strathspey@strathspey.org:44972

Andrew C Aitchison

RE: Over 700 schoolchildren dance in Glasgow

April 3, 2006, 7:28 p.m. (Message 44972, in reply to message 44938)

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, mlamontbrown wrote:

> I always find it sad that young competitive highland dancers rarely 
> transform into the next generation of Scottish Country dancer.

I'd be surprised if they did. If they can't compete at the level they 
used to, SCD is going to seem like a big step down that just reminds them 
how far the have retreated. I'd expect them to teach highland or take up 
something completely different.