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Welcome, FIUV!
Hello to all readers of Gregorius Magnus magazine who have followed the link to the Mrs McLean Waltzing Party website! I hope to make the comments feature easier to access […]
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A short digression about fruitcake
The most traditional Christmas pudding in Scotland is, of course, the clootie dumpling, which is boiled in a cloth (the cloot). There there is its English cousin, the Christmas pudding, […]
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Nearly Irish in nature
For the first 60 years or so of the 20th century, parish hall dances were a staple of Catholic social life in Canada and the USA. They could be nightly […]
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“The Fair Assembly”: Social Dancing in Edinburgh from 1705
The best general history of social dancing in Scotland I have found so far is called Oh, How We Danced: The History of Ballroom Dancing in Scotland by Elizabeth Casciani […]
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A Very Merry Michaelmas!
Happy Feast Day! It’s a beautiful day in Edinburgh, the sun having burned away the mist. There are crunchy yellow leaves huddled up in the corners of the streets, and […]
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Lively Night Out
Dr Peter Kwasniewski directed his readers to this interesting article in The European Conservative about the decline in continental night life. “The Death of the Night Out” blames poverty and […]
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Planning the Michaelmas Dance
I have survived a series of misadventures—including spraining my poor knee—and now it is time to plan this year’s Michaelmas Dance! It will be on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from […]
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Three Days of Dancing
I try not to get distracted from my dancing goal, which is to make or secure safe spaces for traditional Catholics to dance. Reminding myself of this goal has saved […]
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No Dancing Today
Pope Francis died this morning in Rome. Tonight’s dancing workshop at St. Andrew’s Ravelston Catholic Church parish rooms in Edinburgh is therefore cancelled. I have spent a lot of time […]
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Catholic Choral Symposium in Canada
I have been hoping readers will send me information about their own events, and yesterday I received a lovely message about a choral and organ training seminar in Canada. It […]