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The 'Blaauwe Boer' is part of a collection of 996 very popular Dutch dance tunes from round 1700. In Holland we only have the tunes. To our regret we didn't have a dancing master like John Playford who published his first 'English Dancing Master' in 1651. Elsche wrote a new dance to this Dutch tune in the English tradition.
The inspiration for this dance came after listening to a CD by the
Danish accordion player Carl Erik Lundgaard Jensen. The third track on
the CD called 'Valsen til Christine' affected Elsche in such a way that a
dance was written. She had the opportunity to show the dance to mister
Jensen. He was very touched by the steps to his music.
This tune is previously published in the Sussex Tune Book, which mentioned the Welch Family Manuscript (England about 1800). Elsche was inspired both by the music and by the dance figure 'das kleine Fenster' from an Austrian dance called 'Ländler'. The same 'little window' is also known in the Cajun Jitterbug.
A friend of Elsche's suggested this tune to her on the occasion of the first Dutch Dance Workshop in 1997 organized by the display team Pieremachochel.
The tune for this dance was written by Henrik Holm as a gift for
Elsche on the occasion of her 40th birthday. Henrik is of Swedish
nationality. He was a member of the display team Pieremachochel for many
years.
A dance made by Elsche Korf in 1987 to a traditional Dutch tune.
A dance made by Anne Sanson-Catz around 1925 to a traditional tune
'Oude Passepie' published in 'Hollantsche Schouburg', Amsterdam
(1696-1716).
The name of the dance demands an explanation. 'Pot' is from a pub in
Utrecht called 't Oude Pothuys', which has a coffee-pot painted on the
sign-board outside. 'Cees', pronounced as 'case' stands for the late
'Cees Eekels'. He was the last old-fashioned accordion and melodeon
builder in Holland. 'Tonia' stands for 'Elsche' because Cees persistently
addressed Elsche as Tonia during a visit. Cees played 'valse inconnue'
for her then.
A friend of Elsche's suggested this tune to her on the occasion of the first Dutch Dance Workshop in 1997 organized by the display team Pieremachochel. From Tune Books like 'Hollantsche Schouburgh' we have it that dances like the rigodon were very popular in Holland round 1700. the dance Elsche wrote got its style from the TV series 'Pride and Prejudice'. In particular Mr. Beveridge's Maggot.
In Dutch manuscripts from around 1700 there are many tunes with the word 'Schots' in the title. 'Schots' in Dutch has many meanings, one of them being 'from Scotland'. Out of many tunes only 'Schots Air' has the particular Scotch snap. In Holland we have in manuscripts from around 1700 over 1500 dance tunes. Sadly enough we don't have any dance descriptions. We didn't have a dancing master like John Playford who published the first edition of the 'English Dancing Master' in 1651. Both Dutch and English choreographers can't resist the temptation to write new dances to these tunes.
The music was found in Visser's manuscript (1817-1821). A Swedish way of dancing mazurka inspired Elsche to write this dance.
Copyright 2001, Elsche Korf.
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