it's dying a death here in scotland believe me ex pats are keeping our traditions alive more so than us, i cant remember a step it's scary, im 41 and watching so much fade away. my whole life never found a teacher of pipes. im always just outside cities and being an adult and tuition prices top be a piper here is a lottery win. to learn gaelic even being a west scot , travel to glasgow or live on the islands, my ancestors gaelic arran twang is supposed to be a dead dialect now. we are wasting faster than the irish, my irish foster mother predicted this and thought sending me to read at the library would magically have me salvage scots gaelic. have you seen scots gaelic written on a page? then hear a scots gael speak it.? i am still a sassenach tongue. sadly. a wee scottish sassenach, foreign in my own land
keeping in mind i was born in strathclyde which spoke a variation of welsh around about the time my ancestors were recorded in scotland would have had a variation of gaelic norse and welsh. i speak none. of them lol
I remember this from the 1950s on Hogmanay Night on BBC tv. I was a young teenager who couldn´t stand óld´ music but I liked Jimmy Shand and his band because he looked a nice bloke and the music was lively. The kind of music that lasts for ever.
I am so happy to see this dance which l danced in my primary school in Penang, Malaysia taught by by english teacher Mrs Nicholas from Scotland. Thank you utube.
Three dances are demonstrated: 1/ Reel of the 51st Division, 2/ Round Reel of Eight and 3/ (unknown) although I truly enjoy seeing highland steps done "correctly" when included in a Scottish country dance.
Reminds me of being younger when a neighbour would put Jimmy Shand records on the 'radiogram' at full volume with the windows open and folk ,largely kids and mothers grannies etc would dance in the street ,
For some reason - non of us were Scots - we played and danced to this every Christmas. The dancing got more frenetic the drunken we got. Normally ended up in a heap on the floor. Those were the days!
From a time when everything was in Sepia.... I can remember when radio was in Black and White. 😀 Stay safe fellow Celts. Greetings from Cymru. 🏴🏴
The traditional scottish is always top of the pops for me as I used to join in all the dances and got great enjoyment from a good night oot!!!!! Kindest Regards Gavin
Reel of the 51st to Mairi's Wedding - not quite in time. Well found Frank. Jimmy Shand played a Hohnor Morino IV British Chromatic (three-row button accordion, known popularly as the Shand Morino). I probably have the recording among my vinyl.
Excellent! I hope they have a great time, the weather is expected to get very good towards next week! Inverness has changed dramatically in 15 years, it's gone from a town of 30,000 to a city of 70,000 so a lot of the changes might come as a surprise - both good and bad! :)
Aye, that set brought back some memories. Of gatherings in the Glasgow Highlander's Institute to Young Farmer's gatherings above byres with the seating consisting of bales of straw,(preferrably with the jaggy side faced downwards) and attended posh Highland balls. From Arran and Skye to points in between and danced by the light of the peat fire flame. . .
I remember we had to do these dances in P.E. at School, this tune along with Dashing White Sargeant, But it was much faster though, and more rough than what's seen here
@nicholaevitch It is definetely Mairis Wedding in the beginning. Just read the description of the video. It ist a Medley with Mairies Wedding and some other tunes.
@HRHStewartIIRegina - Much of it was filmed at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland as part of their annual festival - see video response from Corryvrechan for original (and the correct music...)
In Edinburgh over the Easter holidays, John Lennon and his family would visit Aunt "Mater"'s family: "Most evenings we used to go up a hill just behind the house to visit a friend of the family, and they had a wind-up gramophone. John quite enjoyed that, even thought the music was mainly Jimmy Shand and his band. Still, it was music."(Mike Cadwallader, a cousin)
maybe someone my to shade some light about the hi study of the dance i.e. its origin???I shall be greatful cos I'm very much interested in the dance and the band-lyrics.
up4itbristol, I remember Corryvrechan, the place, from that scene in 'I Know Where I'm Going!' - that tiny boat just poised there as they struggle desperately to survive... h.
Is there any footage of the actual Mhairi's Wedding dance? I was confused by seeing three couples, then four, then another four followed by the original three.
Les Français connaissent Jimmy Shand ? Je sais que tout le monde ici en Ecosse le connaissent, mais je n'ai pas su qu'il était si célèbre ailleurs aussi !
Cheers :), I'm actually from here I was just asking Scottishcutie which way they pronounced it in that particular case. In Inverness, we say it 'Vah-ree', or 'Mah-ree' if there is no H in it. Tha mi ceart?
I love Mairi's Wedding but check out the video responses (or search for Corryvrechan) to enjoy our "original" dance / music combination for Angus MacLeod, Saxmundham Reel, Reel of the 51st and many others (all in glorious colour!)
Didn't there used to be a programme on BBC (back in B&W days) perhaps in the 50s called something like the White Heather Club? I'm fairly sure Jimmy Shand's Bluebell Polka was the signature tune.
I love Jimmy Shand and had the privelege of dancing to his music in Princes Street Gardens, in Edinburgh. We would have not been allowed to do the wrong dance as part of a demonstration.
Hi Alistair here.Ian (the twat) left his email open so I thought I would let you hear what Im into.Its great what skill full playing and wonderful dancing I have a huge collection of this sort of music if you would like to hear it. Yours Alistair
How have we all been contaminated by all that popular knee jerk pop music sh!te? This is genuine Western peripheral European tradition, but apart from the Brittany part of France, western shore music and traditions are dead. (ok apart from some parts of West of Ireland)
are all those male gallic dancers gay? just asking. i saw two of them recently and they were called ben doon and phil mc cavity! if you put your hand up their kilts, you could tell what their clan was. you would feel a quarter pounder and instantly know there were ... mc Donald's!!!
A beautiful song danced to by amazing poeple. I wish the people where I live would recognize the Scottish dance.
it's dying a death here in scotland believe me ex pats are keeping our traditions alive more so than us, i cant remember a step it's scary, im 41 and watching so much fade away. my whole life never found a teacher of pipes. im always just outside cities and being an adult and tuition prices top be a piper here is a lottery win. to learn gaelic even being a west scot , travel to glasgow or live on the islands, my ancestors gaelic arran twang is supposed to be a dead dialect now. we are wasting faster than the irish, my irish foster mother predicted this and thought sending me to read at the library would magically have me salvage scots gaelic. have you seen scots gaelic written on a page? then hear a scots gael speak it.? i am still a sassenach tongue. sadly. a wee scottish sassenach, foreign in my own land
it seems to me
keeping in mind i was born in strathclyde which spoke a variation of welsh around about the time my ancestors were recorded in scotland would have had a variation of gaelic norse and welsh. i speak none. of them lol
_A beautiful air played by the great man and the dancing is beautful_
depuis peu je découvre les danses écossaises et cette Mairi's Wedding c'est un régal à écouter et à danser.
Fantastic. Lovely footage of the dancers too. Beautiful culture.
I remember this from the 1950s on Hogmanay Night on BBC tv. I was a young teenager who couldn´t stand óld´ music but I liked Jimmy Shand and his band because he
looked a nice bloke and the music was lively. The kind of music that lasts for ever.
L
Hogmanay, Central Scotland, 1970s...who could see the New Year in without Jimmy Shand?!
Karen Mathers You are so right, Karen. New Year's Eve - the BBC always showed Jimmy Shand or Andy Stewart. Makes me quite nostalgic too.
@@irisstartup122 Hogmanay is not the same any more
Biblical Broadcasting TV at Hogmanay is just boring now.
Great piece of music, never tire of listening to it
I love Sir Jimmy Shand, Band I used for my residents sitting dancing and exercises in the morning. ..they lovin it..thanks Sir Jimmy. ..
I salute sir jimmy shand great music and dancers are great
I am so happy to see this dance which l danced in my primary school in Penang, Malaysia taught by by english teacher Mrs Nicholas from Scotland. Thank you utube.
Bravo! very enjoyable - wish I could give a 100 likes.
I'm not a Scot, but Jimmy Shand's music makes me wish I was.
Three dances are demonstrated: 1/ Reel of the 51st Division, 2/ Round Reel of Eight and 3/ (unknown) although I truly enjoy seeing highland steps done "correctly" when included in a Scottish country dance.
Reminds me of being younger when a neighbour would put Jimmy Shand records on the 'radiogram' at full volume with the windows open and folk ,largely kids and mothers grannies etc would dance in the street ,
Sounds great :)
Many of them blazing drunk...afterwards they would gang in the hoose for a haggis supper with spotted sporran for a sweet
For some reason - non of us were Scots - we played and danced to this every Christmas. The dancing got more frenetic the drunken we got. Normally ended up in a heap on the floor. Those were the days!
From a time when everything was in Sepia.... I can remember when radio was in Black and White. 😀 Stay safe fellow Celts. Greetings from Cymru. 🏴🏴
And greetings from EIRE.
The traditional scottish is always top of the pops
for me as I used to join in all the dances and got
great enjoyment from a good night oot!!!!!
Kindest Regards Gavin
I'm a jock living.in chorley lancs, miss Scotland.going.back someday,
Really enjoyed the music of Jimmy Shand and he quite rightly in my mind said keep it simple. It is a good way to think about life
Great playing, my daughter aged 8 now wants me to get her an accordian
Wow I remember doing this
Jimmy Shands on the wireless & its fish for ma tea ! :) . Just brilliant a legend :) x
benbu7m01 seen ur pic n thought was me n ad posted sumin lol x
Reel of the 51st to Mairi's Wedding - not quite in time. Well found Frank. Jimmy Shand played a Hohnor Morino IV British Chromatic (three-row button accordion, known popularly as the Shand Morino). I probably have the recording among my vinyl.
i really like the tune and the dancing great job.gail
Excellent! I hope they have a great time, the weather is expected to get very good towards next week! Inverness has changed dramatically in 15 years, it's gone from a town of 30,000 to a city of 70,000 so a lot of the changes might come as a surprise - both good and bad! :)
LOVE THIS FOOT TAPPING MUSIC
the late & great JS. brilliant
Scottish Country Dancing = the perfect antidote to obesity.
The guid auld days
Classic! 5 stars!
Aye, that‘s gye grand!
bonjour c'est superbe encore bravo
And Jimmy Allen to follow.
I think this is magic music
the dance in the video is the reel of the 51st division
lovely
The music may be Mairi's Wedding but the dance isn't. That's the Reel of the 51st Division
iT IS 50 YEARS BUT i FIGURED THAT OUT TO MY SURPRISE. tHANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING IT. Sorry about caps
What a shame that people like you are allowed to breed!
Wind yer neck in, son
Yeah and Mhairis wedding is a 2/4 march
They seem to be dancing The Reel of the 51st Division, at least the first time or two.
Ahh the Paddy Bar, great stuff. x :)
ım turkey and new ekin ìs love
Aye, that set brought back some memories.
Of gatherings in the Glasgow Highlander's Institute to Young Farmer's gatherings above byres with the seating consisting of bales of straw,(preferrably with the jaggy side faced downwards) and attended posh Highland balls. From Arran and Skye to points in between and danced by the light of the peat fire flame.
.
.
I used to dread this evry yr in high skl
yes it is!
I remember we had to do these dances in P.E. at School, this tune along with Dashing White Sargeant,
But it was much faster though, and more rough than what's seen here
"Marie's Wedding" is one of the tunes played here, and another one is "Happy We've Been A' Thigither" (together)
Girls
Girls dancers
Me and my mate are singing this for our schools st andrews night!=)
@fomoore The music is Mairi's Wedding. The dance is Reel of the 51st Division.
Try keeping your feet still while listening to this.
Awesome
Makes me want to live in Glasgow once more. ??? Should I?
very good
I just thought I'd put this on while I contemplate completing ma tax return.
@nicholaevitch It is definetely Mairis Wedding in the beginning. Just read the description of the video. It ist a Medley with Mairies Wedding and some other tunes.
The dance is the Reel of the 51st division although the music is Mairi's Wedding
Is this the number they played on some mothers do ave em when Frank spencers kilt fell off?
@HRHStewartIIRegina - Much of it was filmed at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland as part of their annual festival - see video response from Corryvrechan for original (and the correct music...)
He was, there's a statue in the centre of the town as well.
In Edinburgh over the Easter holidays, John Lennon and his family would visit Aunt "Mater"'s family: "Most evenings we used to go up a hill just behind the house to visit a friend of the family, and they had a wind-up gramophone. John quite enjoyed that, even thought the music was mainly Jimmy Shand and his band. Still, it was music."(Mike Cadwallader, a cousin)
I love the whole thing! though I don't know which dance it is!I thought its the Maris wedding dance?
maybe someone my to shade some light about the hi study of the dance i.e. its origin???I shall be greatful cos I'm very much interested in the dance and the band-lyrics.
search for jimmy shand vs 50 cent "in da club" gr8 remix!!
up4itbristol, I remember Corryvrechan, the place, from that scene in 'I Know Where I'm Going!' - that tiny boat just poised there as they struggle desperately to survive...
h.
Is there any footage of the actual Mhairi's Wedding dance? I was confused by seeing three couples, then four, then another four followed by the original three.
Les Français connaissent Jimmy Shand ? Je sais que tout le monde ici en Ecosse le connaissent, mais je n'ai pas su qu'il était si célèbre ailleurs aussi !
When was this filmed
wow so hard but beautiful.. my partner is Scottish (:
Thought Jimmy Shand was from and resident in Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Cheers :), I'm actually from here I was just asking Scottishcutie which way they pronounced it in that particular case. In Inverness, we say it 'Vah-ree', or 'Mah-ree' if there is no H in it. Tha mi ceart?
nice
I love Mairi's Wedding but check out the video responses (or search for Corryvrechan) to enjoy our "original" dance / music combination for Angus MacLeod, Saxmundham Reel, Reel of the 51st and many others (all in glorious colour!)
Didn't there used to be a programme on BBC (back in B&W days) perhaps in the 50s called something like the White Heather Club? I'm fairly sure Jimmy Shand's Bluebell Polka was the signature tune.
I love Jimmy Shand and had the privelege of dancing to his music in Princes Street Gardens, in Edinburgh. We would have not been allowed to do the wrong dance as part of a demonstration.
when was this filmed ? Looks like early 1960s to me
Yes it looks like the Reel of the 51st Division to me
i am glad i virtually gate crashed this shin dig;-)
The tune is Mairis wedding but the dancers aren't dancing Mairis wedding.
@arrghgarry Lol. No, ceilidh dancing is normally a lot more rough around the edges and not so much about prancing about :P
The lobster guy seems a bit odd!
Please don't blame the dancers! We are dancing to our own tune :-)
See Corryvrechan's channel for more...
Yeah - looks like most of video borrowed from Corryvrechan (Reel of the 51st, Angus MacLeod, Saxmundham). See video response.
Y'know, they have Highland Games in Austria!!!!
B
Donald where’s your trousers
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-YOOCH!
Highlander1758 - especially from a distance...
;-)))
h.
Do they say it 'Vah-ree' or 'Mah-ree' ? :)
That is not Maries wedding they are dancing. The tune is though.
This looks like a different reel! Are you sure it's Mairi's wedding?
this isnt mairi's wedding! Its reel of 51st!
The noo! and not 7 months ago, at all...
h.
They tried to teach us a few traditional dances on the wedding of my friend, but it didn't look half that good as in this video...
if you were a scot you would be sooo proud
@ScottishFiddleLesson "Proper"? :/
spelt mhairi pronounced by the english as vari
Sounds better on pipes
Shoot me now 😊😊
Is it me or are the dancers not quite in time to Jimmy?
Hi Alistair here.Ian (the twat) left his email open so I thought I would let you hear what Im into.Its great what skill full playing and wonderful dancing I have a huge collection of this sort of music if you would like to hear it. Yours Alistair
Nae wonder the English were scared....I'm scared maself
Shand was a locational name 'of Shaund' a small spot in France. He was not a Scot.
what a shame it is not the correct dance.
'HARAM'!
Soon no more of this sort of thing in the UK!
Why not?
How have we all been contaminated by all that popular knee jerk pop music sh!te? This is genuine Western peripheral European tradition, but apart from the Brittany part of France, western shore music and traditions are dead. (ok apart from some parts of West of Ireland)
Even Highland dancing as we know it is a reinvented tradition, a by-product of Balmorality.
are all those male gallic dancers gay? just asking.
i saw two of them recently and they were called ben doon and phil mc cavity!
if you put your hand up their kilts, you could tell what their clan was. you would feel a quarter pounder and instantly know there were ... mc Donald's!!!
Vote SNP and independence for Scotland.