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The Swinging Sporran: Light-hearted Guide to the Basic Steps of Scottish Reels and Country Dances
  
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The Swinging Sporran: Light-hearted Guide to the Basic Steps of Scottish Reels and Country Dances (Paperback)

by Andrew Campbell (Author), Roderick Martine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 Oct 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140119957
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140119954
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 0.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 800,759 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This edition of a guide to the basic steps of 17 Scottish reels and country dances has been updated to include the latest variations. The book explains each dance simply and clearly with diagrams, and gives additional background information on dress, history and basic technique such as setting, turns and pas de basque. The dances listed include The Duke of Perth, Hamilton House, The Reel of the 51st, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Inverness Country Dance, Foursome, Eightsome and Sixteensome Reels and The Dashing White Sergeant. Roddy Martine is the ex-editor of the "Scottish Field" and author of the "New Shell Guide to the Lowlands and Borders of Scotland".

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1.0 out of 5 stars Two left feet....., 15 Jan 2009
By Nomesky (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Swinging Sporran: A Lighthearted Guide to the Basic Steps of Scottish Reels and Country Dances (Paperback)
Dreadful. No other word for it. This is a 2007 reprint of a 1973 1st edition. It is an appalling book. I was brought up in Scotland and went to ceilidh dances throughout my school and uni days in 70' & 80's. Now living in L'pool, with two wee girls, I thought this book would inspire me to teach my bairns a few Scottish dances.

This book has the most obscure collection of Scottish dances I have ever (or more like NEVER) heard of. Where is "The Gay Gordons", "Canadian Barn Dance", "Strip the Willow", "Military Two Step", "St Bernard's Waltz"? What the hell is a "Hamilton House" or a "Machine Without Horses"?!

Complete and utter tosh.
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4.0 out of 5 stars reely quite good, 7 Feb 2009
By Tangerine (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Swinging Sporran: A Lighthearted Guide to the Basic Steps of Scottish Reels and Country Dances (Paperback)
To be honest, there's a limit to what a book about dancing can actually teach you: if you're a complete Scottish country dancing beginner, not even step-by-step diagrams are going to convey the intricacies of the moves and spins, even if, like this manual, tries its best with arrows and diagrams. You really need to see dancers in action, and hear the music, to get how the individual sections all fit together.

However, having said that, of all the guides I've read in a vain attempt to learn in a hurry, The Swinging Sporran is the most useful. It breaks down all the classic dances you would need to know for a formal Scottish reeling night into basic steps - Hamilton House, the Eightsome Reel, Reel of the 51st Division, Dashing White Sergeant, etc - and offers some tongue-in-cheek advice straight from 1973 about what to wear, and what to expect. Not much has changed; after all, a kilt is a kilt is a kilt. This is definitely an introductory guide to the traditional world of Scottish Country Dancing, however; you'll need a different book if you're heading for a more informal folk dance ceilidh, where Strip the Willow, the Gay Gordons, etc, are more usual.

But with a CD of appropriate tunes to put to the steps, this is a handy little book to keep in your sporran for reference, and a good starting place for anyone with an interest in Scottish country dance.
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