{"id":121,"date":"2017-07-31T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=121"},"modified":"2017-07-31T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T01:05:12","slug":"dances-for-august-3-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Dances for August 3, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: Lady Mary Menzies’ Reel<\/a><\/p>\n

Lady Mary Menzies\u2019 Reel<\/strong>
\nRSCDS Book 7 \u2013 No. 5
\n32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8 1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across for three steps and left
\nhands back. 1st couple cast off one place on own sides and 2nd couple dance up to first place.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 12 1st couple lead up the middle to finish back to back between 2nd couple, 1st man facing 2nd woman and 1st woman facing 2nd man. 1st and 2nd couples set.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 16 1st couple lead down the middle to finish back to back between 3rd couple, 1st man facing 3rd woman and 1st woman facing 3rd man.
\n1st and 3rd couples set.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20 1st couple turn first corners with the right hand 1st man finishing between 3rd couple facing up and 1st woman between 2nd couple facing down.
\n1st couple set and advance toward second corners.<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 24 1st couple turn second corners with the right hand finishing between corners. 1st couple set to each other.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 30 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance reels of three on the sides. 1st couple pass first corners by the left to begin.<\/p>\n

31 \u2013 32 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over to second place on own sides.<\/p>\n

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

The Register of Dances at Castle Menzies, 1749.
\nOriginal tune: Lady Mary Menzies\u2019 Reel (Bremner, 1761)
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\nTACNotes:\u2019
\n13-16 Nearer hand lead. 1st woman, maintaining eye contact with 3rd man, finishes first setting step facing up towards 2nd man & uses the second setting step to advance towards him a little. 1st man moves slightly up on second setting step.
\n19-20 Set to partner while advancing to face 2nd corner.<\/p>\n

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New Dance – Yet to be named<\/strong>
\n32 bar strathspey for 2 couples in a four couple set
\nCraig Williams, July 2017<\/p>\n

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1 \u2013 2 1st couple turn RH to finish between 2nd couple, 1st man facing 2nd man, 1st woman facing 2nd woman.
\n3 \u2013 4 1st couple set to 2nd couple
\n5 \u2013 8 1st couple dance right shoulder 2nd couple and pass each other left shoulder to finish 1st man facing 2nd woman, 1st woman facing 2nd man<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16 1st & 2nd couple Reel of four.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20 Set with Glasgow Highlanders setting step.
\n21 \u2013 24 1st and 2nd couple pull back right shoulder and cast into right hands across. Finish 1st couple facing each other up and down the set<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28 1st couple turn 3\/4 with the right hand to finish facing up. Dance up, crossing over and cast off into 2nd place<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 32 2nd & 1st couple turn once round with the right hand<\/p>\n

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Video: Lady Mary Menzies’ Reel Lady Mary Menzies\u2019 Reel RSCDS Book 7 \u2013 No. 5 32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set 1 \u2013 8 1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across for three steps and left hands back. 1st couple cast off one place on own sides and 2nd couple … Continue reading Dances for August 3, 2017<\/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":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer","category-summer-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","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=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}