| by Sue McKinnell |
32S + 32R for 6 Women and 3 Men
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People organized as follows:
1WA 1M 1WB
2WA 2M 2WB
3WA 3M 3WB
(Note that the order of the men and women is unimportant
and all but one figure end with general structure as above, so instructions
refer to placement at the start of the figure not a particular
person.)
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Bars
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Strathspey
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1-8
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All
M pass WB by right shoulder, dance down behind WB line and back up M line
(order 3, 2, 1). All M pass WA by left shoulder, dance down behind WA line
and back up M line (order 1, 2, 3). End all W facing M line, M facing up.
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9-16
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W
dance set and link for 3 couples while M set, 1M turning to face down
on second setting step, then 1M & 3M dance petronella turn to form a line
across the set. Repeat.
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17-24
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(Renumbered
per above) Chain + Loop:
1WA
& 1M, 1WB & 2WB, 2M & 2WA, 3WA & 3M change places RH while
3WB dance a loop pulling RS back to start.
1WA
& 2WB, 1WB & 2WA, 2M & 3M, 3WA & 3WB change places LH while
1M dance a loop continuing in the direction after the change in bars 1-2,
then turning right to return to place.
1M
& 2WB, 1WA & 2WA, 1WB & 3M, 2M & 3WB change places RH while
3WA dance a loop.
1M
& 2WA, 1WA & 3M, 1WB & 3WB, 2M & 3WA change places LH while
2WB dance a loop. This figures ends with WB, WA, M columns.
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25-32
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M
turn WA RH halfway to face, then pull right shoulders back to change places,
M end facing WB and turn them BH once round. This figure ends with WB,
M, WA columns. All end facing up.
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Reel
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1-8
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(Renumbered
per above)
All
clap. W slip to opposite side, WA passing in front of M and WB passing behind
M. All set, W turning to face down. W slip to original side with
WA passing behind M and WB passing in front of M. All set, W turning to
face up and M ending in the center 1M & 3M facing WB, 2M facing WA and
taking hands as in double triangles. (Center WA will have no one to take
hands with.)
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9-16
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All
dance double triangles, M just changing direction in place on bars 3-4 and
ending next to W on bars 7-8, so this ends with 1M next to 1WB facing up, 2M
next to 2WA facing down, 3M next to 3WB facing up. M should take
promenade hold with ‘partners.’
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17-24
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Couples
dance a circulating allemande, ending by turning RH halfway to place the M in
the center while 1WA, 3WA, and 2WB dance RH across halfway, then dance
out and loop back into places opposite from original places, e.g. 1WA to 3WB
place.
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25-32
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All
but 2M circle 8 hands left and back while 2M dances highland steps in the
center.
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We
often have many more women than men for demos. This dance was written as a
possible demo dance for one of those occasions.
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