{"id":1153,"date":"2026-04-16T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:10:57","slug":"dances-for-april-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Dances for April 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1153&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1153&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YE2Uzk7wrTg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The March Hare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The March Hare<br \/>3\/3L \u00b7 R32<br \/>Michael Ross Bentley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-8 1s cross RH, cast down 1 place 2s+1s+3s set &amp; 1s turn LH to face 1st corners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9-16 1s dance \u2018Hello-Goodbye\u2019 setting &amp; end turning RH to 2nd place own sides facing out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17-24 1s dance out &amp; 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &amp; cast to 3rd place 2 3 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hph4rNstpPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sugar Candie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sugar Candie<\/strong><br \/>RSCDS Book 26<br \/>32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 \u2013 4 1st couple set and cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13 \u2013 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\u2019s right hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25 \u2013 30 1st couple dance reels of three on the sides passing first corners by the left to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>31 \u2013 32 1st couple, giving right hands, cross to second place on own sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repeat, having passed a couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original tune: The Earl of Angus and Arran (William Marshall, A Collection of Scottish Melodies, Volume 4, 1844).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa Video: The March Hare The March Hare3\/3L \u00b7 R32Michael Ross Bentley 1-8 1s cross RH, cast down 1 place 2s+1s+3s set &amp; 1s turn LH to face 1st corners 9-16 1s dance \u2018Hello-Goodbye\u2019 setting &amp; end turning RH to 2nd place own sides facing out 17-24 1s dance out &amp; chase &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1153\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dances for April 20, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[16,24,4,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3x32-reels","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-spring-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","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=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}