Saturday, February 13, 2021
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As noted in our mom's obituary, mom was a championship Scottish Highland dancer. The photograph with this posting is from approximately 1948 and shows mom performing the Highland sword dance. For those that are not familiar with this tradition the following YouTube videos show examples of the types of dances mom performed in competition in her youth (you will need to cut and paste the URL into your browser, as embedded hyperlinks are not working for some reason):
Sword dance: https://youtu.be/YBSjZMMHSV0
Highland fling: https://youtu.be/CfE7jHThiUc
Reel of Tulloch: https://youtu.be/CwO4CY9uBjY
Fancy Highland dance: https://youtu.be/sEPplKSXaio
Exhibition: https://youtu.be/VgMoCHDOpQM
and you may also find the following of interest, as pipe bands are an import part of highland tradition:
Pipe band tattoo: https://youtu.be/oBYVmnMFMtA
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