In my other life, I did Scottish Country Dancing. This is a proposal for a Ball with railway flavour.
The Platelayers’ Ball
Scottish Country Dances with a Railway Link
The Reel of the Royal Scots
Meg Merrilees
Madge Wildfire’s Strathspey
Waverley
Princess Royal
Lady of the Lake
Jingling Geordie
Trip to Aberdeen
Prince of Wales
Bonnie Dundee
The Machine without Horses
The Express
The Irish (Rail) Rover
Jubilee Jig
The Caledonian Rant
Rob Roy
The Duchess of Atholl’s Slipper
Extras:
The Lancer
Bluebell Polka
Frog in the Middle
I’ll Gang Nae Mair tae Yon Toon (for Dr. Beeching)
Music by 37188 (Jimmy Shand)
All of the above are real Scottish Country Dances. If the railway link isn’t obvious, it’s probably an engine name. Most of the references are LNER or LMS, for obvious reasons, but there are one GWR and one Southern reference. One I wrote myself. Does anyone want to suggest any others?
The Platelayers’ Ball
Scottish Country Dances with a Railway Link
The Reel of the Royal Scots
Meg Merrilees
Madge Wildfire’s Strathspey
Waverley
Princess Royal
Lady of the Lake
Jingling Geordie
Trip to Aberdeen
Prince of Wales
Bonnie Dundee
The Machine without Horses
The Express
The Irish (Rail) Rover
Jubilee Jig
The Caledonian Rant
Rob Roy
The Duchess of Atholl’s Slipper
Extras:
The Lancer
Bluebell Polka
Frog in the Middle
I’ll Gang Nae Mair tae Yon Toon (for Dr. Beeching)
Music by 37188 (Jimmy Shand)
All of the above are real Scottish Country Dances. If the railway link isn’t obvious, it’s probably an engine name. Most of the references are LNER or LMS, for obvious reasons, but there are one GWR and one Southern reference. One I wrote myself. Does anyone want to suggest any others?
