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Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
| 1. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) ... Sent: 23 June 2008 15:49 To: SCD news and discussion Subject: RE: Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) > However, I would modify the comment that the stamp was "always on the right ... Message 52897 · Pia · 23 June 2008 16:52:09 |
| 2. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) ... <jan.rudge@hotmail.co.uk> To: "SCD news and discussion" <strathspey@strathspey.org> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:43 AM Subject: Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) Message 52893 · Andrew Smith · 23 June 2008 08:24:33 |
| 3. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) Chris wrote: > When I first learned the Hebridean Weaving Lilt, the step was R-L-R-hop (on > R foot), L-R-L-hop (on L foot) etc., with a kind of stamp on the first beat > of each bar. > > However, a ... Message 52892 · Jan Rudge · 23 June 2008 06:43:48 |
| 4. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) > Dear All, > > As several others have replied this is the Hebridean Weaving Lilt. A very > enjoyable dance to do and a good one to use as a contrast at dems or > festivals and for a "costume" change. The men used to wear trousers and > ... Message 45004 · Ron Mackey · 11 April 2006 00:23:57 |
| 5. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) Dear All, As several others have replied this is the Hebridean Weaving Lilt. A very enjoyable dance to do and a good one to use as a contrast at dems or festivals and for a "costume" change. The men used to wear trousers and everybody in hard ... Message 45001 · Alan Harrison · 10 April 2006 10:05:15 |
| 6. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) ... org]On Behalf Of Alan Paterson Sent: 08 April 2006 09:57 To: SCD news and discussion Subject: Re: Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) On 08/04/2006 01:48, Chris1Ronald@aol.com wrote: > > And the ... Message 44996 · Pia · 8 April 2006 12:33:01 |
| 7. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt This past summer our group performed the Hebridean Weaving Lilt at the Scottish Pavilion of Saskatoon's Folk festival. While learning this dance we found some of the wording in the instructions ... Message 76 · williamc · 12 November 1993 03:30:31 |
| 8. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt One of the two groups I regularly dance in, Huntsville group did the Herbridean Weaving Lilt fairly recently, not for Demo, but just for ... the about 1.5 sec per bar in Herbridean Weaving Lilt recording). We had fun doing it even though ... Message 82 · Shengzhang Tang · 17 November 1993 16:23:47 |
| 9. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) ... the 'correct' tune: Brochan Lom. This discussion reminds me that I've been intending to teach the Hebridean Weaving Lilt for quite some time. But I have a question. When I learned it, we certainly ... Message 44992 · Chris1Ronald · 8 April 2006 01:48:49 |
| 10. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt ... the listserv requests the following: For a performance I would appreciate having information on the Hebridean Weaving Lilt, especially age, history and meaning of the various figures. Please send your reply (or at ... Message 10562 · Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov · 4 February 1998 06:08:06 |
| 11. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt ... fast. If you are working with the music I'm used to for the dance (we always called it Heb Weaving Lilt but I'm sure it has another name) try singing the words "Broccoli and cauliflower, broccoli in the sewer" to ... Message 79 · harvey · 15 November 1993 23:36:11 |
| 12. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) I *think* that's how I recall being taught it as well (back in the '80s). We learned it from Marjorie McL. at VOM Fiddle Camp. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Andrew Smith <afsmith@talktalk.net> wrote: > ....However, I would modify the comment that ... Message 52900 · Monica Pollard · 23 June 2008 17:01:25 |
| 13. | Hebridean Weaving Lilt (was SCD is challenging, not fun) > However, I would modify the comment that the stamp was "always on the right > foot" as somewhat misleading. If you listen to the music the emphasis is on > the first right foot of each bar, so you have R-l-r-l, R-l-r-l, R.... i.e. every other R foot. ... Message 52896 · Jan Rudge · 23 June 2008 16:48:40 |
| 14. | (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) Me too - especially practising in Old Aberdeen High Street going from dem. practice to the pub - the High Street was cobbled at the time! I remember someone stopped us to ask the score - they thought we were coming from Pittodrie (when the Dons were still ... Message 45006 · Helen Beaney · 11 April 2006 11:56:13 |
| 15. | (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) How does this differ from the Foula Reel? mm Message 45000 · M.G. Mudrey, Jr. · 10 April 2006 02:36:17 |
| 16. | (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) Martin wrote: "And I remember how tiring it was marking the beat on the same foot -- in hard shoes -- throughout the dance ! Which is one reason why I've never wanted to teach it, even though I do remember enjoying the dance itself, and may ... Message 44998 · Chris1Ronald · 8 April 2006 16:04:27 |
| 17. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) > Is the singer Iain Stuart Robertson? Yes, It's Iain Stuart Robertson and as Richard Goss says the dancers were from the Edinburgh Dem Team of the 1960's, maybe even late 1950's. Film is in the RSCDS archive. Jean Martin Message 44997 · Jean Martin · 8 April 2006 13:27:26 |
| 18. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) On 08/04/2006 01:48, Chris1Ronald@aol.com wrote: > > And the singer is singing the 'correct' tune: > Brochan Lom. Is the singer Iain Stuart Robertson? Alan Message 44995 · Alan Paterson · 8 April 2006 10:56:39 |
| 19. | (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) ----- Original Message ----- From: "madgelaing" > "What steps do you use for this dance?" > We used the running step R L R L with a strong distinctly marked beat on > the > first beat ... And I remember how tiring it was marking the beat on the same ... Message 44994 · mj.sheffield · 8 April 2006 08:32:13 |
| 20. | Scottish Dance (Hebridean Weaving Lilt) Chris New York asks, "What steps do you use for this dance?" We used the running step R L R L with a strong distinctly marked beat on the first beat of each bar (as stated in the original instructions.) A satisfying dance when it is well done. Madge ... Message 44993 · madgelaing · 8 April 2006 04:05:31 |
