{"id":1075,"date":"2025-11-19T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:10:47","slug":"dances-for-november-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"Dances for November 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Video: Arthur’s Seat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur\u2019s Seat<\/strong>
Scottish Country Dances of the Eighteenth Century by Jack McConachie
Longways set in Reel time for 4 (or 5) couples \u2014
3-couple dance \u2014 32-Bar sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPS: \u201cSkip Change\u201d Step (for travelling), and Pas de Basque (for setting)
MUSIC: \u201cArthur\u2019s Seat\u201d: \u201cLord Ramsay\u201d. Tempo: 56 Bars per minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 8 First and second couples dance right Hands Across once round (4 travelling steps), then first couple cast off (on own sides) to 2nd place (2 travelling steps), and set to each other (2 steps). Second couple lead up (with nearer hands), between first couple, on Bars 5\u20136, to finish at the top, (turning the nearer way into place) (Diagram 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 First and third couples dance left Hands Across once round, then first couple cast off on own sides) to 3rd place, and set to each other. Third couple lead up (with nearer hands) between first couple, on Bars 13\u201314, to finish in 2nd place (turning the nearer way into place.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 First couple lead up (with nearer hands), to the top and cast off (on own sides), round 2nd couple and meet below them (4 travelling steps); first couple then lead down (with nearer hands) between third couple and cast up (on own sides), round them to pass each other by the left (in 2nd place) to finish facing their 1st Corners (4 travelling steps). Third couple move down on Bars 23\u201324 (Diagram 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 30 First couple \u201cset to Corners \u2014 set to partner\u201d (Diagram 3) (see notes below), finishing with the lady facing up, and the man facing down (6 steps).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31 \u2013 32 First couple turn by the right to own sides, in 2nd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First couple repeat from 2nd place (with third and fourth couples), and cross to own sides, to the bottom of the Set, on the last 2 steps, while fourth couple move up to 3rd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each couple repeat in turn, as first couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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