{"id":131,"date":"2017-09-28T21:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T01:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=131"},"modified":"2017-09-28T21:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T01:35:26","slug":"dances-for-october-2-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Dances for October 2, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: Lady Mary Menzies\u2019 Reel<\/a><\/p>\n

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

1\u20138 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 dance up to first place.<\/p>\n

9\u201312 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\u201316 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. 1st and 3rd couples set.<\/p>\n

17\u201320 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. 1st couple set and advance toward second corners.<\/p>\n

21\u201324 1st couple turn second corners with the right hand finishing between corners. 1st couple set to each other.<\/p>\n

25\u201330 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\u201332 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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Video: Strathglass House<\/a><\/p>\n

Video: Strathglass House<\/a><\/p>\n

Strathglass House<\/strong>
\nBook 13 \u2013 No. 9
\n32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1\u20134 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples set and dance six hands round to the left halfway.<\/p>\n

5\u20138 3rd, 2nd and 1st couples repeat bars 1-4 to original places, again moving to the left.<\/p>\n

9\u201312 1st couple lead down, cross over below 2nd couple and dance behind 3rd couple to meet below them facing up.<\/p>\n

13\u201316 1st couple lead up to the top and cast off one place on opposite sides to face first corners. 2nd couple step up on bars 15-16.<\/p>\n

17\u201324 1st couple turn first corner with right hand, partner with the left hand, second corner with the right hand, partner with the left hand to finish between corners.<\/p>\n

25\u201328 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples advance and retire.<\/p>\n

29\u201332 1st couple, giving both hands, turn one and a half times to finish in second place on own sides.<\/p>\n

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

R Bremner:
\nA Second Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances c. 1765.<\/p>\n

Original tune:
\nMr Muir Mackenzie\u2019s Favourite (Mr Sharpe of Hoddom)<\/p>\n

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\nTACNotes:\u2019
\n1 \u2013 8 On second setting step (bars 2 & 6) 1st man & 3rd woman must begin to move into circle shape so that the half circle is completed in two steps (bars 3-4 & 7-8).
\n13 \u2013 16 Nearer hand lead. 2nd cpl step up on bars 15-16.<\/p>\n

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SKIPPIN\u2019 BARFIT THRO\u2019 the HEATHER<\/strong>
\n32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set by Barbara Anglin<\/p>\n

1\u20138 1st couple cross, giving right hands, and cast off one place as 2nd couple step up.
\n1st couple dance a half figure of eight round 3rd couple to finish in second place on own sides.<\/p>\n

9\u201312 1st couple dance right hands across with the couple on their right; i.e. 1st woman with 2nd couple and 1st man with 3rd couple.
\n1st couple finish in the middle, left shoulder to left shoulder.<\/p>\n

13\u201316 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a snake pass, as follows: 1st man, followed by 3rd man and 3rd woman, dances out to the women\u2019s side and up, across the top of the set, and down to second place on his own side. 3rd couple finish in top place. Meanwhile, 1st woman, followed by 2nd woman and 2nd man, dances out to the men\u2019s side and down, across the bottom of the set, and up to second place on her own side. 2nd couple finish in 3rd place. The two \u2018snakes\u2019 pass by the left. All finish on own sides in order 3, 1, 2 with women facing up and men facing down.<\/p>\n

17\u201324 All chase counter clockwise round the set. On bar 24, all dance into the middle to take promenade hold, facing up.<\/p>\n

25\u201332 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance an allemande.<\/p>\n

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

As I was walkin\u2019 doon yon hill, O but she was neatly dressed,
\nIt was on a summer\u2019s evening, She neither needed hat nor feather,
\nT\u2019was there I met a bonnie lass, She was a queen amang them a\u2019,
\nSkippin\u2019 barfit throw the heather. Skippin\u2019 barfit throw the heather.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkippin\u2019 Barfit Thro\u2019 the Heather\u201d,
\ntraditional Scottish folk song<\/p>\n

While the traditional song tune is not a jig, I thought that jig tempo better suited my image of
\n\u201cskipping barefoot through the heather.\u201d BA<\/p>\n

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