week of rain, “This weather would make you think of
emigrating.” She didn’t take it too seriously then, but her
husband had cousins in the Windsor area so in April of
1957 she made the trip. According to Dey, getting used to the
weather was one of the hardest things to do, and although
she doesn’t golf or compete in curling, two other sports with
Scottish origins, she’s been involved with RSCDS for 49 of
her 58 years here. They use it as a great way to share the
culture of their homeland.
“We have all nationalities in our group, it’s not strictly
Scottish people,” said Dey. “It’s such a great social
pastime…The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society has
branches all over the world, you could go to Japan, you can
go to Moscow, you could go to any country and you’ll find
the dancing that we do here the same.”
Dey’s description of the mosaic that has become local
Scottish dancing could be the antidote for the generational
concern Jurak refers to. Clearly, young people still want to
celebrate and learn about ethnic traditions – even if it’s not
the traditions of their parents and grandparents. If the goal
of multiculturalism is to share, then a young Chinese girl
doing the Highland fling could indicate success.
Brad Paisley once sang, “You know everywhere has
something they're known for, although usually it washes up A walk along the riverfront reveals the diversity in our
community
on our shores, my great-great-great-granddaddy stepped
off of that ship, I bet he never ever dreamed we'd have all
this. A French kiss, Italian ice, Spanish moss in the
moonlight, Just another American Saturday night.” That
could describe our area in a nutshell.
So visit a Carrousel village, or travel down Erie Street,
or ask your neighbour to teach you how to make pierogi.
Though we may highlight our diversity on three weekends
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