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At
Higham
Hall,
over
two
decades
ago,
Derek
&
Maureen
Haynes
started
a
festive
3-day
dancing
holiday
for
experienced
dancers
at
New
Year.
After
Derek
died,
Ann
Dix
became
the
teacher
and
then
Mervyn
Short
took
on
the
position,
with
Maureen
Haynes
continuing
to
provide
dedicated
support
as
assistant
tutor.
The
course
remains highly successful and celebrated its 25
th
anniversary in December 2016.
To
mark
this
milestone,
course
members
were
invited
to
join
a
competition
to
devise
a
dance,
which
must
include
the
following
formations
in
any
form:
a
corner
formation;
a
reel;
and
Rights
&
Lefts.
Four
randomly
selected
teams
drew
lots
to
determine
the
tempo
for
their
dance,
and
once
devised
they
were
demonstrated
and
then danced by everyone.
Celebration
at
Higham
was
the
winning
dance,
devised
by
Robert
Smith
with
help
from
Geoff
Entwistle,
Diane
Rooney,
Lorna
Harmsworth
and
Ron
&
Shauna
Currie,
and
all
four
dances
are
published
in
the
Higham
Hall
Anniversary Booklet, which includes diagrams by Keith Rose, with proceeds to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue.
A
track,
with
the
recommended
tune,
Niel
Gow’s
Drumlanrig
Castle,
is
included
on
Recorded
Highlights
Volume
1
CD by Jim Lindsay & his Band, which is available for sale from
The Sunday Class Shop
, as is the booklet.