Groundhog Day Scottish Dance ... Again!

by Tom Halpenny

Scottish dancers in Washington and Oregon tuned in online for the fourth annual Déjà Vu Scottish Dance with theme Goundhog Day to enjoy energetic dancing music played live by Cynthia Soohoo on piano and Nathaniel Soohoo-Hui on fiddle. In case you missed it or would like to watch the February 6, 2021 dance, we can view the recording.

The Déjà Vu dance online version has four dances in the first half, and we repeat the same four dances that are really fun to dance a second time with more confidence! The dance was patterned on the Groundhog Day movie in which TV weatherman Phil Connors relives Groundhog Day over and over. Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil was on hand to prognosticate when spring is coming.

Cynthia observed that the last time the SWWS Branch had organized a Scottish dance with live music was the Déjà Vu dance one year ago. This year had 39 people attend online to dance or watch and enjoy the fabulous music, compared with an average 26 people during previous years. Liza Halpenny taught the dances in the January Social Dancing class. The Déjà Vu dance format is unique in the Scottish dance world ... so far.

Many thanks to folks for their efforts to put on the Groundhog Day - Déjà Vu dance. Lisa Scott and Rebecca Mintz briefed the dances. Liza and Tom Halpenny were the emcee and dance chairs. Ken Heinemann and Mel Whitson tirelessly assisted the musicians to produce good-quality sound over Zoom. See you next year ... again.

Emcee and Briefers

Musicians and Groundhog