Library and Information Services, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Friday 20 March 2015

Scottish Country Dance Database - could be useful!

We found this the other day:-

Scottish Country Dance Database

 
 
This database looks potentially useful for anyone involved in the Scottish country dance scene.  Quoting from their homepage ...
 

"Overview

"This database aims to be a comprehensive resource for Scottish country dancers, dance teachers, and musicians. It brings together information on Scottish country dances, formations, musical recordings, Scottish country dance tunes, and the people behind all of those – all conveniently linked together for easy perusal.
"The database builds on the efforts of many people. Keith Napier and Peter Hastings pioneered the idea of indexing Scottish country dances and music. Alan Paterson started the project behind this database, compiling a very large repository of data and making it available to everybody. Eric Ferguson and Charles Upton, among others, have contributed cribs for dances. This web-based version was written by Anselm Lingnau, who is also hosting it on his server. Countless volunteers have helped organise, improve, and correct the data – an ongoing effort."  
 

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