First class of the year!

Dances for January 9, 2024#dances-for-january-9-2024

Winter finally decided to arrive on our first day of class! Luckily, people who were not me braved the weather to come to class.

Beginner dances

A SCOTTISH JIG (J32) Round The Room D Carr Let’s All Dance
Round the room dance, 2 facing 2

1- 8 All circle 4H round and back
9-16 1s (Facing anticlockwise) dance Fig of 8 round 2s (dancing between them to start)
17-24 2s dance Fig of 8 round 1s (dancing between them to start)
25-32 All advance and retire, 1s make an arch and dance forward to meet new couple

A BUNDLE OF EIGHTS

Reel · 32 bars · 5 couples · Longwise – 5 (Progression: 23451) Devised byMalcolm Brown & Arina Volgina

1–8 1s+3s cross RH, cast 1 place & dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round couple above

9–16 2s+4s cross RH, cast 1 place & dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round couple above

17–24 1s lead down to bottom & turn RH

25–32 All dance 10H round & back

FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE (R40) Round The Room Ian Brockbank
Circle around the room with partner on Man’s right

1- 8 All circle left and back
9-16 All couples with nearer hands raised as Ladies dance in front and round partner (Men stand still), Men dance in front and round partner
17-24 All in circle advance and retire twice
25-32 All turn partner RH, Men turn Lady on left LH into prom hold
33-40 All with new partners promenade round to reform circle with new partners

JIG TO THE MUSIC (J3x32) 3C set Doris Young 2nd Book Graded SCDs

1- 8 All advance and retire, all dance DoSiDo
9-16 All turn RH, all turn LH
17-24 1s slip step down for 4 and back to top, 1s cast to bottom and 2s+3s step up
25-32 All circle 6H round and back

The Coleraine Rant 32 bar Reel for 2 couples Rod Downey The Golden Bear Collection
A 32 bar reel for 2C in a 4C set.

1-2 First couple set.
3-6 First couple dance a half figure of eight crossing down giving hands between second couple finishing in partner’s place.
7-8 First couple set.
9-10 Second couple set.
11-14 Second couple dance a half figure of eight giving hands crossing up between first couple finishing in partner’s place.
15-16 Taking hands first and second couple set on the sides.
17-24 Second couple followed by first dance down the middle with nearer hands, with men dancing below partners so that the ladies dance under partner’s arm on bar 4, and then first couple followed by second couple dance back to the top, still with nearer hands, staying in the middle, ready for…
25-32 First and second couple dance a poussette.

PLUTO’S HEAD (R8x32) 2C (4C set) Susan McKinnell RSCDS Book 51

1- 8 1M+2L turn RH (4 bars). 1s+2s circle 4H round to Left
9-16 1L+2M turn LH (4 bars). 1s+2s circle 4H round to Right
17-24 1s lead down (3 bars), lead up (3 bars) and cast to 2nd place (2s step up 23-24)
25-32 2s+1s dance R&L

Sandy’s Solo 4pS · R32

Reel · 32 bars · 4 persons · Square (Progression: 2341) Devised by Holly Boyd

1–4 1P dance Rsh round 4P to face 3P

5–8 1P turn 3P LH 1–1/2 to face 2P

9–12 1P turn 2P RH back to orig place

13–16 All set & point

17–20 All adv for 2, ret for 2

21–24 All set; RHA 1/2

25–28 All adv for 2, ret for 2

29–32 All set and cast one place clockwise 2,3,4,1

Advanced dances

A DANCE TO SAY THANK YOU (M-4x(S32+R32)) 4C set Florence Burgy Dances for Avril and David Quarrie

Strathspey
1- 4 1s dance down between 3s and 1s+3s ¾ turn (Ladies LH, Men RH), 1s end in 2nd place own side (2s step up 3-4)
5- 8 1s dance up between 2s and 1s+2s ¾ turn (Ladies RH, Men LH) 213
9-16 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round to left (3 bars), pivot pulling back LSh and chase anticlockwise, 1s finish facing 1st corners
17-24 Interrupted Hello-Goodbye setting:
17-20 1s set to 1st corner and set to partner, turn ¾ RH to face 2nd corners;
21-24 Repeat with 2nd corner; 1s end on own side in 2nd place. 2134
25-32 1s+3s dance Diamond Poussette. 2134

Reel
1-16 Repeat 1-16 above
17-24 “Interrupted Hello-Goodbye” setting but Bar 24: 1s remain in centre, and 4s step in
25-32 1s+4s dance Poussette. 2341

THE MUSIC WILL TELL YOU (R4x32) 4C set Peter Avery RSCDS Book 41

1- 8 1s and 3s dance Figs of 8 round couples below them while 2s and 4s set, cross RH, set and cross back RH
9-16 3s followed by 1s dance down for 2 steps, set to partner, 1s followed by 3s dance up and 1s cast to 3rd place and 3s end at top
17-24 3s+2s also 1s+4s dance R&L all ending in middle
25-32 3s+2s also 1s+4s dance Poussette. 2341