Auld Lang Syne

[Maryontheweb]

"Old Long Ago"


Throughout man’s history dance and music have been part of our cultural traditions.

“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music.” ~Agnes de Mille

Listening to some Scots as they prepare to celebrate the works of Rabbie Burns later this month. Burns Night is 25th January. Burns Suppers have been part of Scottish culture for about 200 years.
(See http://www.rabbie-burns.com/the_man/index.cfm.html for info)
raised a couple of thoughts:-


Does anyone know of Scottish music used for Ballroom /Latin dances?

It would be interesting to compile a list of all such commemorative national events across the globe.

Any input on the above would be appreciated.

 

[DWise1]

Probably not quite what you're looking for, but there's the Scottish salsa band, Salsa Céltica. This page at their site, http://www.salsaceltica.com/music.html, lists their albums. Clicking on an album takes you to page listing the songs, some of which link to MP3 files that you can listen to (not the complete song, just a sample). There's a much wider range of samples for the albums on amazon.com.

Do you think that a strathspey would work well as rhumba or a bolero?

 

[Maryontheweb]

Do you think that a strathspey would work well as rhumba or a bolero?

Mmmmm now there's a thought!

 

[DWise1]

I may have spoken too soon. This Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathspey_(dance), makes it seem that the rhythm might not feel quite right. We had done a Scottish Country Dance class about a decade before I started to learn how to dance, so my memory of the strathspey dance doesn't include the rhythm of the music.

However, the same article mentions the dance being done to airs, so that might be a lead.