strathspey@strathspey.org:27821

Norah Link

RE: Lady Hamilton's Strathspey / Turkish Dances

Oct. 9, 2001, 4:30 p.m. (Message 27821, in reply to message 27719)

Thank you Ken!

regards,
Norah

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken McFarland [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx]
> Sent: October 3, 2001 7:29 PM
> To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: RE: Lady Hamilton's Strathspey / Turkish Dances
> 
> 
> 
> > > 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
> 
> 
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