At the final Fried-for-All in April 2007, Fried Herman taught her dance The English Poacher, written for English country dance teacher, reconstructor, and historian Andrew Shaw. This video, taken on a small "toy" video, I'm afraid, is a record of Fried in her final year at Lenox, Mass. Despite the poor quality, the footage shows her musicality, temper, skill at story telling, fallibility, and brilliance. Pay special attention to what she asks of the band to make the dance more accessible to the dancers.
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