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	Cork International Folk Dance Festival Strathspey Fiddlers
		The Strathspey Fiddlers is one of the most sought after groups in Scotland.
		They are a group of performers from a rural area straddling the Aberdeenshire/Banffshire border in the North of Scotland.
		Twenty five members of the group travelled to the Cork International Folk Dance Festival in 2004 and returned for a second visit in 2005.
	www.corkfolkdancefest.com /previous/strathspey.html (159 words)

	dance. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The dance of religious ecstasy, in which hypnotic or trancelike states are induced (a characteristic phenomenon of Southeast Asia and Africa), was represented in America by the remarkable Ghost Dance.
		Native American dancing is always performed on the feet, but in many islands of the Pacific and in Asia some of the dances are performed in a sitting posture, with only the hands, arms, and upper parts of the body used.
		In medieval Europe the repeated outbreaks of dance mania, a form of mass hysteria sometimes caused by religious frenzy and usually associated with epidemics of bubonic plague, are reflected in the allegory of the dance of death (see Death, Dance of).
	www.bartleby.com /65/da/dance.html (780 words)

	HIGHLAND FLING page. Streetswings Dance History archives
		To dance a reel was at one time believed to be one of the signs of witchcraft (aka: 'reill.) This reel is declared by some to be of Celtic origin, and possibly indigenous to Britain, but it was the Danish and Scottish National dance nevertheless.
		It is a gliding dance, usually performed by two couples, and its movements differ slightly according to locality, the principal point, which is the same in all, being the circular form.
		In America, there are dance groups of the Highland Fling, step dancers, cloggers etcetera but most folks incorrectly consider it as a part of the Square or Barn Dance family whether actually danced today or not.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3hghflg.htm (808 words)

	Competition Dance History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The fact that the dance progresses the dancer in an anti-clockwise direction ("widdershins" or the way of the witches) around the swords is often cited to support the antiquity of the dance, but the direction of travel as late as 1880 was clockwise.
		The change of Tempo from Strathspey to Reel used not to be the abrupt change of today, but a gradual increase in the Strathspey Tempo which eventually blossomed into Reel time, a tradition still maintained in Cape Breton music and dance and to a lesser extent by pipe bands.
		The dance evolved to an exaggerated parody of the white, upper class, ballroom figures and would mimic the mannerisms of the masters household with dignified walking, bowing, waving canes, hats and high kicking promenade.
	hometown.aol.com /scotdance/CompDance.htm (2212 words)

	STRATHSPEY POUSSETTE
		Danced by two couples with hands joined at shoulder height but held slightly wider than in the reel or jig poussette.
		The dance movements are long and sweeping and the hands are used to lead the steps.
		1st cpl are nearer the man’s side and 2nd cpl nearer the woman’s side of the dance.
	home.att.net /~diannashipman/StrathspeyPoussette.html (522 words)

	The Strathspey Server (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Strathspey Server contains a database of Scottish dance groups all over the world that have home pages on the World-Wide Web or are reachable by e-mail.
		A comprehensive list of groups in continental Europe (with or without a Net presence) can be found at the Celtic Circle site, while a similar list for North America is available through the Inter-city Scot Online.
		The Interactive SCD World Map is an experiment in how to use Google Maps to visualize the location of the RSCDS branches and SCD groups in the Strathspey database.
	www.strathspey.org /groups (262 words)

	Hints and Tips for Scottish Country dancers - Running a dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is standard to have the programme organised with a couple of fast dances (reel and jig) followed by a strathspey (or occasionally a medley including a strathspey), then a couple more fast dances and another strathspey, and so on.
		Try to have have a light dance as the first dance or immediately after restarting (eg after dinner), unless you are prepared for strained muscles and people disappearing to study their meal again.
		3-couple typically makes for a very aerobic dance; 5-couple requires 4th and 5th couple to only dance once through (each) as 1st couple; 4th couple can either go to the bottom after their turn or (which is fairer) dance again as 2nd couple.
	www.scottishdance.net /scd/tips/RunningDance.html (1513 words)

	Scottish Country Dance
		New dances of this type, designed to go with Scots folk-tunes, were invented, and experimented with at aristocratic country-house parties; indeed, it is likely that many of the great houses had their individual dancing traditions between 1730 and 1780.
		Dancing was still enjoyed upon the slightest excuse as of old, at weddings, fireside ceilidhs, Beltane, New Year, or simply on dry moonlight nights at some favourite part of the road or green.
		The Reel and Strathspey, otherwise known as the Foursome Reel; the Reel of Tulloch and the Eightsome Reel, held a dominant place on the programmes of the typical Scottish ball despite the intrusion of the Quadrille (particularly in its form of the Lancers) and of the Waltz and Polka in their several forms.
	www.standingstones.com /scotdanc.html (1581 words)

	Queen of Scots Dance Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Scottish highland dancing is one of the oldest forms of folk dance, and both modern ballet and square dancing can trace their roots back to the Highlands.
		This is the oldest of the traditional dances of Scotland and is a dance of joy performed at the end of a victorious battle.
		The Highland Fling is danced on the spot, and is said to be based on the antics of a stag on a hillside; the grouped fingers and upheld arms representing the antlers.
	ourworld.cs.com /qosda/dances.htm (976 words)

	WSHG Dance Demonstrations
		This dance was traditionally performed by the Highland warrior on the eve of the battle using the warrior's sword and scabbard.
		This dance celebrates the lifting of the Act of Proscription, the law that forbade the wearing of the kilt by the common highlander.
		The Scottish Lilt is a dance that is performed in a shortened version of the traditional 17th century women's attire (the arisaid over a white dress).
	www.wshg.org /dance.html (620 words)

	highland dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A victory dance that is supposed to be the oldest dance and is said to have been done on the shield or targe of the defeated warrior.
		The fingers are held in the shape of the deer head with antlers in all of the highland dances.
		This dance represents the shedding of the trousers.
	members.aol.com /nmdancers/highlanddance.htm (451 words)

	Dance
		The technique of the dance is consistently taught, whether the classes are in Scotland, Japan or the United States.
		Scottish dances, similar to many dances of all nations, are ancient in origin dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries.
		These dances, in the beginning, were expressions of both personal and social emotions - joy, victory in battle or the hunt, courtship, or perhaps symbolic of one's work.
	www.blairsvillescottishfestival.org /dance.htm (376 words)

	Strathspey (dance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Strathspey refers both to the type of tune, and to the type of dance usually done to it (although strathspeys are also frequently danced to slow airs).
		The strathspey also forms part of the musical format for competing pipe bands - modern high grade bands are required to play a March, Strathspey and Reel for competition purposes.
		Strathspey is one of the dance types in Scottish country dancing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strathspey_(dance) (303 words)

	What is Scottish Country Dancing? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He has combined various dance indexes and produced a database program which allows you to find all the details on each dance, find all the dances devised by a certain person/in a certain book/with a given tune/containing certain formations/...
		Don't expect to find standard dances - as well as breaking copyright, the online dance community felt this would discourage people from publishing on paper, and hence discriminate against those who don't have access to the web - but there are a few groups who are starting to publish new dances on the web.
		Strathspey and Grand Chain both have assorted pages of hints and tips, and Grand Chain also branches into highland dance.
	www.scottishdance.net /SCD.html (859 words)

	boys highland dance costumes
		Modern Higland dancing is usually performed solo and is characterized by its typically sharp movements and the accompanying music.
		Scotland was and is famous for its dancing, and the variety of dance styles is testimony to the richness of the Scottish dance heritage.
		The key elemements of the Higlands dancing costume worn by boys is of course the kilt.
	histclo.com /act/dance/dancesc.html (2046 words)

	SHSA: Handbook for sanctioned harp competitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The dance, still done in Scotland at ceilidhs and country dances, is a couple dance.
		STRATHSPEY - A Scottish dance with a strong 4/4 rhythm, whose signature component is the Scottish snap.
		The rhythm of the notes sets a strathspey apart from the reel, its historical predecessor, and produces a stateliness and lilt that distinguishes it from the reel.
	www.shsa.org /events/handbook.html (2744 words)

	Scottish Dancing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For the non-Scottish dancers among you who may have inadvertently wandered here, a strathspey is a certain style of Scottish country dance, generally characterized by a slower, more stately rhythm and a particular sort of step.
		Archive of messages sent on the highland dance mailing list, which is devoted to discussion of highland (of course) and Scottish step dancing.
		Dances are available in HTML and Postscript forms, and include written instructions as well as diagrams.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~laradf/dance.html (273 words)

	Ceolas: Irish and Scottish Dancing
		Ceili dancing involves large groups, and is pretty easy to pick up, while set dancing is much more elaborate and usually requires more teaching.
		Set dances are usually danced by four couples, forming a square, and have evolved from French quadrilles.
		The dances are the same simple English/Irish/Scottish/Contra dances but done with considerable vigour and swing; the best music however is exploratory, with Jazz, Rock, Swing and European influences.
	www.ceolas.org /dance (641 words)

	Kenora Scottish Country Dances (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kenora is in northwestern Ontario on the northern shore of the Lake of the Woods.
		A group of dancers from Kenora were at a Scottish Country Dance weekend in Winnipeg in March 1992.
		This dance was devised for them during the weekend and they participated in its launching.
	www.lamb-thielen.com /meredith/kenora.html (1159 words)

	Highland Dancing
		The interpretation and the ability to capture the spirit of the dance are also important as are balance, general appearance and bearing, as well as carriage of the head, arms, body and hands.
		Seann Triubhas is a dance of celebration developed in response to the Proscription Repeal which restored to the Scots the right to wear their kilts and play the bagpipes once more.
		The movements of this dance clearly depict the legs defiantly shaking and shedding the hated trousers and returning to the freedom of the kilt.
	www.fergusscottishfestival.com /dancing/index.htm (1283 words)

	Country Dance
		The dance has been organised on behalf of a visiting group of 50 dancers from Cumbria and is open to all.
		The Hightae Country Dance Club is celebrating 25 years of annual dances and this year they are having a ‘Dancing Weekend’ with a Scottish Country Dance being held on Friday 19th January 2007 and an Old Tyme Dance on Saturday 20th January 2007, both within Lockerbie Academy.
		For the Saturday Old Time dance (7.30pm start) tickets cost £5 and should be reserved in advance and dancers for this event are asked to bring a small contribution towards the supper.
	ceilidh.members.beeb.net /html/country_dance.html (744 words)

	Clan Related Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There are only four dances recognized by the Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance: the Highland Fling, the Sword Dance, the Seann Truibhas.
		The Strathspey dance begins at the slow tempo of the Strathspey.
		If it's danced by a female, the dance is supposed to represent an angry Irish washerwoman who's husband has been delayed at the local pub.
	www.wyohighlanders.net /festival3.html (734 words)

	ReelJig > Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dancing On Mount Tamalpias - a strathspey in a square set with progression by a modified Highland Schottische Poussette.
		Miss Ingrid's Strathspey - this was inspired by Belladrum House; bars 9-16 insist that one does Highland Schottische Setting.
		A Strathspey for Julie - a three couple set dance including a 3 couple reel with all couples in promenade hold.
	www.reeljig.com (213 words)

	Royal Scottish Country Dance Society-San Francisco Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS), based in Edinburgh, was founded in 1923 to preserve this joyful social dance tradition.
		Unlike Highland dances, which are usually solo performances accompanied by bagpipes, Country dances are danced with partners in sets of two or more couples doing an exciting variety of formations.
		Dance tempos vary from lively jigs, hornpipes and reels, to the elegant, slower strathspeys.
	www.rscds-sf.pair.com (233 words)

	Joanna's Scottish Dance Page
		The Highland Dances, the Highland Fling, Gillie Callum (Sword Dance, the Seann Truibhas (Gaelic for "old trousers") and the Strathspey and Reel are the oldest dances.
		Traditionally, this dance was performed on the eve of a battle.
		With the exception of the Highland Laddie, Irish Jig, and Hornpipe, National dances are danced in the Aboyne Dress.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/Strasse/4984/page2.html (1579 words)

	Skagit Scottish Country Dancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The "fast" dances, the reel (usually marked on a programme with an "R") and the jig (usually marked with a "J") are cousins.
		Strathspey step: The basic moving step used in the strathspey, this step has the same pattern as the skip change step, but with a longer step, and slower gait.
		Strathspey setting step: Like the pas de basque this step is used to "mark time" but in the slower strathspey speed.
	www.skagitscd.org /beginners.php (2099 words)

	Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of Montreal
		We dance to reels, jigs and strathspeys played on fiddle, accordion, piano, and any number of accompanying instruments that add texture to the music...
		The dance is related to Irish Ceilidh dancing, French Canadian contredanses and quadrilles, English Country Dancing and New England contra dancing.
		Scottish Country Dancing is practiced from Aberdeen to Adelaide, Capetown to Chicago, Tokyo to Toronto, Boston to Bombay...) But the best way to find out more about it is to come to a class, or drop by one of our socials to watch the antics.
	www.scdmontreal.org (463 words)

	Strathspey in May: Grantown-on-Spey's Traditional Music festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Strathspey in May committee has organised a successful annual festival of traditional music and song with a particular emphasis on tuition for adults.
		The aim of this year's festival is to introduce the concept to the local community, establish the new flavour for the festival, and then build on that foundation to a bigger and more inclusive event in 2007.
		The final aim is to firmly place an annual community-owned event in the Strathspey calendar of events, one which local people identify with strongly and participate in enthusiastically.
	www.strathspeyinmay.com /about.htm (325 words)

	Highland Dance Competition
		The Highland Dance Competitions will be held May 20th in McComb gymnasium of Edinboro University.
		Trophies will be awarded to the dancer with the highest points in all four dances of each class.
		We reserve the right to cancel any event due to lack of participation; should this occur, competitors will be notified prior to the day before the competition.
	www.speech.edinboro.edu /highlandgames/highland_dance_competition.htm (306 words)

	Strathspey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Strathspey may refer to one of the following.
		Strathspey, Scotland, an area in the Highlands of Scotland
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strathspey (80 words)

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