Welcome
The St. Andrews Society of Panama and its members welcome all Scots and Scots descendents as well as those who enjoy or have an interest in Scotland and Scottish culture. Scottish country dancing is popular and is practiced regularly.
Events
St. Andrew’s
Panama Revival
The Panama St.
Andrews Society
would like to invite
all Scots, Scottish
descendants, as well
as people interested
in Scottish culture
& Scottish country
dancing to join us
at Rincon Aleman
Restaurant at 7pm on
the second Tuesday of
every month.
The Rincon Aleman
Restaurant is
located on Calle 51
(same street as Las Tinajas Restaurant).
For directions
contact us at:
info@standrewspanama.com
Links
http://st-andrew.org.uk/
This is the only official website of
The St Andrew
Society incorporating
The World Federation of Scottish
Societies and Individuals.
http://www.scotlandstartanday.com/
Our vision is to see Scotland at the
heart of a global Tartan Day
celebration bringing to the world’s
attention our creativity, our
innovation, our heritage and our
business success.
http://visitscotland.com/
Planning for travel to Scotland.
http://www.scotsman.com/
The daily newspaper
Folklore and Dancing
Scottish Country Dancing
By: Neil Mccoll
Scottish dancing as we know it today
substantially reached its form in
the 17th century. Early in the
century, many of its dance patterns
and tunes migrated across the
English Channel to Paris, where they
became very popular. As with all
dance forms, it also mutated
somewhat, adopting the adopting the
foot placement used in ballet. It
was this marriage of traditional
country dancing, and ballet which
form the Scottish Country Dancing
practiced world wide today.
Interestingly enough, It migrated to
the English Colonies simultaneously
as it crossed the Channel. There,
after the f
ounding of the United
States and fuelled by increasing
numbers of new Scottish immigrants,
it gave us the Virginia reel and
other older US Folk dances, and
continued its evolution influenced
by the dances of other immigrant
groups until it reached the form we
know as Square dancing.
Scottish Country Dancing is danced
by couples in “Sets”. The music is
usually a medley of tunes to form a
distinct dance. The tunes vary from
fast jigs and reels, to stately strathspeys. Each distinct dance has
an associated pattern. The intricate
pattern is danced several times
through by the couples. The dance
ends usually when the “head” or
“Top” couple and all the other
couples return to their original
positions.