Great photos, James, and Oh, what memories they bring back! I've not danced for about eight years now (no decent groups near enough to where I live!) As Graham points out, you do seem to have no shortage of male dancers there. The last group I was with, had only one other chap besides me - and about thirty ageing women! Getting young people involved in SCD over here is a big problem which the RSCDS is trying to resolve, but without much success. Quite a lot of young children are taught SCD at school but once they become teenagers they just do not want to know! It's so very sad.
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Panache
..............................I don't know how Hamish survived doing Highland Dance in his formalwear. ..............................
I guess you are referring to this period in my life, James, back in the late 1960s:
This was taken at a show I was in at London's Royal Albert Hall in front of over 10,000 people! At least you can remove your jacket if you get too hot, but in those days I wore (especially for show work) the Montrose Doublet, which is double-breasted and does up to the neck. Since I wore only a T-shirt under it, the doublet could never be removed and I just had to suffer the heat. What one does for one's art!!!
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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