location to the post.
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It looks like a dance party hosted by the Seattle Balkan Dancers, at the Russian Center (in Seattle). I recognize many dancers, and the location, as I belonged to that group for several years.
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hi Don! I actually know where the last video is th
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I remember learning Trite Puti at Stockton Folk Dance Camp, in 1957, with Dick Crum. It is the same version that the Ottawa, Canada group does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHfqowfn54. It’s a fun dance that you don’t see done very often anymore.
Dick Weston, Prescott International Folk Dancers, Prescott, Arizona
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