My occasional pictures, thoughts and quotes about dancing, stretching and keeping healthy—written from the Breton Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, of which I am the Honorary Secretary.
This blog is a supplement to the monthly Dancing Hippos Newsletter. Hippos dance too, but only in my hilarious newsletter.
Which nations have beautiful national costumes? Where do we see them? When to they wear them? In this increasingly homogenized world of social media and American commercialism, I am proud that Scotland’s National Dress is probably the best loved, the most recognized and the most often admired in the whole world. Certainly it is the most important in Britain, and in Europe.
Scotland and the Scots should be proud of their tartans.
Read MoreEssays on Scottish dancing to celebrate the joys of our Celtic heritage, sharing stories from Europe, Africa and America about dancing with beautiful women in beautiful St Andrews Scotland
Read MoreWherever Brits settle, they start clubs, pubs, and Scottish dancing. Together with dancing come music, whisky, haggis and the fun of Robert Burns’ birthday celebrations in late January. France’s biggest Scottish Balls are in Paris, Lyon and Montpellier.
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