Rosie's Ceilidh 32 J

Posted by on Aug 01, 2007 in Jigs

ROSIE'S CEILIDH

32-bar jig for couple facing couple around the room

Couples facing clockwise are 1C; couples facing anti-clockwise are 2C

-4 Women dance around the opposite man by the right shoulder.
5-8 All birl /spin with opposite.
9-12 Men dance around their partner by the right shoulder.
13-16 All birl /spin with partner, ending facing partner, 1C with both hands joined.
17-18 1C slip clockwise while 2C slip anti-clockwise (1C go between 2C).
19-20 All set, 2C moving in to join both hands with partner, 1C moving away from partner.
21-22 1C slip anti-clockwise wile 2C slip clockwise (2C go between 1C).
23-24 All set, finishing nearer hands joined with partner.
25-28 All advance and retire.
29-32 All pass opposite by right shoulder, and the next person by the left shoulder to face a new couple (having passed two couples)

Music: "Rosie Tickling Trout" by Sherry Wohlers Ladig (or other sprightly jig)

Devised July 2007 by Lara Friedman-Shedlov (ldfs [at] bigfoot.com) for Audrey McClellan's new book in her Scottish Island Novels series.

UPDATE: "set twice" on bars 19-20 and 23-24 corrected to "set".

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See You in Arran 8x32 R

Posted by on Jun 15, 2007 in Reels

SEE YOU IN ARRAN

32-bar reel for 3 couples in a 4-couple set

-8 1st + 2nd couples dance Set and Rotate*:
Both couples, facing diagonally, set.
Turning right about, they chase round clockwise one place to face partners up and down the set.
They change places with partner, giving right hands, and continue to chase round clockwise one place further.
1st couple end up in 2nd place own side, facing down
9-16 Reels of three on the sidelines 1st couple giving left shoulders to 3rd couple. At the end dancing couple pass right shoulder to face 1st corners.
17-24 Turn 1st corner right hand and pass partner right to face 3rd corner (= partners 1st corner).
Turn 3rd corner left hand, and pass partner left to end up facing 2nd corner. Corners dance 4 bars.
25-32 Turn 2nd corner right hand and pass partner right to face 4th corner (= partners 2nd corner).
Turn 4th corners left hand, pass partner left shoulder and dance a loop into 2nd place own sides.
  Repeat from new positions

*NOTE: ”Set and Rotate” normally begins with couples joining nearer hands on the sidelines, but I prefer this variation with couples facing diagonally (not joining hands) as described in “The Westminster Reel”.

Devised by Martina Mueller-Franz (mcmuellerfranz [at] aol.com) . This dance is dedicated to Christine Hastie and Maggie Westley and all the other people, who helped to organise this great weekend. What a good idea to organise a dancing event at the Isle of Arran!

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All In 4x32 R

Posted by on May 09, 2007 in Reels

ALL IN

32-bar Reel for 4 couples in a square set

1-8 All circle left and right
9-24 All dance Schiehallion Reels (ladies cast into their partners position to begin)
25-28 All set twice to your partner
29-32 All birl one place to the right (use elbow grip)

Do not get too carried away - you need to be ready to go straight into the circle.

Devised by Martin Campbell-Colquhoun (martincc [at] bigpond.net.au), Adelaide, Australia. Originally published in the Piping Shrike, Adelaide Branch RSCDS.

The dance is called "All In" as it is a term often heard in SCD and also as everyone is dancing non stop, and finally because some of the less agile dancers are 'all in' when it finishes.

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Contra Temp Reel 8x48 R

Posted by on May 09, 2007 in Reels

CONTRA TEMP REEL

48-bar reel for 2-couples in a 4-couple set

1-8 The dance begins with the first couples crossing down between the second couples in a full figure of eight movement. The second couples stand still.
9-12 All couples back to back (do-si-do) by the right shoulder.
13-16 All couples full right hand turn.
17-24 The second couples now cross up between the first couples in a full figure 8 movement.
25-28 All back to back (do-si-do) by the left shoulder.
29-32 All couples full left hand turn.
33-36 In your groups of four, right hand star once around.
37-40 Take left hands and star a full turn until you are back to place.
41-48 First man and his lady cross over , skip to bottom and swing, meanwhile all other dancers step up one place then swing

The dance starts again with the new top couple being a couple one and every other couple is also a first couple.

Music: 48-bar reel, medium pace

Devised by Martin Colquhoun (martincc [at] bigpond.net.au), 10/02/2001 , Adelaide, Australia

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Rug Beater 8x32 R

Posted by on Apr 16, 2007 in Reels

THE RUG BEATER

32-bar Reel for 3 couples in a 4-couple longwise set

1-8 1s dance down the middle for 4 and up for 4, ending at the top in the middle of the set, facing up. (2s step up on bars 3-4 and face down)
9-10 1st man turns 2nd man (LH) ¾ way round to end in second place
WHILE
1st woman turns 2nd woman (RH) ¾ way round to end in second place.
11-12 1st man turns 3rd man (RH)
WHILE
1st woman turns 3rd woman (LH), 1s finish in 2nd place own sides.
13-16 2s, 1s and 3s advance for 2 and retire for 2.
17-24 All three couples set, cross (RH). All three couples chase ½ way round, clockwise
25-32 All three couples set, cross (LH). All three couples chase ½ way round anti-clockwise.
  Repeat having passed a couple.

Music: Suitable Music: Scottish in Salem #3 (Reel Set - Caberfei)

Note: The link between the name and the actual dance, the pattern that is described on the floor when the first 12 bars are danced, is the shape of the old-fashioned wood-and-reed (or some other flexible woody material) rug beaters, with its long handle and lobed head. The rest is the swaying of the rug on the line, the beating of the rug, and the ensuing swirling dust

Devised by Sue Kashanski ( skashanski [at] ns.sympatico.ca), Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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