{"id":1069,"date":"2025-11-15T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2025-11-15T13:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:43:48","slug":"dances-for-november-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Dances for November 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Video: The White Heather Jig<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White Heather Jig<\/strong>
James B. Cosh, RSCDS 30 Popular Dances, Vol. 2
A 40-bar jig for four couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 4 1st couple turn with right hand and cast off to second place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3 \u2013 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 8 1st couple turn with left hand one and a half times and finish back to back between 2nd couple, 1st woman facing 2nd man and 1st man facing 2nd woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st and 2nd couples dance a reel of four across. 1st couple pass right shoulder to finish facing first corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple turn corners and partner to finish back to back between 3rd couple. (1st woman facing 3rd man and 1st man facing 3rd woman).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 1st and 3rd couples dance a reel of four across, 3rd couple finish in second place and 1st couple meet in the centre between 3rd and 4th couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33 \u2013 36 1st couple turn with left hand and cast off on own side. 4th couple step up on bars 35\u201336.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37 \u2013 40 1st couple turn with right hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat from new positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devised by James B. Cosh.
Original tune: Six-Twenty Two Step by Sir Jimmy Shand M.B.E.
Source: Twenty-Two Scottish Country Dances and Two Others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: New Abbey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Abbey<\/strong>
Roy Goldring, Graded and Social Dances 2
32 bar strathspey for 2 couples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\u20144 First couple dance in, touch nearer hands as they face the top and cast off one place. Second couple step up on bars 3\u20144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u20148 First couple dance a half figure of eight around second couple, crossing up to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\u201416 Ladies chain. All finish in the sidelines, second man facing first woman and second woman facing first man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17\u201418 All set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19\u201420 All set to partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21\u201424 First couple dance a half figure of eight, crossing up to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25\u201432 Second and first couples dance right hands across and back with left hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat having passed a couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune: – Dunie Mains \u2013 Traditional
Note: This can also be danced as a jig (Tune: – Any good jig)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa Video: The White Heather Jig The White Heather JigJames B. Cosh, RSCDS 30 Popular Dances, Vol. 2A 40-bar jig for four couples in a four-couple longwise set 1 \u2013 4 1st couple turn with right hand and cast off to second place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3 \u2013 4. … Continue reading Dances for November 17, 2025<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,41,4,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-8x40-jig","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-fall-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}