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RE: RE: Scottish Country Dancing VS Scottish Folk Dancing

Feb. 2, 2006, 11:45 p.m. (Message 44061, in reply to message 44023)

Hi Sophie,
   
  They did try a similar thing with Highland Dancing for the scottish
  bit of BBC Children in Need (Charity Television event) in November.
  They had three celebs (journalist, sports reporter and soap actress)
  and three competitive highland dancers and they had a week to learn
  two dances ( Highland Fling and the Lilt).  There was one judge from
  Strictly Come Dancing, a Highland Dance examiner and another panel
  member who escapes me at the moment.
   
  The result was absolutely hilarious.  The sports reporter won - purely on comedy value!
   
  Seonaid
  Markinch, Fife

Sophie Rickebusch <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
  Quoting mlamontbrown :

> widely publicised competition being on TV, where the winner was a
> professional
> cricketer, - during the competition they danced a variety of ballroom styles,

Oh dear, I'll have to try and forget who won before they show it here - we're 
about 2 years behind, the last series we had was won by a soap opera star.

While we're on the subject, how about an SCD version? One could have the 
celebrities dancing with dem teams from different branches, doing a different 
dance each week (as first couple, twice through, like for the teacher's certificate). 
They could start with a ceilidh dance the first week, then a reel or jig with no pdb 
and simple figures, then gradually increase the difficulty: strathspey, more 
complicated figures, pdb, etc. All that with 4 RSCDS examiners to do the judging 
and presented by Robbie Shepard, maybe? And of course, extra brownie point to 
any celebrity who manages to smile and look as though they're enjoying 
themselves while they're dancing!

:-)

Sophie
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Sophie Rickebusch
CH - Wettswil a. A.