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Re: Scottish Dance

April 7, 2006, 11:53 p.m. (Message 44990, in reply to message 44984)

Your selection is from a film called Scotland through her country 
dances, if I seem to remember correctly. I have a copy of it but it is 
packed away somewhere. I believe it was made featureing the dem team of 
the Edinburgh Branch some time in the 60´s. Someone may want to check 
with Mary Murray on this as I believe she was either a member at the 
time or a former member, I forget which. All of the dances in the film 
were RSCDS published, and they were done in a costume appropriate to 
the date of the dance and in appropriate locations. I remember Red 
House was done in 17c costumes, no kilts, and both men and women had 
wigs and high heeled shoes. Re Simon´s comment, I don´t think this was 
a McNab dance as I seem to remember all the dances being RSCDS, I could 
of course be wrong on this.