This dance was devised for, and dedicated to, Mrs. Ethel Mary Moss, mother of John Moss who was an honorary member of the Moncton Scottish Country Dance Group. It was presented and first danced at the celebration of her ninety-seventh birthday at The Auld Farm, Cap Pele, New Brunswick, Canada on October 13, 1990.

Rossington Strathspey was published in ‘Island Games’ to commemorate the 1991 Canada Winter Games playing in Charlottetown, PEI that year. It was published that same year.