Yes, you're remembering correctly. It's a similar situation in Ireland, where quadrilles went native. It's fairly easy to look up directions for the Lancers and relate them to the Inverness set. One might be able to trace the others. I just had out of the library:However someone mentioned that the square sets are not an import from the Scottish Highlands, like the step dancing is. Rather the square sets were imported from either the States, England or other parts of Canada, and jigs fit the right meter for the dance. Supposedly they evolved from the Lancer's dance sets? We need help on the details from Kate Dunlay
Lovett, Benjamin B; Lovett, Benjamin B., Mrs;
"Good morning"; after a sleep of twenty-five years old-fashioned dancing is being revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford
Dearborn, Mich. : The Dearborn Publishing Company, 1926.
There are 16 "Quadrilles" in there, plus the Lancers and a lot of other dances.
Here's another fun place to look:
Music Division, Library of Congress An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals Ca. 1490-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html .
I think Peacock (Scottish) is there and a few of the manuals have the strathspey and reel.
- Kate D.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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