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De Young Museum - Scottish National Galleries Tour

San Francisco, April 17, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

"The Skating Minister," Sir Henry Raeburn, 1790s

The 11th Season of "Friday Nights at the De Young," at the De Young Museum, one of San Francisco's Fine Arts Museums located in Golden Gate Park, opened with a program to celebrate the special traveling exhibition, Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland, together with the annual Bouquets to Art exhibition, which was also on view. The gala opening included live Scottish dancing and music from

The Red Thistle Dancers and Red Thistle Music.

The Red Thistle Dancers performed a special medley which included a nod to the famous painting shown above, a Scottish Country Dance titled, "The Minister on the Loch."

The Program

Opening Musical Prelude

A Double Dose/Finnan Haddies/Georgie's Jig

Highland Laddie (click for video)

Bill Clement MBE/The Minister on the Loch/The Magic of Cairngorms

Progressive Fling (click for video)

The Royal Salute (click for video)

Yellow-Haired Laddie (click for video)

Dancing in the Right Circles/Abigail's Reel

Rodney's Rant/Linnea's Strathspey/The Forty-Something Reel

Blue Bonnets O'er the Border

Unraveling

The Village Maid

Gleaneagles Treasure/An Ocean Voyage

Lochaber Broadswords (click for video)

Finale - The Bumpkin (click for video)

Red Thistle Music

Scottish Country Dance Medley

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance Medley

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance Medley

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance Medley

Highland Dance

Scottish Country Dance

Intermission

Audience Participation

The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "A Double Dose" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "A Double Dose" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Finnan Haddies" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - "The Highland Laddie" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - "The Highland Laddie" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Ready for "Bill Clement/MBE" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "The Magic of Cairngorms" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "The Magic of Cairngorms" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Linnea's Stathspey" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Linnea's Strathspey" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Unraveling" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - "Lochaber Broadswords" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - "Lochaber Broadswords" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - The salute, "Lochaber Broadswords" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Finale, "The Bumpkin" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Finale, "The Bumpkin" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers The Finale "Bumpkin" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	Red Thistle Music Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Director Jennifer Kelly - Photo by Robbie Sweeny	Red Thistle Dancers Photo by Robbie Sweeny	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "The Forty-Something Reel" - Photo by Robbie Sweeny
The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - Progressive Fling, photo courtesy of Harold Hingle - click for video	The Red Thistle Dancers Posing next to "The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch," better known by its shorter title, "The Skating Minister," an oil painting attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, from the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Gleneagles Treasure"
The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "Gleneagles Treasure"	The Red Thistle Dancers Performing "The Forty-Something Reel"	The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Dance - Blue Bonnets O'er the Border
The Red Thistle Dancers Highland Steps	The Red Thistle Musicians