Dances for November 5, 2024

Beginner dances

HE SHOOTS! HE SCORES! Jig · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise – 4 (Progression: 21) Devised byHolly Boyd (2015)

1–8 1c adv, raising arms to touch| retire; repeat AS 2c wait 2 bars| adv raising arms to touch; retire| adv and face up (the wave)

9–16 1c, flwd by 2c, cast| meet in 2nd place and dance up; cast |2c&1c set (the play and face off)

17–24 1c half figure 8 up around 2c; 1c turn RH 1–1/2 to 2,1 (goal!)

25–32 2c&1c circle 4 hands round (3), dance in touching hands and shouting YAY; circle back to 2,1 (celebration)

ALL THINGS NICE (Jx32) Round the Room Chris Ronald Formation Foundations
Round the room dance 2 couples facing 2 couples (1s are the couple facing clockwise)

1- 8 All dance R&L, Men finish facing out (no polite turns)
9-16 All dance Ladies’ Chain
17-20 All dance BtoB
21-24 All turn opposite person RH to finish in Promenade
25-32 All promenade anywhere in the room to meet up with a new couple

WEE WILLIE’S JIG (J32) Round The Room Joan Baker Let’s all Dance Too
Round the room dance, 2 facing 2

1- 8 All turn opposite person RH, turn partner LH
9-16 All circle 4H round and back
17-24 All dance Ladies’ Chain
25-32 All advance and retire and advance passing opposite person RSh to meet new couple

AIRD OF COIGACH (J4x48) 4C set John Bayly Imperial Book 3

1- 8 All Men dance across passing partner RSh and cast down to the bottom of set (4th Man leading), cross the bottom of the set and up Men’s side
9-16 All circle 8H round and back (retaining the circle formation to bar 40)
17-20 1s with dancers on their left (1M+2M and 1L+2L) nearer hands joined cross diagonally (Men’s arch) and both pairs turn away from each other to face in
21-24 1s with dancers on their left (1M+3L and 1L+3M) nearer hands joined cross over (1M+3L make arch) both pairs turning away from each other to face in
25-32 1s continue this Fig 2 more times to end with top 2 dancers facing each other also bottom dancers facing each other for a Snowball Grand Chain
33-40 All dance Snowball Grand Chain for 4 couples:
End couples cross RH and change places LH on side with side persons
Original side persons cross RH while original end couples change places RH on sides and all change places LH on sides
41-48 All Ladies dance across passing opposite Man RSh and cast up to top, cross and down on the Ladies’ side to end opposite partner. 2341

MEET YOUR CORNERS (R3x32) 3C Set Holly Boyd Célébrations

1- 8 1s cast (2s step up), 2s+1s+3s set; 1s dance DoSiDo with 1st corners
9-16 1s dance DoSiDo with 2nd corners; 2s+1s+3s set and 1s cast to 3rd place (3s step up)
17-24 2s+3s+1s advance and retire; 2s+3s+1s turn partners RH once round into prom hold facing up ready for…
25-32 2s+3s+1s promenade

Advanced dances

THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE (J8x32) 3C (4C set) John Drewry Greenburn Book 3

1- 8 1s set, cast 1 place and dance ½ Figs of 8 (1M round 2s and 1L round 3s)
9-16 1s dance ½ reels of 3 on sides (LSh to 1st corner to start) and ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 2nd corners (RSh to 2nd corner to start)
17-24 1s dance ½ reel of 3 across (LSh to 3rd corner to start) and ½ diagonal reel of 4 with 4th corners (RSh to 4th corner) ending with a ¾ turn LH
25-32 1M dances up between 2s while 1L dances down between 3s, cast left to 2nd places own sides and 2s+1s+3s turn RH

SHADOW (J3x32) 3C set Lucy Thompson RSCDS Book 50

1- 4 1s turn 1¼ LH moving down to 2nd place facing Men’s side, 1L on 1M’s Right (2s step up 3-4)
5- 8 1L+2s RH across, 1M+3s LH across ending in centre, all Men behind partners, 2s and 3s facing Ladies’ side, 1s facing Men’s side
9-16 Couples in tandem dance reel of 3 (2s+1s pass RSh to start). 2s+3s finish on own sides, 1s on opposite sides 1L facing out. 2(1)3
17-20 ½ reels of 3 on sides, 2M+1L and 2L+1M pass RSh to start
21-24 3s+1s+2s set, 1s cross RH
25-32 3s+1s+2s circle 6H round and back