Roy's involvement with the <<ddpub:Scottish Dance Archives#436>> are mentioned in <<link:thereel/308||11>>.

Roy wrote a series of five articles for *<<ddpub:#73|The Reel>>* under the general title _Thinking about Dances_. Each considers one aspect of devising dances and is illustrated by one of his own dances. See the following links:  

1. <<link:thereel/106|Thinking of Dances|3>> (<<ddd:Jig on the Bridge#3264>>)
2. <<link:thereel/107|From Long to Square|3>> (<<ddd:Kyle Strathspey#3551>>)
3. <<link:thereel/108|Standing Still and Moving Figures|3>> (<<ddd:Mile Down the Road, A#4373>>)
4. <<link:thereel/109|Progressions|3>> (<<ddd:Laird's Medley, The#3663>>)
5. <<link:thereel/110|Longer Sequences – Bigger Sets|5>> (<<ddd:Tapsalteerie#6464>>)