Dances for April 20, 2026 - Ottawa Dance Scottish

Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa

The March Hare
3/3L · R32
Michael Ross Bentley

1-8 1s cross RH, cast down 1 place 2s+1s+3s set & 1s turn LH to face 1st corners

9-16 1s dance ‘Hello-Goodbye’ setting & end turning RH to 2nd place own sides facing out

17-24 1s dance out & chase clockwise to 2nd place opposite sides while 2M+3L change places RH then 2L+3M change places RH; 1s dance 1/2 reels of 3 on sides, LSh to 1st cnr pstn to start

25-32 1s dance 1/2 LSh reels of 3 across (LSh to 3rd cnr pstn to start) ending in 2nd place own sides; 1s turn RH & cast to 3rd place 2 3 1

Video: Sugar Candie

Sugar Candie
RSCDS Book 26
32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set

1 – 4 1st couple set and cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.

5 – 8 1st couple, passing each other by the left, dance round first corners by the right. On bar 8, 1st couple pull back by the right to finish back to back in the middle, woman facing up, man facing down.

9 – 12 1st woman and 2nd couple, 1st man and 3rd couple dance three hands round to the left. 1st couple pull back by the right to finish facing each other up and down the set.

13 – 16 1st couple set and, giving both hands, turn to face first corners. On bar 16, 1st couple open out as 1st man releases his partner’s right hand.

17 – 24 1st couple turn first corners with the right hand, partner with the left hand, second corners with the right hand and, giving left hand to partner, turn to face first corners.

25 – 30 1st couple dance reels of three on the sides passing first corners by the left to begin.

31 – 32 1st couple, giving right hands, cross to second place on own sides.

Repeat, having passed a couple.

Original tune: The Earl of Angus and Arran (William Marshall, A Collection of Scottish Melodies, Volume 4, 1844).