strathspey@strathspey.org:8441

Peter M. Price

Re: Drumelzier

Aug. 3, 1997, 10:11 p.m. (Message 8441, in reply to message 8383)

The quote is from _The Territoriial Enterprise_ Virginaia City, Nevada c.1862. I
believe this to be a newspaper and describes a social, It, unfor- tunately, has
nothing to do with Scottish dance but it does sound good.


>>The dancers are formed in two long ranks, facing each other, and the battle
opens with some light skirmishing between the pickets, which is gradually
resolved into a general engagement along the whole line; after that you have
nothing to do but stand by and grab every lady that drifts within reach of you,
and swing her. It is very entertaining, and elaborately scientific also.
Samuel Clemens,	1862             
>>

Peter Price
New Haven, Ct
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