The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
| 1. | MacDonald of Sleat ... Kong folk dance society with a number of questions about this dance. I can ... t give him any information about MacDonald of Sleat the person. Nor am I ... I hope you could answer me! >> Q1: Is the scottish dance "MacDonald of Sleat"a lowland dance or highland ... Message 24347 · Jean Young · 11 January 2001 06:27:38 |
| 2. | MacDonald of Sleat ... da= nce > society with a number of questions about this dance. I ... 't think the name, = MacDonald of Sleat, refers to any particular ... and lowlands in the south of Scotland than they are with ... try to resist the temptation of appearing in = public with one ... Message 24349 · Anselm Lingnau · 11 January 2001 09:47:05 |
| 3. | MacDonald of Sleat ... student generation (not to mention some of us who are way past their student days.) I can think of several reasons: it's good fun ... 3:49 PM Subject: Re: MacDonald of Sleat > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 ... I wouldn't quite consider McD of S a social dance, either, ... Message 24387 · David Hind · 12 January 2001 12:27:13 |
| 4. | MacDonald of Sleat ... to reinforce Lara's point - "Macdonald of Sleat" is still done frequently as a ... 49 The Montgomeries' Rant 49 The Bees of Maggieknockater 48 Johnnie Walker 48 The ... time I danced with the University of Edinburgh > New Scotland Country Dance Society ... Message 24386 · unix · 12 January 2001 10:57:17 |
| 5. | MacDonald of Sleat ... running an annual dance for well over 20 > years now, and MacDonald of Sleat is the only dance that has ... then made a complete and utter hash of by the dancers on the floor ( ... to some marketing researcher's idea of what is `easier' for someone who's ... Message 24388 · Anselm Lingnau · 12 January 2001 12:47:26 |
| 6. | Macdonald of Sleat question I have a question about bars 57-60 of the dance Macdonald of Sleat. At the end of the "picking up" figure, the 1C and 2C are in a line ... the men's side, with the women on ends of the line. i.e. 2W 2M 1M 2W (top) ... Message 14305 · Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov · 5 November 1998 21:21:03 |
| 7. | Macdonald of Sleat question ... question about bars 57-60 of the dance Macdonald of Sleat. At = the end of the "picking up" figure, the 1C and 2C ... side, with the women on ends of the line. i.e. = 2W 2M ... Lara is right. After the description of bars 57-60, it says Fig ... Message 14314 · B. G. Charlton · 6 November 1998 01:13:57 |
| 8. | MacDonald of Sleat ... the time I danced with the University of Edinburgh > New Scotland Country Dance Society ( ... 1980s-early 1990s). I think > perhaps part of its popularity had something to do with ... of the Balls Lara mentions. MacDonald of Sleat was marked as "Ladies' Choice"; ... Message 24389 · Dr Andrew C Aitchison · 12 January 2001 12:59:41 |
| 9. | Macdonald of Sleat question In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981105140803.5654C-100000@lisa.si.umich.edu> Yes. The women cast to finish standing behind their partners. Then, the men cast to finish beside their partners. Andrew Patterson > > The instructions I have for bars 57-60 say ... Message 14313 · Andrew Patterson · 6 November 1998 00:49:48 |
| 10. | MacDonald of Sleat ... I wouldn't quite consider McD of S a social dance, either, ... s not what one would think of as a Highland dance -- it's ... time I danced with the University of Edinburgh New Scotland Country Dance ... 1990s). I think perhaps part of its popularity had something to ... Message 24368 · Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov · 11 January 2001 18:16:02 |
| 11. | Challenging dances ... the > Berkeley Pleasanton group > 1994 Earl of Mansfield* Golden Pheasant Dean > Bridge of ... reel (for Winter dance) and MacDonald of Sleat (for Spring dance ) in our program ... a party, you provably need lots of practice before actually going to dance, ... Message 22883 · momo shibuki · 22 September 2000 08:36:32 |
| 12. | MacD of Sleat ... say some such at that point of the allemande, whether or not the ... ", but it's only > one of "Four Set Dances as collected by Mrs. Mary Isdal MacNab of > Vancouver and given to the Society ... Lilt (An Figheadh Dannse), Macdonald of Sleat (in > which the comment ... Message 21677 · Eric Clyde · 26 June 2000 17:42:32 |
| 13. | Wonderful Footwork ... Visit Quadrilles. > Cross Jumps: Miss Murray of Ochtertyre (RSCDS Bk 11). > Coupe/pas ... foot-tapping & clapping: Burns Hornpipe; Prince of Orange, > (RSCDS Bk 6-8); ... ve done Waltz Country Dance, MacDonald of Sleat, Angus MacLeod, Hebridean Weaving Lilt ... Message 3861 · Ian Brockbank, DEC Livingston · 19 March 1996 13:43:43 |
| 14. | some tapes for off-print 45 SCD records ... Glen, "Express, The", Fidget, Flowers > of Edinburgh, Forteviot Jig, Foursome Reel, ... Medley, Haughs o' > Cromdale, Heart of Midlothian, Hebridean Waltz > Medley, Hebridean ... Rosslyn's Fancy, > MacDonald of Sleat, MacDonald of the Isles, Machine ... Message 177 · Shengzhang Tang · 5 April 1994 04:26:55 |
| 15. | changing sides ... back - Bonnie Anne and > Macdonald of Sleat. If the whole set ... cross-thread a little, MacDonald of Sleat is often a "Ladies' ... the kiss is considered part of the dance, this saves the ... embarrasment of giving or receiving a refusal (although this assumes that ... Message 6216 · Dr Andrew C Aitchison · 16 January 1997 19:14:56 |
| 16. | McDonald of Sleat ... than as social dances, but so > unlike any of the usual Scottish dances. There are two of them which are widely done as social dances at the ... (13th in popularity overall) and Macdonald of Sleat (23rd). Macdonald is often encored too ! I ... Message 5920 · Peter Hastings · 22 December 1996 14:54:43 |
| 17. | Wonderful Footwork ... > Subject: Re: Wonderful Footwork > MacDonald of Sleat has the coupe/pas de ... and point setting. interesting that many of these "highland-step" included dances ... his hand in a lot of things. --Kermit, about Jim Henson ... Message 3727 · Joe Shelby · 27 February 1996 23:58:29 |
| 18. | Challenging dances ... with the Berkeley Pleasanton group 1994 Earl of Mansfield* Golden Pheasant Dean Bridge of ... Mallaig 2000 Moulin Rouge MacDonald of Sleat* Haig of Bemersyde I've asterisked ... try to find the write-up of the discussion about half pousettes in ... Message 22879 · Miriam L. Mueller · 21 September 2000 21:32:23 |
| 19. | MacD of Sleat ... but it's only one of "Four Set Dances as collected ... Lilt (An Figheadh Dannse), Macdonald of Sleat (in which the comment ... Clyde wrote: > > In my copy of the original publication, published by ... Coming" - de-sexed SCD. Several of the McNab dances were > > Changed ... Message 21670 · Marjorie McLaughlin · 26 June 2000 07:19:55 |
| 20. | essential dances ... : Graham Hamilton None So Pretty Plenty of opportunity for eye and physical contact with ... of it's appearance on programmes. MacDonald of Sleat There is something dangerous and ... has provided many a tantalising catching of eyes across the room, some of ... Message 38536 · Graham Hamilton · 25 May 2004 14:58:09 |
