{"id":1311,"date":"2026-06-14T12:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:42:55","slug":"dances-for-june-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"Dances for June 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ottawa Summer Class<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

The Accordion Player
<\/strong>Pam Stephens, Between the Rivers
A 32 bar reel for 3 couples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 4 All three couples advance and retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 8 1st couple dance in towards each other and cast off one place, as 2nd couple step up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 12 All three couples advance and retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 \u2013 16 1st couple turn 2nd corner with left hands once round, finishing back to back in the center facing the opposite side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 Dance inverting double triangles, 1st couple finishing facing 1st corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 1st couple dance corners pass and turn with 1st corner; repeat with 2nd comer, finishing in second place on own sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat from second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devised by Pam Stephens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devisor\u2019s note: Dedicated to Liz Donaldson, great musician and piano player, who impressed us all when she also took up the accordion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: I’ll Gang Nea Mair Tae Yon Too<\/a>n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll Gang Nea Mair Tae Yon Toon<\/strong>
RSCDS Book 15
40-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-8 1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across and left hands back.
9 – 16 1st couple lead down the middle for three steps, lead up to the top of the set and turn with the right hand once round to finish in original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 – 24 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a grand chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 – 28 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples set and, giving right hands, cross over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 – 32 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples repeat bars 25-28 back to places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33 – 36 1st and 2nd couples set twice and, on the second setting, advance to form a diagonal line, 1st woman and 2nd man back to back. 1st and 2nd couples join both hands with partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37 – 40 1st and 2nd couples dance a half poussette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat, having passed a couple.
T Wilson: Analysis of the London Ballroom, 1825.
Original tune: Mr Patrick Duff Junior’s Strathspey (D Grant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll gang nae mair tae yon town,
O, never a\u2019 my life again;
I\u2019ll ne\u2019er gae back tae yon town
To seek anither wife again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the old words to a tune which appeared in Robert Bremner\u2019s Scots Reels (1757), iin James Oswald\u2019s Caledonian Pocket Companion (1759), and in James Aird\u2019s First Book (circa 1784).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Burns used this widely-known song as the basis for two poems and both were published in James Johnson\u2019s The Scots Musical Museum, Volume 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first, \u201cI\u2019ll Ay Ca\u2019 in by Yon Town\u201d, was written by Burns for his wife, Jean Armour (1767\u20131834), whom he at long last married in 1788.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In regard to the second, \u201cO Wat Ye Wha\u2019s in Yon Town\u201d, Stenhouse said: \u201cBoth of the songs were composed in honour of \u2018His Jean\u2019, afterwards Mrs Burns.\u201d This is not entirely true for the second song was written for Jean Lorimer, a friend of Burns for nearly all of his life and whom Burns called \u201cChloris\u201d. Described by the poet as \u201cone of the finest women in Scotland\u201d, he wrote at least twenty-four songs in her honour. Typical of Burns, he changed the name \u201cJean\u201d, which occurs several times in the song, to \u201cLucy\u201d and sent a copy of \u201cO Wat Ye Wha\u2019s in Yon Town\u201d to Lucy Johnstone Oswald, a distinguished amateur composer, a celebrated beauty and Burns\u2019 \u201cimcomparable woman\u201d who was married to Richard Oswald of Auchincruive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Blue Moon Rendezvous<\/strong>
32 bar jig for 3 couples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-4 1st couple set and cast off one place, 2nd couple step up on bars 3 and 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5-8 1st couple set and turn three quarters round, giving left hands and end in the center, 1st man facing up, 1st woman facing down. Meanwhile, 2nd and 3rd couples turn once round, giving left hands and end facing out on own sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-16 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance left shoulder reels of three on own sides. 1st man passes left shoulder with 2nd man and 1st woman passes left shoulder with 3rd woman to begin. 1st couple finish the reel by dancing towards each other through 2nd place, pulling back right shoulder to end back to back in the center facing own sides. 2nd and 3rd couples dance long loops at end of reels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-22 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six bars of double triangles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23-24 1st couple, with two pas de basques and staying back to back, dance three quarters round to the right, to end 1st man facing up and 1st woman facing down. 2nd and 3rd couples continue setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25\u201328 1st man with 2nd couple and 1st woman with 3rd couple circle once round to the left (8 slip steps). 1st couple release right hands on 6th step and open out to finish in 2nd place own side. 2nd and 3rd couples retain hands with partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29-32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples circle once round to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Music: \u201cLinda Henderson of Alamo, California\u201d \u00a92007 Andy Imbrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dance was devised by Fred DeMarse for Linda Henderson, originally from North Berwick, Scotland and currently of Alamo, California on the occasion of her first Scottish Country Dance workshop teaching engagement in Truckee, California on June 30th, 2007, which coincided with an occurrence of a Blue Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: Campbell\u2019s Frolic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell\u2019s Frolic<\/strong>
Book 15 – No. 3
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 2 1st and 2nd couples set.
3 \u2013 6 1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across once round.
7 \u2013 8 1st couple cast off one place and 2nd couple dance up to first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st couple repeat bars 1-8 with 3rd couple, dancing left hands across on bars 11-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple set, lead up to the top and cast off one place. 3rd couple step down on bars 19-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

David Rutherford: Compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated
Country Dances both old and new \u2026Vol 1, London, c. 1755.
Original tune: Campbell\u2019s Frolic (Rutherford)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ottawa Summer Class No Video The Accordion PlayerPam Stephens, Between the RiversA 32 bar reel for 3 couples 1 \u2013 4 All three couples advance and retire. 5 \u2013 8 1st couple dance in towards each other and cast off one place, as 2nd couple step up. 9 \u2013 12 All three couples advance and … Continue reading Dances for June 17, 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":[29,20,24,5,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8x32-jigs","category-8x32-reels","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-summer","category-summer-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","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=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}