strathspey@strathspey.org:8407

Ian Brockbank 05-Jan-1995 0951

RE: Mairi's Wedding

Aug. 1, 1997, 11:29 a.m. (Message 8407, in reply to message 8323)

Jon Kay <xxxx@xx.xxxx.xxx> writes

> I think the problem here is really that Mairi's Wedding and
> Montgomeries' Rant are danced so frequently that people forget
> they are actually complicated.  I doubt that would have happened, say,
> with Black Mountain Reel.

You forgot regional variation in repertoire, Jon.  Among New Scotland when 
I was starting to dance Black Mountain Reel fell into the same category as 
Mairi's Wedding - good hooley in which to let one's hair down - and 
Montgomeries' Rant didn't.

Just throwing in my twopenn'orth.

Ian

BTW Just out of curiosity, where are you based?  It didn't seem to show up 
in your signature.

--
xxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Edinburgh, Scotland