Jacquy Milligan, Alex's wife, writes in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2858/|issue 2858>> that:

Alex obtained his Dance teacher's certificate from RSCDS and taught both children and adults for circa 60 years.
He entered teams in festivals - and ran the dancing part of the Edinburgh Competitive Festival for several years.
He demonstrated Scottish Country Dancing at many venues in Edinburgh and also at various festivals abroad.
Latterly his Club focused on older dancers and was a great social venue.

And by email:  "Alex was a passionate Scottish Country Dance 'fanatic' right from age 15 till the day he died. We played Captain Bain’s Tribute (composed by him) and Dancing the Baby at his funeral (and had feet tapping as he had requested)."

(_Note:_ According to the <<ddd:Captain Bain's Tribute>> dance leaflet in SDA, the eponymous tune was written by John MacGregor.)