strathspey@strathspey.org:47439

ron.mackey

Re: Pilling diagrams

Dec. 8, 2006, 1:16 a.m. (Message 47439, in reply to message 47404)

> Although my early dancing pre-dates the first Pilling by 9 years, 
> interestingly I've always seen a set just as Pilling does, that is as if 
> from the west balcony of the Younger Hall.  It crossed my mind to wonder if 
> he, too, sat in that same balcony (or a similar one) in the early fifties, 
> and it was there that he had his great inspiration.  It would go a long way 
> to explaining his choice of symbols  -  particularly those for casting and 
> leading  -  as, unless one leans over the rail, they are exactly what you 
> see most prominently down below!
> 
> John M Sturrock

	That's an interesting thought, John.
I'm usually too busy with a camera to have such profound thoughts! 
Salve
Ron