| Circolo Pisano della Società di Danza |
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in collaboration with
The Jolly Beggars
Irish and Scottish music
Sotto il Cielo D'Estate 2002 - Comune di Pisa, Servizio Cultura
July, 14, 2002 - Cortile della Sapienza, Pisa
Poster
A tribute to Scotland in an evening of Scottish dances and music proposed by the cultural association Circolo Pisano della Società di Danza together with the band The Jolly Beggars of Irish and Scottish music.
Traditional Scottish dances, Scttish country dances, MacNab dances and highland reel, with solo music and songs, ballads on jig, reel, strathspey and hornpipe tunes.
Traditional Scottish dances have been danced for a long time, they spread out from Scotland to all over the world, and they are strictly connected with the Scottish musical culture and tradition. Dances range from quick time jig and reel to elegant strathspey. They are performed by groups of dancers with costumes in different formations, like the set (square set and longway set) and various coreographic formations for MacNab dances and highland reels. Such dances include also some specific a-solo highland steps.
Dances are reconstructed on the basis of traditional balls and dance manual, books and manuscripts of dances, according to the research carried on by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) of Edinburgh, of which the Circolo Pisano is an affiliated group.
Program
| Dance | Music |
|---|---|
| The Summer Assembly, Reel | The Maid behind the bar |
| Light and Airy, Jig | Out on the Ocean, Lark in the Morning, Connaughtman Ramble's |
| Shepherd's Crook | Strathspey |
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Flower of Magherally, Song |
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| The Earl of Errol's Reel, Slow Jig | Up in the Air, Patsy Geary's, Coleman's Cross |
| The Scotch Circle, Reel | Drowsy Maggie, Cooley's |
| Lerwick Reel | Strathspey |
|
Lowlands of Holland, Song | |
| Virgina Reel, Flowers of Edinburgh, Reel | Virginia Reel, Flowers of Edinburgh |
| West's Hornpipe, Hornpipe | Leslie's, Mason's Apron |
| Schiehallion Reel | Strathspey, Reel |
|
My match is being made, Song | |
| The Earl of Mansfield, Reel | Farewell to Erin, St. Anne's Reel |
| Dashing White Sergeant, Reel | Teetotaller, High Reel |
| Foursome Reel and Reel of Tulloch | Strathspey, Reel |
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Black is the colour, Song | |
| The Olympians, jig | Calliope House, Irish Washerwoman |
| La Tempête, reel | Gravel Walk, Dinky's |
The Jolly Beggars
Rosy Brondi: voice, bodhran
Alessandro Capanni: chitarra, voice
Giovanni Stea: mandola, arpa celtica, voice
Carlo Rogo: violin
Vincenzo Appolloni: violin
Francesco Ceri: mandolino, flutes, guitar, voice
Circolo Pisano della Società di Danza
Cultural association
Historical dances, XIX Century dances, Scottish country dances
Courses, seminars, balls, tea dances, stage
tel: 050 571848-44247 and at Royal Victoria Hotel, Pisa, tel: 050 940111