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TURN, TURN, TURN

A 32-bar Strathspey for 3 couples in a 3-couple set

1-4	1st man cast off one place and turn 2nd lady once around with both hands, 2nd man stepping up on bars 1 and 2.
5-8	1st lady turn 2nd man once around with both hands and cast off one place, 2nd lady stepping up on bars 7 and 8
9-16	1st and 2nd couples set to and turn partner once around with both hands in 2 bars, opening to dance four hand around to the left.
17-20	1st couple set advancing to first corners and turn first corner with both hands finishing with 1st man between 3rd couple facing up and 1st lady between 2nd couple facing down.
21-24	1st couple set advancing to second corners, passing partner by the left shoulder, and turn second corner with both hands finishing with 1st man in 2nd lady's place facing down and 1st lady in 2nd man's place facing up.
25-32	2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance 6 bar left shoulder reel of three with 1st couple crossing to the bottom on their own side giving left hand, 3rd couple finishing in 2nd place.

Devised October 2012, by Gary Lindsey (gary.lindsey [at] sbcglobal.net)

Notes: I will leave the choice of music up to you, but I like the Music Makars "Beauty of the North" from their CD "Jig for Joy".

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THE MINISTER ON THE MISSISSIPPI
or THE REVEREND ALAN GRANT

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

1-4	1C lead down for 4 bars. 2C step up on bars 3-4.
5-8	1C lead up for 2 bars to just above 3C, and turn RH once around to finish in promenade hold facing up.
9-16	1C in promenade hold dance a reel of 3 across with 3C, passing 3M by LS to begin. 1C end in 2nd place, still in the middle of the dance and 3C finish by curving in behind 1C to take promenade hold. 2C dance in on bar 16 to take promenade hold.
17-24	2C, 1C and 3C allemande. On the last 2 bars, instead of retiring, 1C petronella turn to finish woman between 3C (at the top) facing down, man between 2C (at the bottom) facing up.
25-30	3C with 1W and 2C with 1M take hands and set in lines of 3 across. All advance (1 bar) and retire (1 bar), and change places RH with opposite person.
31-32	1C petronella turn to 2nd place on own sides.

Tune: "Glengrant" by J. S. Skinner

Devised December 2012 by Lara Friedman~Shedlov (lfriedmanshedlov [at] gmail.com) in memory of RSCDS Twin Cities Branch member Alan Grant, who passed away on October 29. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Alan spent most of his adult life in Minneapolis and many years living along the shores of the Mississippi.

UPDATE 6 Feb 2013: Moved instructions for bars 31-32 to a separate line to make it more clear that only 1C are dancing the last 2 bars. Slight wording change to bars 25-30 to help clarify that crossing on bars 29-30 is up and down the set.

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HEATHERY BREEZE

32-bar Strathspey for 4 couples in a 4-couple set

1-8	1s dance Mirror Crossover Reel of Three finishing in partner's original place
9-10	1s cross down to second position own sides facing out while 2s continue reeling to finish in top position
11-12	1s turn 3s halfway on the sidelines, men by LH, ladies by RH
13-16	1M dances down between 4s and casts up and around 4L to finish in the center facing up while 1L dance up between 3s and casts down and around 3M to finish in the center facing down. 1s are back to back
17-24	1s circle three hands round to the left, 1M with 3s, 1L with 4s, cross up/down to circle three hands round to the right, 1L with 3s, 1M with 4s, 1s finishing in third position opposite sidelines, 1M facing up, 1L facing down
25-30	Reels of three on opposite sides in six bars, begin passing facing person by right shoulder, 1s finish back in third position facing down
31-32	1s cross down to fourth position own sides while 4s continue reeling to finish in third position

Devised by Bob Davidson (piobbeag [at] aol.com) after listening to a tune by the same name performed by Matt Molloy.

Suggested recorded music: "The Double Diamond Strathspey" from the Muriel Johnstone/Keith Smith album, Vintage Goldring.

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GROUNDHOG DAY

32-bar Strathspey for 2 couples in a 4-couple set

1-4	1s+2s Set & Cross RH
5-8	Set & 3/4 Turn Both Hands to face each other in the middle (Man facing down, ladies facing up).
9-16	1s+2s dance reel of 4 in the middle
17-20	1s+2s Set to each other in the middle & turn RH to the own Side.
21-24	1s+2s Set & 3/4 Turn Both Hands in the middle (facing up), ready for...
25-32	1s+2s dance Allemande.

Devised by Sergey Kargapoltsev (robroyway [at] gmail.com).

Suggested recorded music: "Cuillins of Skye" by Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band - http://my.strathspey.org/dd/recording/5142/

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CORNERS' HELLO

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

1-8	1st and 2nd couples Set and Rotate. 2nd couple finish in first place and 1st couple in 2nd place, all facing in.
9-12	1st couple, passing left shoulder, set advancing to first corner and turn that corner in two bars finishing woman between 2nd couple and man between 3rd couple, both facing their own side of the dance (fourth corner position).
13-16	1st woman with 2nd couple and 1st man with 3rd couple, half reel of three across the dance passing the person they are facing by the left shoulder to begin. Finish with 1st couple facing each other up and down the set.
17-20	1st couple passing left shoulder, set advancing to 2nd corner person (third corner position) and turn that corner in two bars to finish man between 2nd couple and woman between 3rd couple, both facing the opposite side (second corner position)
21-24	1st man with 2nd couple and 1st woman with 3rd couple, half reel of three across passing that corner position by the left shoulder to begin. Finish in lines of three across, 1st man between 2nd couple all facing down and 1st woman between 3rd couple all facing up.
25-28	1st man with 2nd couple and 1st woman with 3rd couple, Set and Link finishing in order 2, 1, 3 on opposite side of the dance.
29-32	All set and, giving right hand to partners, cross to own side.

Notes:

If you feel adventurous, try this dance in Jig or Reel Time.

Bars 11-12 and 23-24 Turning corners will be standard 2-hand turns in strathspey time or right hand turns in jig or reel time.

Bars 17-18 Setting to corners in Jig or Reel Time - 1s can pass their partner by the right shoulder directly toward the corner to their left.

Devised by Gary Lindsey (gary.lindsey [at] sbcglobal.net)

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