| 1. | technique questions - Ladies' Chain and All Round Poussette ... enough figure in 19th century >quadrilles. In > > a quadrille, I have never seen the chain danced on a diagonal, and > > in Clutha, for exampe I find it logical and pleasing to dance both >rights >& > > lefts and ladies' chain straight across the dance, ... Message 54208 · WENDY LOBERG · 16 November 2008 23:08:09 |
| 2. | technique questions - Ladies' Chain and All Round Poussette ... common enough figure in 19th century quadrilles. In > a quadrille, I have never seen the chain danced on a diagonal, and > in Clutha, for exampe I find it logical and pleasing to dance both rights & > lefts and ladies' chain straight across the dance, so ... Message 54207 · Iain Boyd · 16 November 2008 23:00:30 |
| 3. | technique questions ... common enough figure in 19th century quadrilles. In > a quadrille, I have never seen the chain danced on a diagonal, and > in Clutha, for exampe I find it logical and pleasing to dance both rights & > lefts and ladies' chain straight across the dance, so ... Message 54205 · Bruce Herbold · 16 November 2008 18:34:43 |
| 4. | technique questions ... a common enough figure in 19th century quadrilles. In a quadrille, I have never seen the chain danced on a diagonal, and in Clutha, for exampe I find it logical and pleasing to dance both rights & lefts and ladies' chain straight across the dance, so ... Message 54203 · Martin Sheffield · 16 November 2008 12:46:18 |
| 5. | Elephant Stampede ... of the Schihallion reels. That seems to be the nicest way to do it. one could even take hands and set as one does in Clutha. > > > The name of the dance refers to the tune 'Nellie the Elephant' which > apparently was an old TV tune, Yes, I'm old ... Message 53990 · Martin Sheffield · 30 October 2008 21:12:36 |
| 6. | Most frequent dances ... > > 39 Australian Ladies 38 > > > 40 MacDonald of the Isles 42 > > > 41 Ian Powrie's Farewell 43 > > > 42 Culla Bay 45 > > > 43 Clutha 35 > > > 44 John of Bon Accord 46 > > > 45 Flowers of Edinburgh 49 > > > 46 Sugar Candie 41 > > > 47 Nurseryman 54 > > > ... Message 53603 · Bruce Herbold · 24 September 2008 18:45:30 |
| 7. | Most frequent dances ... Jig 47 39 Australian Ladies 38 40 MacDonald of the Isles 42 41 Ian Powrie's Farewell 43 42 Culla Bay 45 43 Clutha 35 44 John of Bon Accord 46 45 Flowers of Edinburgh 49 46 Sugar Candie 41 47 Nurseryman 54 48 Festival Fling 40 49 J B ... Message 53602 · Campbell Tyler · 24 September 2008 16:28:00 |
| 8. | Clutha / Snizort ... : >Such a coincidence that this question should come up this week. Clutha >was the last dance on our March Social program on Sunday 15th. ... who hasn't got a clue-a!" > >I've always enjoyed "Clutha" especially the great hornpipe music. Why >isn't the dance ... Message 11323 · Graham Mackenzie · 21 March 1998 19:42:47 |
| 9. | Clutha Such a coincidence that this question should come up this week. Clutha was the last dance on our March Social program on Sunday ... who hasn't got a clue-a!" I've always enjoyed "Clutha" especially the great hornpipe music. Why isn't the dance categorized ... Message 11320 · Rebecca Sager · 21 March 1998 17:45:07 |
| 10. | Clutha ... someone please send me private e-mail about any SCD recording that > contains dance music for "CLUTHA?" > The music for Clutha is on Rob Gordon's Music for Book 31, RSCDS 12. Should be available from TAC and, ... Message 227 · Corson · 11 May 1994 07:53:13 |
| 11. | Clutha Graham enquired about the pronunciation of Clutha > The question is, should the name of the dance be pronounced > "Clew-ah" - as is the Gaelic word for the River Clyde, after which they > were named > or > "Cluth-ah" - with the "TH" sounding as ... Message 11304 · Malcolm & Helen Brown · 19 March 1998 21:25:56 |
| 12. | Clutha The attractive and vigourous dance Clutha (RSCDS Book 31) is said to represent the comings and goings of the 12 small ferries on the upper Clyde (Glasgow), which were called by that name during the period 1884-1903. They are well-documented in the ... Message 11297 · Graham Mackenzie · 19 March 1998 14:30:05 |
| 13. | Clutha Would someone please send me private e-mail about any SCD recording that contains dance music for "CLUTHA?" Message 218 · Richard Walker · 9 May 1994 08:22:01 |
| 14. | Clutha > The question is, should the name of the dance be pronounced > "Clew-ah" - as is the Gaelic word for the River Clyde, after which they > were named > or > "Cluth-ah" - with the "TH" sounding as in normal English [oops - sorry, > Scots] ? I've ... Message 11311 · Lisa Nelsen-Woods · 20 March 1998 18:35:40 |
| 15. | clutha There is already a publication called the Ramsay Index, which indexes the dances on about 115 Scottish dance records. I have a copy in front of me. The various sections are as follows: -- an alphabetic index of the albums by recording group, -- a " ... Message 228 · Eric Clyde · 12 May 1994 01:03:40 |
| 16. | Clutha ETC., I wasn't planning to start something unless there were a vacuum. It seems as if several "projects" are underway to fill the vacuum. If I can help in some modest way I'll be glad to try. Unfortunately I dont have Lotus. I'm a Mac user and a Unix user, ... Message 225 · Paul Derek Hemenway · 11 May 1994 02:54:26 |
| 17. | Clutha ETC., Actually, I'm using Lotus Approach to put together just such a database. I'm using joins to tie recordings, to tunes, to dances, to instruction=20 sources ... "and off we go to the Milky Way." It is slow, but sure. My problem was that when I got started ... Message 224 · Richard Walker · 11 May 1994 01:20:08 |
| 18. | Clutha ETC., Hi Paul, and others who contributed to this thread last year (1993) > Your question raises a nice general question: > > Is anyone maintaining a general list of recorded or sheet music for > dances in general, equivalent to the Napier books for SCD ... Message 223 · Hills · 10 May 1994 19:51:28 |
| 19. | clutha Hi, Richard, Your question raises a nice general question: Is anyone maintaining a general list of recorded or sheet music for dances in general, equivalent to the Napier books for SCD dances? I think I'll post that and see what response I get. Just ... Message 221 · Paul Derek Hemenway · 10 May 1994 11:40:54 |
| 20. | dance pronunciations Wasn't the "Clutha" also a well-known pleasure steamer in the halcyon days of ganging "Doon the watter", ... : Friday, June 21, 2002 4:10 AM Subject: Re: dance pronunciations > Is that "Clutha" as in ... > |klu-a|, |klu-ta|, |klu-tha|. > > Interesting word ... Message 31236 · Andrew Smith · 21 June 2002 08:41:42 |