strathspey@strathspey.org:8345

Jan Wilson

Re: Mairi's Wedding

July 30, 1997, 8:55 a.m. (Message 8345, in reply to message 8323)

The very first Social I attended had Mairi's Wedding on the programme.  I
was apprehensive about venturing out and had, I hoped, learnt most of the
dances on the programme.  My friend (also a new dancer) and I decided that
we knew Mairi's Wedding well enough to take our place on the floor.
Imagine our horror when we found the first couple dancing reels which were
certainly NOT the reels we had learnt - it very nearly put me off SCD
forever.  It is also worth noting that of the 8 people in that particular
set FOUR of them were certificated teachers!  And all of them knew that we
were very new dancers!

Again I guess it gets back to one of my favourite "hobbyhorses" and that is
that teachers really do need to set a reasonably good example.

Now that I am teaching I do tell dancers what they are likely to experience
BUT I much prefer my own class to dance dances as they are written (I must
admit that I do have some renegades!)

Jan Wilson
Sydney, Australia