Dances for February 27, 2024

Beginner dances

The Bleecker Reel
40 bar Reel for 3 Dancers in a Triangular Set, devised by Sue Trapp, 2016.

Dancers are numbered anticlockwise from the top: dancer 1 at the top, etc

1-8 Top dancer (1) turns dancer 2 (“1st corner”) RH then dancer 3 (“2nd corner”) LH & finish facing dancer 2

9-16 Reel of 3. To begin, dancer 1 gives RSh to dancer 2. To finish, dancer 1 dances back to top place

17-24 All set & petronella one place anti-clockwise; repeat one more place. Dancer 2 is now at top

25-32 All dance RH across & LH back

33-40 All circle 3H round & back

DANCING DOLPHINS (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Barry Skelton Dolphin Book

1- 8 1s cross RH, cast 1 place (2s step up). 1s turn LH 1¼ times to end facing Ladies’ side, 1L on 1M’s right
9-16 1s dance Alternating Tandem reel of 3 on Ladies’ side (1L leads starting RSh to 3L)
17-24 1s dance Alternating Tandem reel on Men’s side (1L leads starting LSh to 3M) and end in prom hold facing Ladies’ side
25-32 1s dance out between 2L+3L, cast round 3L and dance up to top of set, drop hands and cast to 2nd place own side

BUTTERSCOTCH AND HONEY (S4x32) 4C set Jean Attwood Alexander Leaflet 24

1- 8 1s set and ½ turn RH into prom hold, 1s dance ½ RSh reel of 3 with 2s (2s end on opposite sides)
9-16 1s dance ½ LSh Reel of 3 with 3s and ½ RSh reel of 3 with 4s
17-24 1s followed by 4s+3s+2s cast up on opposite sides to top, cross over to own sides each Lady passing in front of partner and down own side. 2341
25-32 All set to partners and turn 2H into 4H round (2s with 3s and 4s with 1s)

POSTIE’S JIG (J4x32) 4C set Roy Clowes Ormskirk 5

1- 8 1s and 4s set and cast in 1 place, 1s and 4s dance ½ Figs of 8 round new end couples
9-12 1M+4M and 1L+4L cross (Men making an arch) and turn corners with free hand to face up/down
13-16 1s+4s dance down/up (couple dancing up make the arch) and turn corners
17-24 Repeat bars 9-16 from new positions
25-32 1s+4s dance ½ R&L, turn partner RH. 2413

THE HIGHLAND FAIR (J8x32) 2C (4C set) Book of Graded SCDs

1- 8 1s cast, dance down behind own lines, turn outwards and dance back to place
9-16 1s+2s turn partners RH back to place and then turn LH
17-24 1s followed by 2s, lead down the middle and 2s lead back to the top
25-32 2s+1s dance R&L

Advanced dances

MEADOW PLACE 2/4L · S32

Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise – 4 (Progression: 21)Devised byLara Friedman-Shedlov (2024)

1-8 1c lead down | turn RH ; lead up above 2c | turn RH into promhold

9-16 Reel3 across, 1c RSh to 2W. 1c & 2c finish in the middle of original places facing P

17-24 1c & 2c set advancing passing P LSh | cast R to original places ; Circle4 L

25-32 1c+2c Tourbillon (2,1)

TOMALENA (R5x32) 5C set Sara Gratiot and Paul Douglas San Francisco Collection 2

1- 8 1s and 3s lead down and up to 2nd/4th places BtoB facing own sides
9-16 All dance Double Triangles with 1s and 3s ending in middle facing up
17-24 1s and 3s dance up between 2s/4s and cast down 1 place, dance down between lower couple and cast up to 2nd/4th places
25-32 1s+4s also 3s+5s dance Poussette. 24153