greg, I haven't a clue who WROTE St Anne's Reel, but it's a very popular tune among Canuck fiddlers.

"Race memory" is a fascinating concept Richard. Pls elucidate, is this a metaphor, or an actual genetic phenomenon? While I would agree that people on the whole are more likely to feel affinity to cultural artefacts up with which they've grown, I would argue that in this day & age there's little likelihood that most of us in the "Developed" world anyway are likely to feel limited to that. Nor should we. I'd also suggest that one is under no constraint to necessarily continue that affinity post education & awakening to a wider world. I have a nagging suspicion that there's a "should" behind your comments, and I probably wouldn't be able to accept it, if it's there.