Fried de Metz Herman's Memorial Celebration

Dancers brought to life a program of Fried's inventive choreographies,

recalling her exhortation:

always strive to dance beautifully--with skill and with heart!

The program, listed below, included dances that were beloved by Fried

and touched many aspects of her life.

* 6 for the Six Proud Walkers (a dance pattern set to a tune by John Stapledon, who provided several of the excellent tunes Fried used in her compositions.)

* Impertinence (a classic dance of Fried's, set to a tune by Handel that she had played on the piano as a young girl.)

* Fandango (the dance that brought Fried & Al together.)

* The Severn Bore (one of the great triple time dances, written for Robert Moir to music by Corelli. The Severn Bore recalls Fried's exploits in England & her love of the natural world expressed in dance.)

* Church in the Highlands (with a tune by former CDW band member George Davis, this dance salutes the dance group Fried co-founded, the Country Dancers of Westchester, which dances at The Church in the Highlands in White Plains, NY.)

* Grief a la Mode (the one dance that Fried specifically requested be done at her memorial.)

* In the Sere (Fried's final dance composition & one of only three dances that she wrote for herself.)

* Saturday Triad (one of seven dances published in Serendipity written to thank the musicians who play for English country dancing Saturday, Sunday, Monday--every day of the week!)

* Peace Be with You (the dance ended with a recording of Fried's own voice saying, "This is 'Peace Be with You'--and Peace be with you!")