strathspey@strathspey.org:45178

Stella Fogg

The Gary Strathspey

May 6, 2006, 5:04 p.m. (Message 45178, in reply to message 45177)

This message should be in the Strathspey archives as I believe it was a 
response to Etienne ozorak.......

Dear Gary,

I'm curious to know more about this dance.  I understand that your father 
composed the Jigtime Polka.  How did it come about being used as the 
original for the Garry Strathspey?

Because the Garry Strathspey was invented for me.  This dance was devised at 
the time of my birth, by a man called Cosh, (only problem was, that he spelt 
my name wrong!)
Thanks for enquiring
BTW.  As you will probably been aware of, the Jigtime polka was written for 
a TV show, of the same name on which my father and his band played.  But, 
the tune my father originally wrote for the programme was called "The Bute 
Polka", and for some reason, he decided to change it.  I don't know if I 
told you or not, but I managed to get three episodes of "Jigtime" onto 
video.  One was from 1957, one from 1958 and one from 1962.  There were only 
the three episodes left in STV's archives, so I count myself lucky!
Salut
Gary Blair (ecosse)

Stella Fogg
Richmond, VA