Chas,

I am SO envious and commend you for having a 'go'. SCD has, until a few years ago, been a very long-term passion of mine (I am a Life Member of the RSCDS), and I miss it beyond words. Sadly, I doubt I will ever be able to dance again - not even my beloved Strathspeys - but my heart still races whenever I hear the appropriate music.

If you are anything like me, you will find that, like kilt buying, once you start you cannot stop!

The great sadness is, and I see it in your fine photos, very few youngsters take it up. Only when heavily involved with RSCDS dancing in London in the 60s and 70s did I see many dancers under the age of 30 to 40. I guess things are much the same still.

Keep with it my friend, and take a tip from one who has both the T-shirt and the baseball cap: concentrate on getting the footwork (steps) right first. It will make the dance formations so much easier to assimilate.

Take care,
Ham.