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Scottish Country Dancing
is a modern form of the country dancing popular in England and Scotland
in the 18th century. 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. The music
is provided by a fiddle and piano, or by a band. The dances vary in tempo,
including lively jigs, hornpipes and reels, and the slower, elegant strathspeys.
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The Sorrento Scottish Country Dancers
are proud to be supported by the
Sorrento Lions Club
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Affiliated with the Royal Scottish Country Dance
Society
RSCDS
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In 1923, the Royal Scottish
Country Dance Society was founded in order to preserve traditional
Scottish country dancing. Its patrons went out to watch people dance and
collect the dances for publication. In the process, they also tried to
reconstruct and publish dances from old manuscripts that were no longer
actually danced, and standardized technical points like steps and footwork.
Scottish Country Dancing is probably more alive today than it ever was
in the past, and this is to a large extent due to the efforts of the RSCDS.
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