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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.

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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. 
 

Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

Selected Dances

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Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne

Hogmanay

Farewell to the old year with hopes for health and courage to face the new! This strathspey was published by Thomas Wilson in 1816 and interpreted by the RSCDS Book 27 in 1975. With an inverse allemande and a poussette, there is ample opportunity to greet all members of the set. Thomas Wilson, a prominent dance master and author from the early 19th century, was based in London and is best known for his extensive writings on dance, including several manuals that described the dances, etiquette, and techniques of the time.

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 Farewell & Auld Lang Syne Dances Index

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