Acknowledgements

The author has drawn extensively from those publications which he has been able to obtain (or borrow many times from the local Public Library), notably:

  • Jean C. Milligan 101 Scottish Country Dances
  • Jean C. Milligan 99 More Scottish Country Dances
  • Jack McConachie Scottish Country Dances of the Eighteenth Century
  • F.J. Pilling and successors Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams
  • Collins' Pocket Reference R.S.C.D.S.
  • The Manual of Scottish Country Dancing

The author would like to acknowledge those teachers (especially Martin Sprague and Jean Attwood) who tried to instill in him the rudiments of Scottish Country Dancing, the long-suffering fellow dancers of the many societies whose events he has attended, the many ladies (mainly of the Dorchester and Newbury Societies) who were kind enough not to refuse him as an inexperienced partner, Jessie Collins who has introduced him to many new dances, Ian Robertson for technical advice on the music and, most of all, the very competent dancer who agreed to become his wife.

The Internet has enabled access to material which was either not published in hard copy form or which is no longer available. The following have been invaluable:

Charles Upton - Minicrib Scottish Country Dancing Notes
Brief notes for over 2000 Scottish country dances available free for use in easily prepared cribsheets.
www.minicrib.care4free.net/index.htm

A. Paterson - Scottish Country Dance Database
This collection of information on various properties of over 13,000 Scottish Country Dances appears no longer to be supported at the 'scottap.com/dancedata' site.

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Preface
The Objectives Of Scottish Country Dancing
Some Scottish Country Dancing History
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