Dance The Lost Legion 18344

Devised 23/4/2018. Revised 1/5/2018. Xiaowen Yu contacted me and told me that they had danced the next dance “My Golden Bear” as a strathspey with a New York group, and it worked well. This got me thinking, and the above is the result. The corners pass and turn in tandem movement is from “The Golden Bear”. Charlotte Williams suggested I write a dance called the lost legion, which, according to at least one legend, Legio IX Hispana marched into second century Scotland (from York) and were never seen again. Suggested music is “The Scottish Snap” by J. Murdoch Henderson and an excellent recording is Strathspey (track 3) of “On Track” by the Sound Company. A reasonable alternative is “Miss Macpherson of Scone” as recorded by James Coutts and his band, or if you are lucky enough to have it “Green Grow the Rashes” as recorded by Alasdair Downie (or even James Cameron if you like the Coronet).