The Road Dance (b-format)

Why would a young woman, dreaming of a new life in America, sacrifice all and commit an act so terrible that she severs all hope of happiness again?

Life in the Scottish Hebrides can be harsh - "The Edge of the World" some call it. For the beautiful Kirsty MacLeod, the love of Murdo and their dreams of America promise an escape from the scrape of the land, the repression of the church and the inevitability of the path their lives would take.

But as the Great War looms Murdo is conscripted. The villages hold a grand Road Dance to send their young men off to battle. As the dancers swirl and sup the wheels of tragedy are set in motion.