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Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary includes printable Dance Instruction Cribs alphabetically ordered. DanceData web interface, database of Scottish country dances: more than 12,000 entries and information on music and recordings. Minicrib is a database of nearly 4000 dances which enables cribsheets to be printed out.
A Scottish country dance will typically consist of equal numbers of strathspeys, jigs and reels. The strathspey step is a slower and more stately version of the skip-change step used for jigs and reels. The strathspey also forms part of the musical format for competing pipe bands. Modern high grade pipe bands are required to play a march, a ...
Scottish country dancing was in danger of dying out when, in 1923, the Scottish Country Dance Society (SCDS) was founded in Glasgow with the goal of preserving "country dances as danced in Scotland" (this was only recently changed to read "Scottish country dances"). The SCDS began to collect and publish the dances in the active repertoire as ...
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The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS), was founded on 28 November 1923 [3] as the Scottish Country Dance Society by Jean Milligan and Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich, who wanted to preserve country dancing as performed in Scotland, country dancing having fallen into disuse after the influx of continental ballroom dances such as the waltz or quadrilles and, later on, American-style ...
James Scott Skinner's gravestone, Allanvale Cemetery. James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer.He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and was known as "the Strathspey King".
Highland dance in Scotland, including specific dances, dancewear, history of Highland dance, competitions, techniques, etc. See also: Category:Scottish country dance Subcategories
In stark contrast to other Irish musical styles, the Donegal tradition also has the Scottish strathspey, a traditional dance from Scotland, played a bit like a hornpipe but with emphasis on the semi-quaver; this dotted rhythm gives the strathspey its distinct “Scotch Snap” sound.