Scotch measure????????? Scotch is an insulting term in Scotland, totally insulting. The dance in Scotland is The Blue Bonnets. A reference to the Jacobites. In the Commonwealth and America perhaps Village Maid. Drop the Scotch please!
This is also know as The Blue Bonnets reference to the Jacobite's. A Hard dance because it should be as though you are floating. The slow music also makes it difficult. Note to organisers. It is difficult these days to get proper dancing venues for competitions. However, dancing on an unsprung floor, causes injuries and also one get, s no height. The floor soaks up ones bounce, the dance looks flat. A clear winner here, timing out as I say a hard dance.
Weren't the male Scottish soldiers supposed to wear nothing underneath their skirts. With these young ladies skirts flying you could imagine the enemy getting an eye full at war. Beautifully danced ladies
Put it this way, one gent who attended a specific monthly old time and Scottish country dance evening (Sandringham at Mt Albert if anyone else used to attend) was known for not wearing anything under the kilt (all the other blokes did) and when it was time for the reels all the ''older'' ladies would make sure they were sitting in the seats where his set was. I'll leave the rest (and the reason) to your imagination.
@blueblaze9862 Competitions can knock the life and verve out of some things, everything has to be just so. Highland dancing was apparently originally a man's dance to show off power and athleticism. I've seen men doing non-competitive Highland dancing. It's very impressive. It's the same with Scottish Country dancing. Polished display dancing is totally different from (and boring compared to) people having a whale of a time doing it for fun at a party or wedding.
If you don’t understand the sheer athleticism your watching, I suggest looking up a Highland Pas de Basque and trying to do that for more than 15 min. Amazing talent!!
Just love this. US citizen here and new to all of this. Love all things Scottish. This must take amazing precision and practice. What is the history of the dance?
I love the Sword Dance. It must take so much skill and practice to be able to do this without touching the swords. I am curious about the history of the dance.
Scotland is the best country in the world for being so small and that is the main reason why I am so proud to be Scottish and especially from Edinburgh. All of the other countries in the world are amazing but I would not be from anywhere else.
Scotland is stunning, my ancestors came from the Highlands and Islands about 300 years ago, and worked their way down to settle in Essex, where I was brought up. I used to dance the highland fling as child - fabulous.
@@musicandbooklover-p2o But it actually feels like yesterday morning! (Part of me never grew up anyway! I loved being a kid, even though there's stress involved regarding finding out who you want to be, it was an era where we went out to play for hours on end, completely unsupervised, and had a great connection to the natural world and the countryside. O dear........................)
