since it's actually a scottish song, you should be singing it and counting steps in Scots Gaelic. Get as much educational value out of it as possible :P
This is not the dance 'Mairi's wedding', though the music accompanying it is the traditional song used for dancing it. The dance being done seems to be a variation of The Gay Gordons.
it's an old Scottish Highlands Dance. It was just renamed to Carolina Promenade. A lot of Scottish Highlanders fled Scotland in the mid and late 1800's for obviously reasons (two failed Jacobite Rebellions). They had no land, so their only way to survive was to leave Scotland for America. They took their culture, language and way of life with them and it mixed with the American culture existing in North Carolina.
This is home school culture at it's finest
Totally! 😁
I agree as a homeschooled woman
since it's actually a scottish song, you should be singing it and counting steps in Scots Gaelic. Get as much educational value out of it as possible :P
im a home schooler also and I do this all the time with my friends!
YES! I'm not homeschooled but I learned this from some homeschooler friends!
randomly watching 7 years later and i think i know a couple of these folks
Recently learned this dance myself. So fun!!!
Same! About two weeks ago actually!!
@@DancerforYeshua that's awesome! I learned about a month ago
Holy cow guys!!! I COULD ACTUALLY DO THIS DACE!!! At least WITHOUT hurting anyone for once! ≧▽≦y
I would be singing along more than dancing
Not easy doing alone either. 😂
We do this every year at our cast party and it’s such a blast!
Great fun.
This is not the dance 'Mairi's wedding', though the music accompanying it is the traditional song used for dancing it. The dance being done seems to be a variation of The Gay Gordons.
It's not the Gay Gordons. It's the Chapelloise.
You can also search for a Chapelloise and find that dance (but with a bit different music)!
I know there's a name for this dance, but it's not coming to me at the moment. was it the Virginia Reel?
This is the Carolina Promenade.
@@Cobb6391 that's the one! Thanks. I wasn't sure it was the Reel, but the name wasn't coming to me
it's an old Scottish Highlands Dance. It was just renamed to Carolina Promenade. A lot of Scottish Highlanders fled Scotland in the mid and late 1800's for obviously reasons (two failed Jacobite Rebellions). They had no land, so their only way to survive was to leave Scotland for America. They took their culture, language and way of life with them and it mixed with the American culture existing in North Carolina.
Most of my family knows this reel
It's spelt 'Mairi'