Ian (and the List): The lack of highland dance teachers in the Boston area has been a problem for quite a while. I teach classes in a Northwest suburb of...
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KF35@...
Aug 2, 1998 2:17 am
I was wondering if anyone knows how the Highland dances turned into a competition. I was also wondering where I could get information on the history of...
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Stacy Williamson
stacy@...
Aug 2, 1998 3:43 am
Kristen, ** and all others please correct as necessary ** The dances were performed by the armed forces and the ancient clans of Scotland(generally men) at...
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Joanna Campbell
dancewithus@...
Aug 2, 1998 4:57 am
I have one really interesting book (that can be purchased from Highland X Press) Traditional Step Dancing in Scotland - JF and TM Flett. It gives a good...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Aug 2, 1998 6:55 am
Two books which are a good start for the History of Highland dance are: -'Traditional dancing in Scotland' by J.F. and T.M. Flett -'A Social History of...
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Veronique
vero.c@...
Aug 2, 1998 8:45 am
Hi All I found this whilst browsing around, it has hundreds of links to all that is Celtic for any one that is interested. http://celt.net/og/ I may be able...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Aug 2, 1998 8:53 am
This is a question for the Australians: Ever heard of or competed in the Dayleford Games, Victoria, Australia? Shiobhan -- "Shiobhan O'Donnell"...
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M & J Griffith
highland@...
Aug 2, 1998 11:50 am
... Yes Shiobhan, They are held on the 1st weekend in December. They are one of our big championships. The other style (your style?) of dancing is there are...
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Tim Adams
t1a1d1c@...
Aug 2, 1998 3:52 pm
Is there anything we can do to encourage more males to take up Highland dancing ? How are males viewed by the predominantly female dancing population ? -- "Tim...
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Happylas@...
Aug 2, 1998 4:19 pm
subscribe -- Happylas@... Posted to highland-dance, the highland and scottish step dance mailing list. See http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ibb/scd/Highland/...
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Stacy Williamson
stacy@...
Aug 2, 1998 5:26 pm
Hi Tim, Good question. I'm teaching my 5 year old son and my ads for my school always refer to boys as well as girls. As a young dancer in Canada, I remember...
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Joanna Campbell
dancewithus@...
Aug 2, 1998 7:35 pm
This is not exactly a dance-related question and it is aimed at dancers in Scotland. Have you ever heard of a band called Black Lace? They are apparently...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Aug 2, 1998 8:44 pm
... Thank you. It is just that I saw an Advertisement for them in the Academy News letter and was curious about them. I think I might write away for more...
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Hhodgkin@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:48 am
Stacy - It is interesting to hear what others were taught regarding the dance histories. 1) FLING - this was a victory dance originally danced on a small...
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Hhodgkin@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:58 am
Tim - I currently have 7 boys in my studio (someone joked that I have half the North-American male dancing population!). I think that males are making a ...
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Hhodgkin@...
Aug 3, 1998 3:09 am
Shiobhan - I saw Cathie this weekend at the USIR (more on that in another post) and could hardly wait to get home to see the video. What really impressed me...
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Hhodgkin@...
Aug 3, 1998 3:13 am
Is Lynne Dixon Abbott still involved in Highland Dancing? She was an instructor at the Ohio Scottish Arts School in about 1983 and was WONDERFUL! I was just...
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Hhodgkin@...
Aug 3, 1998 3:22 am
Here are the highlights... My official results sheets are still packed away... 11 & Under Champion Mary Susan Sinclair - Southeast 13 & Under Champion Kate...
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Pamela Munro
pmunro@...
Aug 3, 1998 3:25 am
Subscribe highland-dance ********** ********** ********** ********* -- Pamela Munro <pmunro@...> Posted to highland-dance, the highland and...
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Karin S. Gustafson
karing@...
Aug 3, 1998 4:40 am
Well, let me just add my $.02 to the praise of Shiobhan's video. Thank you, Shiobhan, for giving us a little window onto New Zealand dancing. I'm so impressed...
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M & J Griffith
highland@...
Aug 3, 1998 11:02 am
... A friend of mine (male) that dances says "Why wouldn't you? You get surrounded by great looking, fit girls all day, and they strip down to practically...
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M & J Griffith
highland@...
Aug 3, 1998 11:04 am
... Yes Holly, Lynne is still involved, at the adjudicator level. She has a very successful business and is forever globe-trotting, so is not as involved as...
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M & J Griffith
highland@...
Aug 3, 1998 12:12 pm
... Well, I don't know if a judge would penalise - come in Australia would, some wouldn't.The wide waistband part is OK, because in the new Jig/Hipe book it...
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HighXPress@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:48 pm
In a message dated 98-08-01 01:10:11 EDT, you write: << As for the speed I find you comment interesting. Firstly I think that the length of our dancers does...
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HighXPress@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:46 pm
In a message dated 98-08-02 00:57:38 EDT, you write: << I have one really interesting book (that can be purchased from Highland X Press) Traditional Step...
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Joanna Campbell
dancewithus@...
Aug 3, 1998 5:59 pm
I have to agree with Holly. It's not getting the men/boys to start, it keeping them in. We have one dancer (who at the moment is still Novice because he quit...
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Joanna Campbell
dancewithus@...
Aug 3, 1998 6:23 pm
Sorry everybody - I was mistaken. I didn't get this book for Highland XPress - I got it at a games from Weems and Sons. It was expensive but worth it. Weems...
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Robert McOwen
mcowen@...
Aug 3, 1998 7:18 pm
The book, Traditional Step Dancing in Scotland by JF and TM Flett, is indeed one of the most scholarly investigations of the history of Scottish dance. The...
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Brooke Burlingame
ronburl@...
Aug 3, 1998 7:54 pm
I like to see male dancers dance. I mean when dancing all started only the guys did it, what happened to them not dancing? It's not just for girls. Anyways...
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Lara D. Friedman~Shed...
laradf@...
Aug 3, 1998 9:04 pm
Not to delve too deeply into sociology, but it seems a fairly frequent pattern that a particular profession or activity begins as male-dominated and then once...
