The dances published in this book are the result of a request from the New Zealand Branch.

When the RSCDS was looking for Book 49, all branches throughout the world were asked to submit one dance for consideration. The New Zealand Branch is made up of eleven regions. Each region was asked to submit a dance that had not previously been published. These dances were trialled and one was selected for the Society's consideration. Unfortunately that dance was not chosen for Book 49.
A decision had previously been made to publish all the regions' submitted dances in our own New Zealand publication. This is the result.