{"id":126,"date":"2017-09-17T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=126"},"modified":"2017-09-17T19:05:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T23:05:32","slug":"dances-for-september-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Dances for September 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saxie\u2019s Baa
\nThe Green Lady Book of Scottish Country Dances by Barry Priddey
\nJ 32 2<\/p>\n

Saxie and Herman were two Shetland giants. In a quarrel each hurled a rock at the other. Saxie\u2019s rock, now known as Saxie\u2019s Baa, fell into the water, just short of Herman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8 1M and 2W dance a figure of eight round partners; to begin they pass each other by the right, dance round partner by
\nthe left then pass each other right again to complete the figure on own sides.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16 1C and 2C dance rights and lefts.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24 1W and 2M dance a figure of eight round partners; to begin they pass each other by the left, dance round partner by the
\nright then pass each other left again to complete the figure on own sides.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 32 1C and 2C dance the Knot progression.<\/p>\n

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Video: Delvine Side<\/a><\/p>\n

Delvine Side
\nBook 2 \u2013 No. 9
\n32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 4 1st and 2nd couples set and, passing partners by the right, cross to opposite sides.<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 8 1st and 2nd couples repeat bars 1-4, back to places.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16 1st couple lead down the middle and up to finish in the middle of the set facing up. 2nd couple step in.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24 1st and 2nd couples dance an allemande. 1st couple finish facing first corners.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 32 1st couple, giving both hands, turn first corners, dance round partner by the right, turn second corners and, passing by the right, cross to second place on own sides.<\/p>\n

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

William Campbell: 15th Book of New and Favourite Country Dances and Strathspey Reels, London 1794 as Delvin Side.
\nOriginal tune: Delvine Side (McGlashan\u2019s Collection)<\/p>\n

Delvine is near Dunkeld.<\/p>\n

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Video: Flowers of Edinburgh<\/a><\/p>\n

Video: Flowers of Edinburgh<\/a><\/p>\n

Flowers of Edinburgh
\nBook 1 \u2013 No. 6
\n32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 6 1st woman casts off two places, crosses to the opposite side and dances up behind 2nd and 3rd men to her partner\u2019s original place. 1st man follows his partner, crossing over and dancing behind 2nd and 3rd women, and up the middle to his partner\u2019s original place.<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 8 1st couple set to each other.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 14 1st couple repeat bars 1-6, with 1st man casting off and 1st woman following. 1st couple finish in original places.<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 16 1st couple set to each other.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple lead down the middle and up to finish facing each other in the middle of the set with both hands joined. 2nd couple step in.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 32 1st and 2nd couples dance a poussette.<\/p>\n

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

Kate Hughes\u2019 Dancing Book (MS), Dundalk 1867.
\nOriginal tune: Flowers of Edinburgh (Traditional)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saxie\u2019s Baa The Green Lady Book of Scottish Country Dances by Barry Priddey J 32 2 Saxie and Herman were two Shetland giants. In a quarrel each hurled a rock at the other. Saxie\u2019s rock, now known as Saxie\u2019s Baa, fell into the water, just short of Herman\u2019s home. 1 \u2013 8 1M and 2W … Continue reading Dances for September 18, 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":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","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=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}