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Take your partners

Title
Take your partners [videorecording] / produced by Jordanhill College Film Unit ; director, Tony Lavender.
Publication
Edinburgh, Scotland : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, c1978 or later.

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Additional Authors
  • Milligan, Jean C.
  • Lavender, Tony.
  • MacFadyen, Alastair.
  • MacLean, Johan.
  • MacLeod, Duncan.
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.
  • Jordanhill College of Education.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Overview of Scottish country dancing, with special reference to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. The historical background of Scottish country dancing is illustrated by dances performed in costumes of various periods. Characteristic steps and formations are demonstrated by students and experienced dancers. In conclusion, three dances exemplifying basic techniques and formations are performed.
Donor/Sponsor
Presented in memory of Mary Ann Herman.
Subject
  • Country-dances (Music)
  • Scotland
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
Credits (note)
  • Script and dance technique, Alastair MacFadyen, Johan MacLean, and Duncan MacLeod ; photography and editing, Gus Macaulay ; sound recordist and dubbing mixer, Grahame Paterson ; costumes for dances recorded in Culzean Castle, Margaret Hunter.
Performer (note)
  • Commentary: Bill Jack ; brief speech by Muriel Gibson, secretary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ; recorded message from the late Jean Milligan, one of the Society's founders.
  • Performed by members of the Aberdeen, Ayr, Edinburgh and Glasgow branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and Jordanhill College students.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at various locations in Scotland, among them Culzean Castle, Mayhole; Jordanhill College, Glasgow; and the headquarters of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in Edinburgh.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2061
OCLC
NYPY95-F298
Title
Take your partners [videorecording] / produced by Jordanhill College Film Unit ; director, Tony Lavender.
Imprint
Edinburgh, Scotland : Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, c1978 or later.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Performer
Commentary: Bill Jack ; brief speech by Muriel Gibson, secretary of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ; recorded message from the late Jean Milligan, one of the Society's founders.
Performed by members of the Aberdeen, Ayr, Edinburgh and Glasgow branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society and Jordanhill College students.
Credits
Script and dance technique, Alastair MacFadyen, Johan MacLean, and Duncan MacLeod ; photography and editing, Gus Macaulay ; sound recordist and dubbing mixer, Grahame Paterson ; costumes for dances recorded in Culzean Castle, Margaret Hunter.
Event
Recorded at various locations in Scotland, among them Culzean Castle, Mayhole; Jordanhill College, Glasgow; and the headquarters of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in Edinburgh.
Local Subject
Folk dancing -- Scotland.
Dance -- Scotland.
Reels and strathspeys.
Jig (Dance)
Added Author
Milligan, Jean C. Speaker
Lavender, Tony. Director
MacFadyen, Alastair.
MacLean, Johan.
MacLeod, Duncan.
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.
Jordanhill College of Education.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2061
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