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Above: The Inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the LodgE, WILLIAM STEWART WATSON (1800-1870)
Winding Down, ABSENT FRIENDS & Farewell
We hope you enjoyed our virtual Burns Night of Scottish Country Dances. As the evening nears its end, please sit by the fire below, take a last turn about the room, and choose your version of an "Auld Lang Syne" dance below.
Farewell
It was a brilliant evening, but it's time to say farewell. We hope you will join us again next year.
Adieu! a heart-warm fond adieu;
Dear brothers of the mystic tie!
Ye favoured, enlighten'd few,
Companions of my social joy;
Tho' I to foreign lands must hie,
Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba';
With melting heart, and brimful eye,
I'll mind you still, tho' far awa.
Selected Dances
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Farewell & Auld Lang Syne Dances Index
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Dance | Type | Couples | Devisor | Source | Link Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Cup o' Kindness | Reel | 5L | Werner | Scottish Flavour Vol. 1 | Coming Soon |
Auld Acquaintance | Reel | 3C/4C | Dickson | Dunedin Dance Books 5 | |
Auld Acquaintance | Strathspey | 4C | Priddey | Tam O' Shanter | |
Auld Lang Syne | Jig | 2C | Boehmer | Cameo 20 | Coming Soon |
Auld Lang Syne | Strathspey | 3C/4C | Wilson | RSCDS XXVII | |
Auld Lang Syne to Anne | Reel | 4C | Klokgieters | ||
Here's a Hand | Medley | 4L | Ackerley | South African | |
Here's a Hand, My Trusty Fiere | Strathspey | 4L | Keppie | The Handy Dozen | |
My Trusty Fiere | Strathspey | 4L | Whitby | Hamish Dances | Coming Soon |
Willie-Waught | Jig | 3C/4C | Gray | Hunter Valley Book of Dances |
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