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Scottish Dance Myth | or Modern Muddle ? The | Dirk Dance
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Old photograph of a younger Colin !!
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Greetings,
and welcome to my Web Site dedicated to all forms of Scottish Dance.
Hopefully this latest edition of my "mind maze" is even easier and more enjoyable for you
to find your way around. If you would like to include some of the Steps or Dances on the site,
in your programme, feel free to do so and if you have some traditional
knowledge which you think may be of interest to me, please let me know.
| I would like to thank all of you who have been in contact with me over the past few years and look forward to increasing communications in the future. Some of you may have thought I had just disappeared off the face of the Earth, but no such luck. My web site was scrambled by some technical glitch and I have been in a nightmare process of a rather convoluted move lasting over six months. The web site now rebuilt, but ongoing in places, and having settled in Haddington, East Lothian, for a year I now find myself in Great Shefford, West Berkshire and soon to move to Portland, Oregon, USA, perhaps, or not!?!? All part of becoming a nomad I guess. Please take the time to sign my visitors book with comment, criticism or suggestion, but no vulgarity please. Alternatively e-mail me direct. Traditionally Yours, Colin Robertson
F.A.Q. | FAQ & Corrections to Colin Robertson's Performance Dances
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P.S. I find that having started dancing over 50 years ago, at a time when Highland Dance was more Dance Art than Techno Sport and Country Dance was a Social activity rather than an aspiring Olympic discipline, my views do not always concur with today's thinking.
You'll just have to excuse me ?!?!"It takes an athlete to dance,
but an artist to be a dancer"
Shanna LaFleur!! CAUTION !! - !!HEALTH WARNING!!
THIS SITE MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR DEVOUT BELIEVERS
IN THE " OFFICIAL" GOVERNING BODIES OF
SCOTTISH COUNTRY AND HIGHLAND DANCE.
THOSE LACKING A SENSE OF HUMOUR - READ NO FURTHER -
THIS SITE IS DEFINITLY UNSUITABLE
Perhaps someone can help me, or know of someone who can ?
Many moons ago - 1967ish - at Fort William Games, but it could have been Inverness Games, an event on the dance programme was "The Highland Schottische". I do not recall if it was a part of the competitive schedule or just an exhibition piece. Either way the dancers, one male, one female, were piped onto and around the dance boards and then danced "The Highland Schottisches" with variations, after which they were piped off. I do recall that at least two couples did this, but it may have been more. Any offers ?
Reading Cloggies Festival Group
25th
CLOG & STEP DANCE FESTIVAL
2004
UNLIKELY TO OCCUR
Festival Web Site
Areas on this site which are new or have recently been updated -
1. Chain Of Links
2. Hard Shoe Dancing
in Scotland
3. Colin's Scroll of Honour
4. Help Needed
5. Pipe Major Peter Quinn
Steps & Movements.
6. F.A.Q. & Corrections
from Performance Dances by
Colin Robertson
grumbled that I had no shoes,
MOTTO FOR A DANCER
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MOTTO FOR LIFE
" I
till I met a man who had no feet "
A childhood holiday memory - seaside novelty burnt into a piece of wood - Circa 1948 - Something I always try to remember.
It is rumoured that the entire adult population of Glasgow took to the street with glass in hand when it was forcast that there'd be a nip in the air.
A Scotsman living in London was always boasting about his native land to his English friends.
" Why didn't you stay in Scotland if it's such a wonderful place ? " one of them asked.
" Well " he explained, " they were much too clever for me there, but I get on quite well here "
The great Scottish poet William McGonagall was heard to remark, "Burns is dead, Sir Walter Scott is dead, and I'm not feeling too well myself"
Old Scotsmen never die, but they can be kilt !!
"I drink only to make my friends seem interesting"Don Marquis
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
he middle square you selected contains a serious question, but first I must relate a true story to you.
Whilst dancing in Open Competitions I experienced something rather unusual. At some early point into a dance I became aware of being surrounded by a blanket of dense white fog. No judges, no piper, no spectators, no edge to the boards, nothing, only white fog.
This happened several times, dancing was easy - prizes seemed to be assured whenever the "fog" descended. Then came an experience I have not discussed with many. No "fog", but from the moment after the Introduction I found I was watching myself dance, from a position about 30 feet away from the front and 15 feet above the ground. Dancing was effortless and I won.
My reasons for not talking to others about this are fairly obvious - insanity in an other is not particularly easy to accommodate! I am not insane, but I can appreciate others may disagree. The point of the above is to see if anyone else has experienced the same or has an explanation ? I look forward to hearing from someone - I hope!!
THE DIRK DANCE
On Saturday 26th October 1996, at the 18th Reading Clog and Step Dance Festival, John Wesencraft and Jane Lloyd taught "The Dirk Dance".
The video recording of the session is now to be edited and released for sale.
If you could have an interest in purchasing a copy please e-mail me and I will keep you informed of progress and availability.
ABSOLUTELY NO COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE
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Absolutely nothing, or has it ? Read on and find out how your luck goes!
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MAGIC SQUARES have, for a very long time, been of interest to me, the art of magic being my other hobby.
It is not by chance that the horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines of this square add up to 65, also the four corners & centre square.
I invite you to take a chance - click on any number - and see where your lucky click takes you.
