There was an obituary of John Drewry in <<http://www.scotsman.com/|The Scotsman>>: see  <<https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-john-drewry-scottish-dance-deviser-and-academic-1532036>>.

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In a masterly piece of understatement, the citation by Aberdeen Branch supporting the award of the Society’s Scroll of Honour to John in 1999 begins:  
»John is recognised world-wide as a deviser of dances and several of his dances have been published by the Society«. This, however, is typical of John’s own modesty.
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He was born 14 July 1923 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. He died aged 90 on 18 June 2014 in Aberdeen.

Chris Ronald writes, on 27 feb. 2018:  Drewry fans may like to know that an index of his dances has just been placed by the Teachers' Association (Canada) on their website.  It can be seen at <<https://tac-rscds.org/index.php/special-topic/index-of-john-drewry-s-dances>>  

An article on John by Stephen Webb appeared in <<link:thereel/289||12>>.

An article in the April 2023 edition of the Orange County Ceilidh magazine has a link to collections of photographs taken by (or of) John Drewry and later uploaded by two of his friends. See <<https://www.flickr.com/photos/auchendean/collections/72157644424881229/>>.