{"id":1117,"date":"2026-03-06T22:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:04:44","slug":"dances-for-march-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1117","title":{"rendered":"Dances for March 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Video: The Irish Rover<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Rover<\/strong>
RSCDS 30 Popular Dances, Vol. 2
A 32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 8 1st couple dance down between 3rd couple, cast up one place on own side; 1st woman dances right hands across with 2nd couple while 1st man dances right hands across with 3rd couple. 2nd couple step up on bars 1 \u2014 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 12 1st couple dance half reels of four with first corners, then;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 \u2013 16 1st couple dance half reels of four with second corners. On bar 16, 1st couple turn left hand in centre ready to;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 Pass left shoulders with person in first corner\u2019s position for two reels of three across the dance. 1st couple finish in second place on own side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 1st couple dance diagonal rights and lefts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 26 1st couple change places with person in their first corner\u2019s position (i.e. 1st woman right hand to 3rd woman and 1st man right hand to 2nd man).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 \u2013 28 Change left hand on sides; 1st woman with 2nd man, 1st man with 3rd.woman. (First corners now back in original places).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 \u2013 30 1st woman changes places giving right hand \u2018to 3rd man (in 2nd woman\u2019s position), while 1st man changes places giving right hand to 2nd woman (in 3rd man\u2019s position).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31 \u2013 32 1st and 2nd women and 1st and 3rd men change places, giving left hands on own side of the dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Devised by James B. Cosh.
Original tune: The Irish Rover – Traditional.
Source: Twenty -Two Scottish Country Dances by James B. Cosh and Two Others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
For the grand city hall in New York
\u2018Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her
She’d stood several blasts, she had twenty-seven masts
And we called her the Irish Rover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Rover tune is from a traditional Irish folk song about a magnificent but improbable sailing ship that after seven years at sea eventually sinks, leaving a sole survivor: the song narrator!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Test Dance<\/strong>
32 bar strathspey for 2 couples in a four couple set
Craig Williams, July 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 2 1st couple turn with the right hand, moving down the set one place, Finish back to back between 2nd couple, 1st man facing 2nd man, 1st woman facing 2nd woman
3 \u2013 4 1st & 2nd couple set
5 \u2013 8 1st couple dance right shoulder around 2nd couple, 1st man around 2nd man, 1st woman around 2nd woman, and pass each other left shoulder to finish 1st man facing 2nd woman, 1st woman facing 2nd man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st & 2nd couple dance a reel of four across the set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 18 1st man & 2nd woman, also 1st woman & 2nd man, turn once round with the right hand
19 \u2013 20 1st couple turn once round with the left hand and finish facing up.
21 \u2013 24 1st couple dance up, cross and cast to second place. 2nd couple stepping up on bars 23 \u2013 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 1st & 2nd couples dance a poussette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa Video: The Irish Rover The Irish RoverRSCDS 30 Popular Dances, Vol. 2A 32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set 1 \u2013 8 1st couple dance down between 3rd couple, cast up one place on own side; 1st woman dances right hands across with 2nd couple while 1st man … Continue reading Dances for March 9, 2026<\/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":[20,24,4,62,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8x32-reels","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-spring-2026","category-reels","category-strathspeys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","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=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1119,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}