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    Quote Originally Posted by CMcG View Post
    Colin, from the link you gave, I read this quote...

    "The dance was passed to the Flett's from Mary Isdale McNab who stipulated that she would teach it only on the condition that it was a 'personal' dance and not to be taught to anyone else. "

    I have to wonder how much tradition (in any culture) is... not "lost" per se, but deliberately thrown away. (Or allowed to die?)
    Last edited by unixken; 30th March 13 at 09:28 AM.
    KEN CORMACK
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    U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
    Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA

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