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- From: renzland@gov.on.ca (Peter Renzland)
- Subject: Re: Scottish Country Dancing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.084326.9053@gov.on.ca>
- Organization: Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Canada
- References: <1992Dec23.053438.26986@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:43:26 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- elltankw@nuscc.nus.sg (Tan Kok Wan Peter (Dr)) writes:
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- >I am very keen on Scottish Country Dancing, having spent some years in
- >Edinburgh. I was wondering if anyone knew of books, etc. on this. I
- >would imagine that there would be quite a keen interest in it in Canada,
- >but how popular is it in the U.S.?
-
- Today I received my RSCDS Bulletin -- it lists all sorts of books, dance
- paraphernalia and contacts. (RSCDS=Royal Scottish Country Dance Society)
-
- Let's see: Edinburgh has 1275 members. Toronto has 875. But since many
- of Edinburgh's members are not active dancers while few of Toronto's are,
- and many more Toronto's dancers aren't even RSCDS members, it's quite
- possible that Toronto has more Scottish Country Dancers than any other
- place. Last August we did a 512-some reel -- biggest Scottish Country
- Dance in history. It's in the Guinness Book of Records.
-
- As for the U.S., San Francisco has about 500 members, L.A. about 300,
- and Boston over 300.
-
- The per-capita highest is probably New Zealand. With a popolation not
- much higher than Singapore, they have 1462.
-
- Singapore doesn't appear to have an RSCDS Branch. But there is an affiliated
- group: The Singapore St. Andrew's Society. Secretary: Mrs. M. Aitken,
- 8 Deal Road, Medway Park, Singapore 0513. That is probably your best
- starting point. RSCDS membership is probably around S$25.
-
- There are many fine books, but my favourite one is Miss Jean Milligan's
- classic little tome: "Won't You Join the Dance?".
-
- Happy dancing!
-
- --
- Peter Renzland <renzland@gov.on.ca> Ontario Ministry of Health +1 416 327-7741
- In real life: <peter@renzland.org> "Je danse donc je suis" +1 416 323-1300
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