Tommy and Betty
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tommy-and-betty-301-3005263
title:
Tommy and Betty
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Tommy and Betty are two roles in rapper sword dance that represent the father and mother of the dancers. The Tommy and Betty often introduce the dance to the audience and seek to engage the audience. As with so many traditional dances in England and Europe, these characters are integral to the tradition, and their role was documented in all of the earliest published descriptions of the Northumbrian dance – descriptions which pre-date the introduction of the flexible rapper sword which so fundame
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Roles in rapper sword dance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_and_Betty
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2024-03-07T12:26:38Z
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