Sweet Ember

by Sue McKinnell

4x32 Strathspey for 4C
(Set Dance)

Bars

1-8

1C cross RH, cast off 1 place as 2C step up, and dance a half figure or eight up around 2C while 4C cross RH, cast up 1 place as 3C step down, and dance a half figure or eight down around 3C.

9-10

1C and 4C dance RH across halfway while 2C and 3C chase 1 corner position CCW around the set.

11-12

1C and 4C turn corner person each is facing LH halfway.

13-16

All repeat bars 9-12 from new positions.

17-18

All repeat bars 9-10, ending with 2C in 1^st position, 3C in 4^th position, 1W on the men's side in 2^nd place, 4W on with women's side in 2^nd place, 1M on the men's side in 3^rd place, and 4M on the women's side in 3^rd place.

19-22

1M and 4M dance a half figure of eight down around 3C while 1W and 4W dance a half figure of eight up around 2C.

23-24

1C and 4C turn partners RH into promenade hold facing in, 4C on the men's side and 1C on the women's side.

25-32

1C and 4C dance in on the first bar to meet with the men LS to LS in the center then dance the last 7 bars of the tournée. Ending order is 2, 4, 1, 3.

Repeat.

Suggested music is The Banks of Spey from Campbell's Birl.

I adopted Ember as an adult stray from a shelter that brought cats to a cat show. As I walked by the cage where she was being held, she reached through the bars and kept pawing at me, so I had to have her taken out of the cage so I could hold her. Her name was given as Alice, but she was a black and red tortieshell and I thought she looked like embers in a fire. She had a very sweet mellow temperament.

07/11