The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra - The Eightsome Reel
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2011
- The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra - The Fiddlers Party - The Eightsome Reel.
Scottish country dancing and Scottish fiddle music at its best.
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra conducted by John Mason MBE.
Filmed in the magnificent Great Hall of Borthwick Castle.
Music: Mrs McLeod of Raasay, The Fairy Dance, The De'il Among the Tailors, Soldier's Joy, The Mason's Apron, Staten Island, The De'il Among the Tailors, Soldier's Joy, The Mason's Apron, Kate Dalrymple - Розваги
being from the western isles, i can say that this is the happiest you will see a scot!
This is Scottish country dancing at its best. I'm proud to be Scottish.
Alba gu bragh
❤🏴
I am from a small village in Scotland and we learnt these dances for gym class at school. We used to go down to the local community hall on weekends and show off what we learnt!
It is really, really fun! Especially when everyone knows all the moves.
Mallaig. Many moons removed
My Ma used to teach the Eightsome Reels . . .
QUÉ SUERTE TUVO USTED EN NACER EN UN PAIS DEL PRIMERISIMO MUNDO. YO, SIN EMBARGO, NO TUVE SU SUERTE. POBRE, MUY POBRE Y EN UNA DICTADURA FRANQUISTA. PERO MIENTRAS ENTREVEÍA EL VIDEO Y LO ESCUCHABA, SOLO ME ACORDABA DE LOS PAISES AFRICANOS, SIEMPRE DOMINADOS POR TERCEROS. NIÑOS METIDOS EN HUECOS EN LA TIERRA Y ESCALVANDO PARA LOGRAR ALGO DE ORO PARA SOBREVIVIR. SUS GOBIERNOS CONNIVIDOS CON LAS MAFIS DE OCCIDENTE.
SEGURO QUE TODOS LOS DEL VIDEO SON CREYENTES , PARECE QUE LOS POBRES NO TIENEN A.LIENÍGENA QUE LOS PROTEGE.
COMO MI MADRE DECÍA: UNOS NACEN CON ESTRELLAS Y OTROS NACEMOS ESTRELLADOS. ME MORIRÉ SIN COMPRENDER EL REPARTO DE LA RIQUEZA TAN DESIGUAL QUE GOBIERNA EL PLANETA.
My cheeks hurt from smiling for eight minutes straight. What a good time they're having.
Such happy music, just what is needed in these difficult times
Amen!!!
Yes indeed!!!
📿🙏🏴
As a small family trio, we played these songs at contra dances in our area (US). It is nice to hear them played.
We have a Scottish Dance Group in France and enjoy these dances every Wednesday night .We must keep our traditions alive
Vive Le Brittany! Australie.
Where where where?
How lovely, I wish I could attend
Best Eightsome reel dance, fast beat yet just right ,
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra played it the best makes you clap and hop and stump your feet. Thank you , this music makes me smile and happy 📿💙🙏💜☺️
These tunes to this fantastic dance are played by a few ceilidh bands too.
I remember learning that dance in school. It definitely wasn’t performed to that standard, and as I recall the girls in the middle were often airborne during the exchanging/passing stage. It was chaos, but fun.
Whit u talking about? Nobody was airborne. We all had the hovering hand...at least six inches from our partners waist at that age :/
You just can't listen to this music without tapping your feet
I am Scottish & my grandfather used to say the best way to torture a Scotsman would be to nail his feet to the floor & play the eight some reel! 😂 You are so right you can’t help but tap your feet!
Bringing back memories of my country dancing days in Edinburgh, before I emigrated to Canada. I'm now in my 80's and my dancing days are over - but thanks to videos like this, I can relive the glorious past! Thanks so much.
sean molison Thanks Sean. Really great to hear of your musical past. Thanks!!!!!
I learned those dances at Broughton High School in Edinburgh. The gym teacher used to make us write out
The dances as a punishment .
I learned them in primary school now, playing them for Mr granddaughter
Just wonderful. I have been away from Scotland for 43 years but have never lost my love of Scottish music. It always brubeck a tear to my eyes.
Magic, it makes me think about the person my mother wanted me to be.
Factoid for all you fans of Downton Abbey: This is the reel that Anna learned from Rose during the family’s trip to Scotland (Season 3 Christmas special). The music playing when Anna reels is a slower-tempo version of the music playing when the lady in the blue dress (and later, her partner) steps into the center of the circle.
Love it
@@dawnjohnson3263 Awwww...
Loved
OMG!! I remember Queen Elizabeth dancing with Gillies at the Highland Ball. She was having a great time!
Yes,the Ghillies Ball. Gosh the Queen looked happy and carefree. Not anymore....
That video of the Queen, inspired me to learn Barn Dancing, a few days later, I went to a Cellidh. I actually thought, that this form of dancing had become obsolete.
@@skrq9167 Scottish Country Dancing is alive and well in Southern California!
@@michaeltiffany8625 I remember Scottish country dancing at school in the sixties!
I remember that too! Lovely to see her doing ordinary stuff like that,having fun like the rest of us!
* minutes of pure joy!!! As an Englishman with a Scottish partner and Scottish family, I have my own family tartan and PROUD to wear my kilt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! Long live Scotland and long live the kilt, wear it with pride everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you wear it daily, in public ?
just great to re discover this joyous dance. my maiden name:Anderson, tartan is Hunting Ross, my mother's maiden name: Thompson.
Sprained an ankle, but think to get it right to dance 8sm Reel again is motivation!
@@ceciliakay7674 My grandmother was a Ross. Her maiden name was Ross.
❤️ 😍 💖
@@joycemumford7515 hope he does
When stationed Scotland I became an associate member of the ROYAL BRITISH LEGION OF SCOTLAND where they got me to learn an dance with them. I enjoyed it as the only American in the Legiom for 6 years. Really miss the friendship.
I'm so glad our ansesters in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United state preserved this beautiful culture. For us to injoy is well 😊
Brings back so many memories at Faringdon secondary school
my primary school (8 years ago) got us to do dancing multiple months a year mostly around Christmas and Summer. There were loads of modern songs, but I remember these line dances the most. Brought the class together. Moments I will never forget
Good God, what an exhausting dance! Those dancers must have the hearts and lungs of ultra-marathoners! The Cameron in me loves Scottish dances - and it's great to see the varied tartans. Good job! Many thanks.
The woman in the blue dress was really having a good time!
The man in the red tartan kilt (same circle) is into it too. He does some serious high-steppin' when he's in the center. :-)
Especially since she forgot her wig.
@@ministryofanti-feminism1493 we are horrible people but I thought so too haha.
This is a favourable way to keep fit.
I love ❤ this music 🎶
I am American but my ancestors were all Scottish immigrants. Its for this reason that my family still celebrates things like burns night. I am so completely in love with Scottish culture and I am so happy that most of my family comes from this cultured country so I can take part in the traditions.
Definitely a good cardio workout. Looks like a lot of fun.
My Breton soul has shivers down its spine. Celtic hugs and kisses from Nantes (Naoned).
Vive Le Brittany! Australian Celt. Born over there!
Happy memories of dancing to this music at primary school in New Zealand. It gave me a better sense of geometry than any maths lessons.
Happy memories when at secondary school love the dancing great stuff
That is a dance and venue that most Scottish dancers would love to be part of. Fabulous 💗👍
Oh yeah
Only now in dreams
@@dawnjohnson3263 Why in dreams??
@@mariawildman1299 I've long been seperated from my highland hills Maria.
My whole life since childhood.
"Mountains divide us and the waste of seas
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is highland,
and we In dreams behold the Hebrides .."
@@dawnjohnson3263 What a lovely post ❤️. I know many Scottish dancers as I'm one myself. They speak lovingly of their country too. I
love the dancing and have recently had my DNA investigated. It appears that I'm 30% Scottish. I thought" that explains it"🌹
I was stationed in the Philippines in 1969-1970 with the USAF and taught the eightsome to the square dance club. They loved it.
Once did a three hour Ceilidh and every muscle in my body hurt for a week afterwards. What a great time!
There’s nothing like a ceilidh - they seem to be enjoying themselves !
I’m not Scottish, but I was led to believe that a ceilidh was a rather......boisterous affair requiring full body padding, or at least very quick reflexes. This seems rather proper and dignified to me. :-)
@@davidthaler7018 Ceilidhean are *very* boisterous, yes. And also very well-measured.
Eight minutes of pure joy......Thankyou.........
Wonderful! Just check out the infectious enthusiasm of the woman in the blue dress swinging her skirts and getting totally into the dance!
I have a teensy smidgen of Scottish blood.....this music makes me proud of that. Thanks so much, I'm having a blast here :)))
The Celts, we are beautiful !
We used to do this in the run up to Xmas at the school gym I readiness for the Xmas dance/disco. Also at the local sea cadets as three times a year we had dances with the county set crammed into our little hut on the docks to raise funds. Several times we had the immortal Jimmy Shand play for us. A different world and so happy. Escapism at its very best
My granma would have absolutly loved this .its ingained in my heritage ...best wishes from NZ
Pure fun I'm from Scotland Edinburgh learnt this at school
Whats not to love about this ? Great way to keep fit, have fun and come away feeling tired but happy !
I'm third generation Scots Australian and this made me cry, Now I know why I so desperately want to go home to Scotland..
I hope you made it home.
" the . .waste of seas . . divide us"
you and I in Australia,
"yet still, the blood is strong,
the heart is highland,
and we In dreams behold
the Hebrides. . "
'Canadian Boat Song,'
Anonymous, displaced Highland Poet
I learned this by ear on my violin and played along it was very fun 😄😅
omg i love the music .........
love from India
makes your heart thump
Wow! That’s magic! Takes me back many years ago! Australia.
I am there in spirit!!!
Danced this many times in my youth.Good music and dancing are great to see.
I’m Welsh, not really Scottish, but Celtic music and dance of all sorts make me so very happy!
Venus Gillespie Where I’m from in a small town in the North East of Scotland, Buckie, ceilidh dances are very lively we learn them in high-school and then perform them at a yearly Christmas party. And mostly likely any wedding you attend to will definitely have at least two ceilidh dances no doubt! It’s such a fun way to express the Celtic music and so heart lifting, another thing that’s nice is when I play my fiddle with my fiddle group at the church or in homes and we play Auld Lang Syne and everyone just grabs each other’s hands and sings! : )
@@nevefraser As it should be!
You don't have this in Wales? Huh? I thought you would. Ireland has a version of this type of dancing.
Very uplifting and enjoyable. Also a great memory reminder of doing the Eightsome reel....this is how parties should be.
This is probably the easiest of the Scottish country dances to learn. My favorite!!!
This is absolutely beautiful- just as I remember doing at school - great fun
Ah reminds me of every weekend back in the day brilliant fun and entertainment and of course wouldn't be complete with out a wee dram
Wonderful! What a way to get your cardio in and enjoy it as well.
we used to do this at school - best PE class ever
Terrific stuff! I remember learning how to dance such great dances as a kid at school. I admire the dancers' stamina and I note that few are overweight. They should try bringing this sort of thing back to kids in school!
I still do this shit, but during Christmas VERY YEAR (good music tho)
Jack Good message. Don't swear!
A very happy but wistful reminder of the happy pre-COVID-19 era 😭
well! they seem to really enjoy themselves ! wonderful music !
*_FANTASTIC_*
MAGNIFIQUE !
My goodness me! I was practically exhausted just watching this! Brilliant! I did enjoy it.
dmurphy
I used to round and square dance all winter long when i was younger, and i come across the scottishfiddle orchestra about 20 years ago. I truly miss watching the sfo on public tv; john mason was a true pioneer in his right.
I wanna go to Scotland😩😍💙🇰🇼🏴
I come from Scotland
PINK CLOUD KW I’m from Scotland just ask if u can!?!
So do I
Do it.
@@joycemumford7515 i will in the future or if i can
Who's dancing to this right now 🎉🎉🎉💃💃🕺🕺
This just makes me SO HAPPY!
Oh my what a treasure! This looks like so joyous and heart filling. I hope to have the opportunity to experience this at least once in my lifetime!
love it , I too was a Watson once , and the pipes stir my blood even tho'I've never been to my Fathers home !
Well, that's MY day's workout. Thanks.
Learned these dances in primary schools in scotland....remember them well
Such fun..
Absolutely brilliant to watch. If that doesn't keep you fit, I don't know what will !!!! :)
Now that was BLOODY MIGHTY!!! Brilliant!!
8 minutes long this had better be the first dance of the night. Everyone has to be in great shape.
Absolutely brilliant wish I had been there
Without a doubt as a proud Scotsman this is my favourite video on UA-cam
Gary Stewart - amen to that!
Gary Stewart And mine, and. I’m an Englishwoman
Fabulous , isn't it? And the lovely story Powder Puff tells. I remember when it was difficult to ask the family for money to buy dancing shoes ( plimsoles).
Should be on tv on new year's eve
What a exciting vid, help my feet are starting to dance on their own. Beautiful talented fiddlers, dancers are awesome. Kiaora and Merry Christmas from NZ.🎅🎅🎅🎻🎻🎻
Красиво. Здорово. Зажигательно. Смотришь и не надоедает смотреть. Молодцы.
Takes me back to learning country dancing at school...
Wow ! Je suis Suissesse et je vous envie ! 👏👏👏
It's grand to watch people who REALLY know how to do these dances properly! (Not that I can. I've got a serious handicap - I'm a sassenach.)
+Bert Bing
I know! I've tried so many times, but one of my feet is longer than the other and both of my legs are too short...
But I DO enjoy watching other English folk getting it wrong!
John Mason what a great guy, composer , conductor, player, i met this man twice, very down to earth & very humble, although he was a great man.
I have a Pedal Pal and I pedal for an hour every morning to ceilidh music. It’s good exercise and good for my mood as it’s so happy.
And not a single pair of pants was worn that night. Brilliant :)
By whom and to what sort of pants dae ye refer ?
Lovely music
Miss this dance we used to do it on Saturday evenings at Brockwood Park with Jim Fowler. Thank you for sharing this beautiful music with the folkdancing together. God bless!
Oh my god...this brings back memories of school :S
Those dancers have stamina, to dance this kind of thing for eight minutes! Love the dancing, the kilts, and the great music!
Carolyn H Yes the queen Mum always used to demand backstairs Billy for this one see any BMI age etc can do it 😎
+Carolyn H
I know!! I (not Scottish) was invited to a wedding in Scotland and honesty- I didn't know how they did it.. I mean they danced for ages with a few breaks- and they were no professional dancers! But still everyone was able dancing this way!!! old and young, thin and (more or less) overweight, not-so-sporty and sporty persons!! Probably they were enjoying it so much, they forget that they weren't even sporty enough to do it :-D
amazing!!
+Carolyn H
I know!! I (not Scottish) was invited to a wedding in Scotland and honesty- I didn't know how they did it.. I mean they danced for ages with a few breaks- and they were no professional dancers! But still everyone was able dancing this way!!! old and young, thin and (more or less) overweight, not-so-sporty and sporty persons!! Probably they were enjoying it so much, they forget that they weren't even sporty enough to do it :-D
amazing!! I really don't know where the stamina comes from!!! maybe the were practicing weeks before??
It’s difficult to dance for this length of time without getting out of breath. I’m in high school and we have a dance where there are four people in the middle and the other four on the outside and two of the middle ones lift the other two up. It’s really fun when you actually know the dances and add your own twists to it.
It's not a hard dance if you watch you dont need alot of stamina to do this
Takes me back to my schooldays 😀😀
There was a time back in 2019 when I was obsessed with this. 22-1-23 10:57 AM
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra -- led by the fantastic conductor John Mason -- was a favourite of my Blairgowrie-born-and-raised grandparents. They had all his tapes, including this one, I believe...
Timeless music, filled with unadulterated joy...
I remember learning this in school, there was always one group that would mess it up lol
Thank you, beautiful fiddle music and great dancing.
Fabulous and exhausting and that's just as a spectator ,we used to get this at school many years ago.i'm sure a couple of hours of this a week would cure Scotland's fat child problem and its good fun too.
One has to have a strong heart 2 jump like that for this long!!!! Fun
We do this Scottish Reel in Canada too!
In the US to😁 but we call it the "Virginia reel"
I watched a segment of "A Year in the Life of QE2"; the final episode showed the entire royal family dancing the 8 some reel.
I came here because of that vid too. I just watched the dance segment on YT only, not the entire vid.
Thank you for posting this! It means a lot to me. I just joined a local group of Scottish Country Dancers and it is so much fun!! If you had not posted this, I never would have been able to share in this wonderful way of dancing! Thank you agian
Keep up your dancing. I'm a member of RSCDS too!!
this is great fun, its a real dancers reel, and not too difficult!
I danced with rscds when I was wee and by god, I miss it;. I'm 27 now and hope that I can get back into it!
Such good exercise and fun.
Just another reason why I am so much in love with and why I am SO PROUD of the Scottish heritage I have. Me Mahther was of Irish AND SCOTTISH heritage so I've not alot of "Scot" in me BUT I LOVE amd maintain the little I have! Me bride to be is quite of British isles heritage: she has a bit o all the isles in her genetics (Irish Welsh English and Scot)!
and after a few drinks your dancing gets better and better and yells louder and louder I ken been there