Scottish Country dancing

[kiltedscot]

Not sure whether this topic should be listed here or under "Celtic events", but do any of you gentlemen engage in Scottish Country dancing, which provides an opportunity to be kilted and to keep fit at the same time?
(There are branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society throughout the world.)
David

[bubba]

Not me. If I tried it they'd be calling the paramedics

[bikercelt1]

I tried it once. It was great fun but a bit exhausting. That was probably a good thing. There was a certain flirtish quality to some of the participants that would undoubtably got me in no end of trouble if I hadn't been so exhausted and out of breath!

Jamie

[Canuck]

Not sure whether this topic should be listed here or under "Celtic events", but do any of you gentlemen engage in Scottish Country dancing, which provides an opportunity to be kilted and to keep fit at the same time?
(There are branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society throughout the world.)
David

I was at our club on Thursday night. I happen to be the Prsident of the group (A Dutchman in charge of a Scottish Country Dance club)
I mentioned the Global virtual Hamish pub crawl, and one of the older members gave a chuckle. Turns out that Hamish is a bit of a practacle joke (Sorry Ham) They useed to send this dead mouse around to various clubs. Get this, they had dubbed the mouse Hamish.
I think I just lost my agent Kanuck status.
Dancing is rather fun, my wife enjoys it, and it's something we can do together.
Cheers
Robert

[Hamish]

I was at our club on Thursday night. I happen to be the Prsident of the group (A Dutchman in charge of a Scottish Country Dance club)
I mentioned the Global virtual Hamish pub crawl, and one of the older members gave a chuckle. Turns out that Hamish is a bit of a practacle joke (Sorry Ham) They useed to send this dead mouse around to various clubs. Get this, they had dubbed the mouse Hamish.

Be very, very careful, Robert!!! I hope you mean that the name "Hamish" was a practical joke and not that Hamish IS a practical joke?!!!

Actually, the name is quite popular for dogs too - especially Sheepdogs. That's why I hated the name when I was a child!

I think I just lost my agent Kanuck status.
Dancing is rather fun, my wife enjoys it, and it's something we can do together.
Cheers
Robert

[Hamish]

Not sure whether this topic should be listed here or under "Celtic events", but do any of you gentlemen engage in Scottish Country dancing, which provides an opportunity to be kilted and to keep fit at the same time?
(There are branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society throughout the world.)
David

I have been SC Dancing (and Highland Dancing) since I was fourteen, David, and I am now 67. I am a Life Member of the RSCDS and, in the 1960s/70s I danced with the London Branch Demonstration Team here in the UK.
Unfortunately, I have not danced for several years as the group members around here are too geriatric to dance properly - some just walk through the movements and really do not 'dance' at all! I have investigated some five or six groups/clubs to no avail, and so reluctantly pulled back from it all.

However, I agree. With the right people (and possibly a regular partner) it can be the greatest fun, and is certainly fine exercise.


This was me, in 1969, in the arena at The Royal Albert Hall, London.

[Canuck]

I was at our club on Thursday night. I happen to be the Prsident of the group (A Dutchman in charge of a Scottish Country Dance club)
I mentioned the Global virtual Hamish pub crawl, and one of the older members gave a chuckle. Turns out that Hamish is a bit of a practacle joke (Sorry Ham) They useed to send this dead mouse around to various clubs. Get this, they had dubbed the mouse Hamish.

Be very, very careful, Robert!!! I hope you mean that the name "Hamish" was a practical joke and not that Hamish IS a practical joke?!!!

Actually, the name is quite popular for dogs too - especially Sheepdogs. That's why I hated the name when I was a child!

I think I just lost my agent Kanuck status.
Dancing is rather fun, my wife enjoys it, and it's something we can do together.
Cheers
Robert

No just the mouse.....I will be more careful next time if there is a next time.
I can understand your aversion to sheep dogs. Ourf beast(part Collie/Lab)is named Hermione after Ms. Gingold, Our beast is quite the character she is. Sings too. She has good enough sense to keep her snout away from the kilts.
Cheers
Robert

[Graham]

David, I've just come back from a great weekend of SC dancing. There were dancers from all over our state.

My wife and I took it up last November, I never ever thought I would do such a thing, but SCD combines good excercise, good music, wearing a kilt and dancing with lots of lasses.

What more could you want?

At first i was the only one who wore a kilt to regulare practice nights, others wore them only to special gatherings, but now one other guy is wearing his kilt.

I love it, what better way to spend a night out with your wife?

[Martin]

I have never tried SCD as I have never been much of a dancer, though if there were ever any kind of dancing that I would take up, that would be it.

For those who are interested and wish to practice a few basics at home, this site gives excellent animated demonstrations of some of the steps, viewable from several angles.

http://www.scottishmist.com/SCDA/Dancing.html

[Graham]

What a great site, thanks for that Martin.