Hello, I have just joined the e-mail group and one of the first mailings I got was about some new pumps to try out. However I lost this mail. Could someone...
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Veronique
vero@...
Feb 6, 1998 11:23 pm
Hello I have just subscribed to this list, I have been learning Highland dancing for a couple of years, my 2 daughters have been dancing for a lot longer and ...
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Lara D. Friedman~Shed...
laradf@...
Feb 9, 1998 5:15 pm
We are actually working on this dance right now in my step dance group! We were given to believe it's an 18th century dance, same era as dances such as...
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Companions
kroonecg@...
Feb 11, 1998 11:55 am
Hi, At the moment I'm looking for large Irish or Scottish dancegroups. For a big event in the Amsterdam arena on octobre 3rd we have tried to book riverdance...
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Mary
moira@...
Feb 11, 1998 3:10 pm
Why is there so much more hard shoe dancing in Irish Step dance as opposed to Scottish? When I go to a Highland competition, there is only one hard shoe dance,...
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Norah Link
norah@...
Feb 11, 1998 5:53 pm
Hi - I'm certainly not an expert in this, but I believe there is a lot of interest developing, at least in some circles, for hard-shoe dances. As Alan pointed...
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Robert McOwen
mcowen@...
Feb 11, 1998 6:56 pm
... Yes, Norah, I'm here. I have in fact entered in choreography competitions a couple of times; in both cases, about the only restriction was a time limit,...
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Elizabeth Ditchburn
editchburn@...
Feb 11, 1998 7:13 pm
... In the choreography competitions I've seen, usually the competion is divided into group and solo competitions. The normal restrictions are usually a time ...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Feb 12, 1998 5:23 am
I read Marys letter with interest because in New Zealand none of these are an issue. Prehaps this is because we are not SOBHD. Firstly we combine Highland with...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Feb 12, 1998 6:48 am
... I know of one group who has a show modeled on the Riverdance formula with Highland dancing, pipes and song. Over here they have had some good reviews but...
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Cathie Gibbs
cpgibbs@...
Feb 12, 1998 7:37 pm
Hi, I'm new to this group. I teach Highland Dancing and have a daughter who dances. Anyway.. There is a performing group in Canada, The Scottish Dance...
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Lara D. Friedman~Shed...
laradf@...
Feb 12, 1998 8:47 pm
A group of us here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area put on a show called "An Evening in Scotland" a year and a half ago. It was inspired by Riverdance and...
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Lindemure@...
Feb 13, 1998 5:13 am
Regarding choreography divisions at Highland dance competitions--choreography is frequently included, particularly at highland games in the spring and summer,...
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Mary
moira@...
Feb 13, 1998 9:49 pm
Dear Shiobhan, Thanks for your response. When you say "Irish national" does that mean Irish step dancing? Here, they are of course entirely separate. As I...
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Mary
moira@...
Feb 13, 1998 9:58 pm
Dear Cathie, Could you post their schedule? Do they come to California? -- Mary <moira@...> Posted to highland-dance, the highland and scottish step dance...
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Lindemure@...
Feb 14, 1998 1:58 am
Regarding the availability of Highland (Scottish) dance teachers on the West Coast--I suspect that they may well be scarce in less populated areas, but many...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Feb 14, 1998 5:46 am
Dear Mary, What is Irish National? This is hard to answer. It is not Irish Traditional but it's origins are in Irish Traditional. The Scottish jig is very...
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RSCDSSD@...
Feb 17, 1998 11:04 pm
Four young women in San Diego have been working on their own highland dance choreography set to pieces of music such as Brother's "Romp and Circumstance" and...
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Tom Blair
blair@...
Feb 24, 1998 2:22 am
OH NO! Opening night is 2 weeks away and our choreographer got mononucleosis! All choreography done except for a reel in the wedding scene. I will probably...
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Mary
moira@...
Feb 24, 1998 3:25 pm
Dear Lindemure, Here in California, I believe the steps for choreography competitions have to be Highland or National only. Thank you for your info, maybe...
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Andreas Jöbges
a.joebges@...
Feb 24, 1998 5:40 pm
There is a Highland Competition taking place in Ludwigshafen, Germany on April, 4th. (The competition takes place under the rules and regulations of the SOBHD)...
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Robert McOwen
mcowen@...
Feb 24, 1998 8:55 pm
Hi Tom, Some suggestions for Brigadoon: A Reel is in 4/4 time; there should be music for it the Brigadoon score. It is a very traditional Scottish figure. You...
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Carmen Munawych
munawych@...
Feb 25, 1998 5:04 pm
WoW! a competition in Germany? Is this the first? Who's judging? How many entries received? Could you send me an entry form? Carmen munawych@... ...
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Andreas Jöbges
a.joebges@...
Feb 25, 1998 7:21 pm
Hi Carmen (and anyone elsewho is interested), here is the complete invitation. If anyone is intersted in further announcements please mail me your address and...
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Shiobhan O'Donnell
Shiobhan.ODonnell@...
Feb 25, 1998 9:52 pm
Just to let everyone know that the Mosgiel, New Zealand Championship Competitions will be held this weekend. Wish me luck as I have a South Island Championship...
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Cathie Gibbs
cpgibbs@...
Feb 26, 1998 2:16 am
Good Luck!! My daughter just read your note, so from one competitor to another...Good Luck. We don't have our first Championship of the season in the...
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Cathie Gibbs
cpgibbs@...
Mar 2, 1998 3:54 pm
Hi Mary, I don't have their schedule. But I will see what I can come up with this next weekend. Cathie ... list. ... -- Cathie Gibbs...
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Andreas Jöbges
a.joebges@...
Mar 5, 1998 1:00 pm
... This does not sound true since the highlanders though fighting eachother thought of themselfs as honorable warriors and not as thiefs. Secondly it is a...
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Ian Brockbank, DIGITA...
Mar 5, 1998 1:00 pm
Anyone got any ideas? Please reply directly to Cepowell99@.... Cheers, Ian -- Ian.Brockbank@... Edinburgh, Scotland ... From:...
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Tom Blair
blair@...
Mar 5, 1998 1:15 pm
... The passage tells us a lot more about the heart of CEPowell than it does about the origin of the sword dance. Tom Blair -- Tom Blair <blair@...> ...
