Inside Oot Fish Eater 5x32 R
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Comment from: alison Member
Comment from: ian Member
Glad you liked it! It seemed to go down quite well at Dunedin also, and I think Lindsay was touched (and embarrassed, of course).
On bars 17-24, I would say unless it is awkward, 1st lady and 3rd man should pass left shoulders - i.e. 1st couple are working together at the top of the set and 3rd couple are working together at the bottom of the set. However, if people prefer to pass right shoulders, I’m not going to get worked up about it.
Bars 25-28 should be similar to in The Wee Cooper o’ Fife (for example) where you’ve got set and half a wheel twice. Of course in this case it’s inverted, but you’ve just been setting at the end of the previous phrase. I do accept, though, that the setting on bars 23-24 will feel a bit like your landing, and then you need to be ready to leap across the set on bar 25 - so no going to sleep!
And no, I’m not explaining the title any further. Lindsay hears quite enough about it every time someone plays it on "Take the Floor".
Cheers,
Ian
We tried this out at Aurora on 30th June. One set of experienced dancers coped very well, but the other set found it more of a challenge! One query arose in relation to bars 17 - 24: whether 1st lady and 3rd man should pass RS or LS. The exact phrasing of bars 25 - 25 also seemed quite challenging to all dancers, though this would doubtless become easier with practice.
Verdict: an interesting dance and not too complex - we’ll definitely do it again!