strathspey@strathspey.org:27719

Ken McFarland

RE: Lady Hamilton's Strathspey / Turkish Dances

Oct. 4, 2001, 1:29 a.m. (Message 27719)

> > From: Bruce Hamilton
> > John Drewry wrote it on Ken McFarland's tour to Turkey last
> > October, and
> > dedicated it to my wife, Jo Hamilton.  I have the directions here

>Has the dance been published yet?  Do you think John would object to >your 
>putting the full directions out on strathspey?
>Norah

I checked with John Drewry by telephone today, and he said that TACBooks has 
just published the dance in two books titled "The Turkish Book" (all dances 
from that trip to Turkey) and "Greenburn Book Vol 3", where 3 or 4 dances 
from the trip are included. The Turkish trip stimulated him more than some 
other trips have: he wrote 20 new dances.
Eastern Promise is another good strathspey from the book, and The Whirling 
Dervishes is a challenging "vertiginous" reel! You can reach TACBooks by 
email at xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx

Ken McFarland