The notes (written by Sandra Binns on behalf of the TAC Committee) at the end of the <<ddpub:Glasgow Assembly#526|Glasgow Assembly>> book give a short dancing biography of Robert Campbell:
 
> The author made his way into the Scottish dance scene in 1956 with the Oakville Group and gained the Teacher's Certificate with the Hamilton (Ontario)
Branch of the Society in 1959. His love for the dance and music led him to create a dance, Over the Sea to the West, in 1959. This was the first of about forty-two dances, several of which attained popularity and still appear on programmes the world over. He is an accomplished dancer and much respected teacher of Scottish Country Dancing. Bob Campbell, currently a member of the Toronto Branch, was born in Toronto and claims his Scottish background through his great grandparents, his great grandfather having been a physician in Edinburgh before emigrating to practise in Upper Canada. He now lives with his wife Dorothy in Oakville and shares the teaching of the Oakville Group.
> Scottish country dancers around the world are very appreciative of the talent this gentle and soft-spoken man with the youthful smile is sharing with us.