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Zsofia Jozsef on Licence to Reel (dance)

This is a dance for advance dancers, great flirting though! :-)

Peter Price on Cardross House (dance)

This is a very good dance and the recorded music (Muriel Johnstone, Keith Smith, and Jim Lindsay) is superb. The dance stays within the traditional forms but there is some subtle play with the elements that makes the dance stand out from the crowd.

On its own merits this dance deserves to be in the standard repertoire - the music takes it to an even higher level.

When I teach the dance and play this music the room becomes quiet, the dancers lose themselves in it and forget to start dancing. Two thumbs up.

Peter Price on Joe Foster's Jig (dance)

This one is different, in a good way. I got some strange looks when I taught it. I learned it to a set of REELS - (Fire in the Rye 6x32 - Music Makars - Jig for Joy). Liked the dance, loved the music. My class also liked the dance loved the music.

Brian Farley on Flowers of Dunbeg (dance)

I believe it was created by a primary school teacher and her class in Dunbeg, Scotland. So it’s easy to learn.

Jeremy Dent on St Vincents Close (dance)

Involves the whole set and is fast and not too complex. Nice symmetry, too.

Robert Finan on Barr's Wedding Birl (dance)
Peter Price on Anderson's Rant (dance)

I taught the dance to a set of six advanced dancers with two very raw beginners. They liked it. If you are a technique hound then this dance probably won’t be to your taste, it is pleasant but not spectacular. It is a social, not a show, vehicle.

At first viewing there is little to recommend it - when it is danced well it is very pretty. It is all about timing and finishing the formations almost late. That is when it shines.

Edwin Werner on The Lady of Wallroth (dance)

This seems to be a good dance!

Eric Ferguson on Auld Brig o'er the Firth (dance)

It is a poor idea to change a published dance. That leads to confusion in classes and at dance events when some have heard of the change and others not. If a dance needs a change, republish with a new name.

The transition 16-17 is awkward. 1c faces out the ends, and then has to give Rsh to 1cnr. Eric

Jeremy Dent on Miss Eleanor (dance)

The three couple Bourrel is fun and the tune keeps the dance momentum going.

Jeremy Dent on Kilkenny Castle (dance)

Nice Strathspey with a few novel variations. Good involvement of all three couples.

Jacmel Dent on The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (dance)

This version is incorrectly danced. 1) After the advance and retire, then two hands round with your partner, the 1st couple should cast off and touch hands between the 2s in the centre of the dance, then cast up from below the 3s, meet in the centre after casting in between the 2s, and cast off at the top of the dance to 2nd place. 2) The 1st couple should turn 1st corner and then PARTNER and not go straight to 2nd corner. For these reasons, I don’t consider this is a “good” version, at best it’s “Social/Informal” and it is misleading.