Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
Hmmmn! Flambouyant and colour co-ordinantly conscious I may be, but I certainly would have drawn the line at wearing coloured dance shoes!
... and so would I, Hamish!

I'm sure the highly coloured shoes are also aimed at the lassies. I think it reflects the fact that the lassies have almost entirely taken over Highland Dancing - which is what these shoes are supposedly sold for.

Quote Originally Posted by Hamish
Laughing at mistakes and not being where one should be at a given moment is fine when dancing socially, but too much of it spoils the enjoyment of others in the set. On the other hand, wild, abandoned dancing performed without consideration for one's partner or for others in the hall is not, in my view, "doing it for fun"! I have witnessed many minor injuries, and one very serious one, caused by such behaviour across the years.
I agree with this too. We should always dance with consideration for the others in the set. We should all be there to have a good time together. That means being conscious of the needs of others - trying not to make too many mistakes that will confuse others, making no dangerous moves, interacting with the others in a friendly and happy way throughout. A dance danced with precision but no passion - where there is no sign of any genuine human interplay between the dancers - is a dead dance in my book.