scotsman sat nov 11

[barbieri]

sailor having a dance, (8) ?a?????a

[kayakamina]

Someone answered this as Marinera

[gen2]

matelot + a = matelota

(usually spelled 'matelote', it is a type of hornpipe dance)

[sarumite]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question319899.html

[gen2]

My Chambers only lists matelote but this site defines matelota:

http://www.dantzariak.net/dantzaldizkaria/danc es.htm

Matelota
From the French word matelot: sailor or matelote:sailor's wife. This dance was once a men's dance from Lapurdi. At some point it in the 20th century it was re-choreographed for women. Baskets of fish were added as props and it has come to represent life in a Basque fishing village.

[kayakamina]

Apologies sarumite for not crediting you with the answer. I just remembered seeing it but not who posted . K

[sarumite]

......... the answer given previously was with the benefit of additional letters provided, so it has to be Marinera.

[sarumite]

No problem K .... it's impossible to remember such detail, and I am certainly not bothered about such matters.