Hallo Tanja...ich habe nicht geprobt..ich bin einfach in der Nähe gelandet und habe alles auf Video gefilmt..

Nein, das ergibt sich so, weil die Mädchen ihren Wachstumsschub früher haben, als die Buben.

Ich glaube man kriegt, wen man kriegen kann. Es ist aber auch in der Schule so. Die meisten Mädchen sind größer bis in die Oberstufen, oder nicht?

This was recorded in Farchant, Bavaria. Maripol Film is just the name of the Channel.

Ja

Farchant is just north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen which is a big tourist destination, and folk dancing like this in not only tradition but part of the tourist attraction of the place. The kids start young as you can see. I remember when I was there in 1970. I was in the US Army and I was staying at an army hotel there with my mother who was visiting. She made friends with a sergeant staying there who spoke German and we went to an inn in Partenkirchen that wasn't a tourist place to have a Christmas goose dinner. Half way through, two young boys about 8 wandered in wearing traditional costumes, and carrying a portable record player. They plugged it in and started dancing a traditional schuplattler, and then went around collecting tips. There were no other tourists there except our party -- every one else was a local.