OT - Christie, Beth and other Scotspersons Tartan Day

[Guest guest]

Tonight I just got home from our university Tartan Day celebration.

The last event was a " Hafla " put on by the Belly... I mean Middle

Eastern Dancers from the two universities here, Cleopatra's Daughters

from Texas A & M Corpus Christi and Daughters of the Nile from Texas A & M

Kingsville. They do sword dances, though I doubt if they are the same

as the Scottish Sword Dance, but I'm not sure. I don't know what they

have to do with Scotland but I'm sure no one cared, they were great

entertainment. They are both award winning student dance groups. And

they provided food, most of it vegetarian.

 

Now to get out of my kilt.

 

" Be kind to animals... By not eating them " ,

William The Scot

 

--- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote:

 

> Years ago, at a New Year's party I used to attend, we did the

> Scottish Sword Dance. Kilts & all!

[Guest guest]

Two totally different dances. The middle eastern one involves dancing while

balancing the sword on the head, and/or hip. The scottish one involves placing

one or more swords on the ground, and doing a " fling " (sort of like a jig) and

moving from side to side of the blade - this ends up resembling dancing

hopscotch. Hey, maybe that's where the game came from!

 

William Scott <william_the_scot wrote: Tonight I just got home

from our university Tartan Day celebration.

The last event was a " Hafla " put on by the Belly... I mean Middle

Eastern Dancers from the two universities here, Cleopatra's Daughters

from Texas A & M Corpus Christi and Daughters of the Nile from Texas A & M

Kingsville. They do sword dances, though I doubt if they are the same

as the Scottish Sword Dance, but I'm not sure. I don't know what they

have to do with Scotland but I'm sure no one cared, they were great

entertainment. They are both award winning student dance groups. And

they provided food, most of it vegetarian.

 

Now to get out of my kilt.

 

" Be kind to animals... By not eating them " ,

William The Scot

 

--- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote:

 

> Years ago, at a New Year's party I used to attend, we did the

> Scottish Sword Dance. Kilts & all!

>

> William Scott <william_the_scot wrote: Christie,

> Being in Scotland I'm not sure if you are aware of the holiday

> celebrated in the U.S. and at many other countries around the world.

> On April 6 every year we celebrate our Scottish heritage on Tartan

> Day. Right now members of our local Scottish dance group are

> entertaining students with Scottish dancing at the university here.

> And I'm sure there are many celebrations and parades in other

> cities as well. I'm not sure if Tartan Day is celebrated in

> Scotland on April 6 as everyday in Scotland is " Tartan Day " .

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm afraid I know nothing of Sword Dancing, William - I used to do

Irish step dancing and at a Ceilidh if pressed (or extremely drunk,

a rare occurence these days) might attempt a Dashing White Sergeant

or Strip the Willow. Sounds like your evening was lots of fun.

Christie

, William Scott

<william_the_scot wrote:

>

> Tonight I just got home from our university Tartan Day

celebration.

> The last event was a " Hafla " put on by the Belly... I mean Middle

> Eastern Dancers from the two universities here, Cleopatra's

Daughters

> from Texas A & M Corpus Christi and Daughters of the Nile from Texas

A & M

> Kingsville. They do sword dances, though I doubt if they are the

same

> as the Scottish Sword Dance, but I'm not sure. I don't know what

they

> have to do with Scotland but I'm sure no one cared, they were great

> entertainment. They are both award winning student dance groups.

And

> they provided food, most of it vegetarian.

>

> Now to get out of my kilt.

>

> " Be kind to animals... By not eating them " ,

> William The Scot

>

>