Guide Dogs for the Blind Quiz - A Song and Dance Quiz

[denquiz]

Clues please, as I am stuck on these last two ..

Answers are dances. No number of letters given.

1. A valley and a river
2. A military male in a hurry (think this must be some sort of march or perhaps quickstep!)

Many thanks in anticipation of some helpful clues...!

[horselady]

2. could be Dashing White Sergeant, an old country dance.

[denquiz]

Thanks horselady, I've not heard of that one before. That seems to fit very well.

[Vivkins3]

This is a bit loose - Valeta is a danc to waltz music

Vale = valley
Wat Ta Yom = a River in Thailand - possibly the "ta" part is the name is the word that means "River"

[denquiz]

Wow, thanks for that one, Vivkins3, I'd never have thought of anything like that! I've just found a 'Ta' river in Virginia, USA on the t'interweb. (I did wonder whether there was a Scottish dance called Glen (for valley) something but I couldn't find anything online!)

[skinnymalink]

No 1. Could be Strathspey
No 2, Dashing White Sergeant

[denquiz]

Thanks skinnymalink - I think you could be right about 'strathspey' - I have now learnt from a quick search of t'interweb that 'Strath' is a Scottish name for a river and of course there is the River Spey.
(I should have remembered that Mrs Braid's Guide Dogs quizzes usually need a bit of local Scots knowledge for one or two clues!)