strathspey@strathspey.org:27386

Ken McFarland

Re: Machine w/o Horses, additional thoughts

Sept. 15, 2001, 1:04 a.m. (Message 27386, in reply to message 27368)

>From: "Patricia Ruggiero" <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>

>I don't have a copy of R1772 and it doesn't seem to be in the Library of 
>Congress online dance archives.  I was wondering, Richard, if you could 
>post
>the *original* instructions to this dance.

Hi Pat -

I *do* have a photo copy of Rutherford - both I
and II - which is 200 dances per book, both dated
for that time period. I could not find Machine
Without Horses in either book, so perhaps Dick
Goss is referring to another Rutherford
publication?

You'd be amazed at the number of RSCDS dances
that do come from Rutherford, by the way. Many
people think (with good reason) that Rutherford
was the book that Miss Milligan referred to when
she was asked the question: "where do you get
the dances from?" And she replied: "I have a little
book"...:)

I'll be away for the next two weeks; I'll send you
a list of the dances that we use from Rutherford
when I return (unless someone else posts it before
then).

Cheers,
Ken McFarland