Quote Originally Posted by Martin S View Post
Was this tongue-in-cheek, or are you really a newby?
I will have been Scottish Country Dancing for one whole year at the end of summer. So I am still quite a beginner. Some dances are finally starting to sink in and I can know them by name "Machines without horses", "Merry Reapers", "Gang the same Gate", and few others. I know we have done Gay Gordons in class so it is possible we have been taught The Dashing White Sergeant. But for the record I am a

Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Dashing White Sergeant and Gay Gordons seem to be done at evry ceilidh I've ever been to. The other favourites are Eightsome Reel, Duke of Perth (sometimes Strip the Willow), Hamilton House, Reel of the 51st Division etc.. In fact the first two are pretty universally known even by non-dancers as most get taught them at school here in Scotland.
Sadly I and my lovely wife have only gone to one official Dance with SCD. This was attempted after only 3 classes. Needless to say we were overwhelmed. We have decided to try and start attending them after we had a year's worth of classes under our belt. I have done Strip the Willow at a few Victorian balls in my twenties. A vigorous and fun dance that I remember fondly.

Cheers

Jamie