[MR] An Invitation of Grand Importance (30-Year)

[Lady Alexandra Scott]

Your presence is requested 
at the 

30th Anniversary Ball 
  
celebrating the  
Kingdom of Atlantia 

Sunday, September 4, A.S. 46 
at seven o'clock in the evening 

Stately attire of your choice 

Baronage to follow Their Royal Majesties entrance in the Carolingian Pavan 
Dance instruction follows below 



Good evening, all ~ 
The 30-Year Anniversary Ball is this coming Sunday.  Please assemble as close to 7pm as possible.  We should have a good group to lineup.  I am sending these written dance steps in addition to a video link that shows the pavane steps.  For the purpose of this event, we will use the Carolingian Pavane.  The video gives sample of the steps but not the correct sequence.  These instructions will give you what you need to know.  
We will be on-site and having dance practices if you wish to double check your steps prior to the ball on Sunday.  Please consult your schedule for locations or seek Lady Alexandra Scott/Lady Elizabeth Sabine at the Royal encampment. 
We do look forward to having you contribute to the splendor of the event.  Please encourage your groups to attend and/or participate. 
Graciously,
Alexandra
864.617.4582 (Verizon mobile) 
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10z9b_PRXw&playnext=1&list=PL49A60A15A73A48FE
 Carolingian Pavane
Source: apparently a mutated practice pavan originating with Ingrid Brainard;  the music is ``Belle qui tiens ma vie'' (Arbeau, 1589). 
Setting: A processional line of couples. 
Version: 1.1 
One ``pavane set'' of steps is a single, single, double. 
A:  1- 8 One pavane set forward. 9-16 One pavane set forward. 17-24 One pavane set backwards. 25-32 One pavane set forwards. B:  1-16 Men kneel. Women go around men in 2 pavane sets 17-32 Men rise. Men go around women in 2 pavane sets. 
Henry of Maldon says that Patri claims that this dance is a folk-dance  version of a teaching dance originally written by Ingrid Brainard. Most folks  seem to believe that Patri himself wrote it. 
It is helpful if the men turn to face their partner when kneeling. This keeps  their hind leg out of the way. As played in the SCA, there is occasionally a  pause of approximately one measure between repetitions of the music. 
Another way that this dance is done is with 3 sets forward and one back,  instead of 2 forward, one back, one forward. 
One funny story told about this dance, perhaps apocryphal: At a mundane dance  class, the teacher claims that pavanes go back to the 1200's or so. A student  asks what the evidence is, and the teacher replies, ``Well, we have this pavane  from Carolingia...'' 
The Evans/Sutton translation of Arbeau gives the words as: 
Fair, one who holds my heart / Captive within thine eyes, Whose gracious smiles impart / Secrets of Paradise, Give me hope to cherish / For without I perish. Give me hope to cherish / For without I perish. Fly not, I entreat thee, / For in thy presence fair I am lost completely / To myself and care. Thy divine perfection / Claims my whole affection. Thy divine perfection / Claims my whole affection. [...]
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Alexandra Scott de Northumberland
Argent, a stag statant and on a chief Azure an increscent between two mullets of six points Or
Haus Von RothenburgAire Faucon, Sacred Stone, ATLANTIA