scottish country dancing

Hi there

Starting this at teatime in the hopes that it will be finished before the day is out!

That dance I mentioned was last night! Willie brought Vina down in the car to the Burgh Hall where I met her. All her dancing friends were so pleased to see her, and if she wasn't exhausted by watching the dancers she probably was by the time everyone had spoken a few words with her. I can't believe the difference this last week has made to her. She's feeling stronger and more able to eat, though portions are still very small. I really hope this is the turning point and that the scan she'll have in April - yes, April, still so far away - will show the tumour has shrunk. Till then we still take every day as it comes.

The dance was good! Ian MacPhail and his band provided the music, and the dancers all joined in all the dances, though some had more idea of the dance moves than others! Some sets got into quite a fankle, but it was all taken in good spirit and everyone had fun.

One dance was called A trip to the Drakensbergs (Hope I got that spelling right), which is an area in South Africa that Vina has visited. Her brother and sister-in-law have lived out there for 30 years or so and are members of their local Scottish country dance group. When Vina first heard of this dance she emailed it to Ann and Robin who showed it to their dance teacher. The verdict was that it would take 10 years for them to learn it!!! The photo of the dancers in my layout is of the "trip to the Drakensbergs"!

By the way, the tartan I used as the background is the MacPhail tartan. You can see Ian was wearing trews of that tartan!

Unfortunately there are more women than men interested in country dancing so women dance together more often than not. I do have a photo with some of the men in it. Let me find it.....

Here we are then! I'm pretty sure this was another photo of the "trip to the Drakensbergs"!

and this is a photo in the Drakensbergs themselves!

Well, I do believe I have managed to get this finished on the same day it was started! I now wonder if I can get to bed the same day I got up! I don't usually, but tomorrow is my early shift and I'm up at 6.00 again! Oh well! It's only one day out of my five!

So, all for now. Talk again soon!