1800s

Shengzhang Tang

Message 20646 · 6 Mar 2000 21:18:33 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, TayHaven wrote:
> We have found references to The Wind that Shakes the Barley, the Flowers
> of Edinburgh and Soldier's Joy being danced here in Canada's Lanark
> County in the 1870's.
>
> Susan,
> Maberly, Ontario

If I remembered correctly, the dance "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" was
devised by Dothie recently (i.e., post formation of RSCDS), not a
traditional dance (it is, of course, in the traditional form). Is there
another traditional dance with the same name? The tune certainly is a
traditional tune and old favorite going back long time.
Shengzhang Tang
from New York for another 1.5 months