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Beatrice Started conversation Nov 14, 2014
I'm a member of a dancing display team, and we get lots of requests to do demonstrations (dems) for nursing homes. 
It was the first one of this season today. They are popular in the run up to Christmas, when we sometimes adorn our outfits with tinsel and reindeer antlers.
This afternoon I made a few small mistakes, but nothing too obvious - the trick is to keep smiling and don't let on!
Our teacher always gets me to do a twirl and to say a few words about my Titanic tartan sash.
The programme today was:
Homecoming - we always start with this one.
Scott Meikle - a fairly new dance, written by musician George Meikle, who I've met.
Bonnie Tree - a slower Strathspey
Reel of the 51st Division - a very popular dance devised by soldiers in WW2, and originally thought to be a coded message 
Culla Bay - a strathspey done in a square set
75 years on - this starts with the 3rd and 4th couples crossing over so that they are on the opposite sides.
The Irish Rover - we always finish with this one, and the music we use is a medley of well known tunes like Long Way to Piccadilly, and Pack Up Your Troubles, which always goes down well with the audience.
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Icy North Posted Nov 14, 2014
Is a Strathspey a dance, then? Or were you opening a bottle of single malt during those phases?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 14, 2014
Even I know what a strathspey is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va4CD_QlwxY
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Nov 14, 2014
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 14, 2014
"the music we use is a medley of well known tunes like Long Way to Piccadilly, and Pack Up Your Troubles, which always goes down well with the audience" [Beatrice]
I love those tunes too. 
As I write this, I'm listening to Julie Andrews in the soundtrack for "Thoroughly Modern Milly," but I know that Julie sang the Piccadilly and kit bag songs in her WWI movie "Darling Lili."
Is Lily Marlaine [sp?] ever used for your dances?
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