Dancing weekly in March. And, "But 'twas a famous victory."
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katia mucha
Mar 20, 2026, 7:11:22 AM (6 days ago) Mar 20
to International Folk Dance Club of Detroit
Hi, dancers,
Enjoy dancing on the first day of spring at BACC at 7pm.
Spring begins at 10:46 am, today, Friday, March 20.
Dancing is scheduled for all Mondays and Fridays in March.
Complimentary Bulgarian folk dance lessons at the BACC
Saturday, 3/21 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. 1451 E Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI 48083
Although the war of choice in Iran continues for the 21st day using modern,
sophisticated, military technology, "The Battle of Blenheim," a poem written in
1796 by Robert Southey seems relevant today.
- Blindheim (Blenheim) was a village on the Danube River in Bavaria.
In this timeless, narrative poem, an old man's grandchildren Wilhemine
and Peterkin, have found a human skull while playing, and when Wilhemine asks,
"Now tell us all about the war,
- And what they kill'd each other for," grandfather Kaspar explains.
- Beginning here with stanza VII.
My father lived at Blenheim then,
Yon little stream hard by,
They burnt his dwelling to the ground
And he was forced to fly;
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head.
VIII.
With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,
And many a childing mother then,
And new-born infant died.
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory.
IX.
They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won,
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that you know must be
After a famous victory.
X.
Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won,
And our good Prince Eugene.—
Why 'twas a very wicked thing!
Said little Wilhelmine.
Nay—nay—my little girl, quoth he,
It was a famous victory.
XI.
And every body praised the Duke
Who such a fight did win.
But what good came of it at last?—
Quoth little Peterkin.
Why that I cannot tell, said he,
But 'twas a famous victory.
They burnt his dwelling to the ground
And he was forced to fly;
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head.
VIII.
With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,
And many a childing mother then,
And new-born infant died.
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory.
IX.
They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won,
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that you know must be
After a famous victory.
X.
Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won,
And our good Prince Eugene.—
Why 'twas a very wicked thing!
Said little Wilhelmine.
Nay—nay—my little girl, quoth he,
It was a famous victory.
XI.
And every body praised the Duke
Who such a fight did win.
But what good came of it at last?—
Quoth little Peterkin.
Why that I cannot tell, said he,
But 'twas a famous victory.
For the entire poem and more, click here.
For Educational Purposes Only
Friday Dancing Weekly in March
Balkan American Community Center at 7pm
1451 E Big Beaver Rd
Troy, MI 48083
Troy, MI 48083
On the north side of Big Beaver just east of Rochester Rd., very close to I-75.
Donations, please.
Monday Dancing Weekly in March
Mahaney Meininger Center, 7:30 pm
3500 Marais, Royal Oak, 48073
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