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Tag: Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party
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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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Dancing in the Old Town
Gavin Hamilton, Susanna Kennedy (1689-1780), Daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy, 1st Bt of Culzean, 3rd Wife of Alexander Montgomery, 9th Earl of Eglinton, oil on canvas, The National Trust for Scotland, Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park. She went to Edinburgh’s first Assemblies.
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The Queen of Ballroom Dances
The waltz as it is taught at Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party was codified in England in 1927. The English Waltz reached that form after a campaign, immediately after World War […]
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How to ask for a dance
Gentlemen tell me that asking a lady for a dance is difficult at first but easier with practice. At Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party, we are old school, so waltz lessons […]