{"id":138,"date":"2017-04-27T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-10-02T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T12:58:35","slug":"dances-for-may-1-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Dances for May 1, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: Up in the Air<\/a>
Video: Up in the Air<\/a><\/p>\n

Up in the Air
Book 20 \u2013 No. 2
32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1\u20138        1st couple cast off, dance down behind own lines and cast up to original places. On bar 8, 1st , 2nd and 3rd couples dance in to meet partners and face up.<\/p>\n

9\u201316    1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a promenade. On bars 15-16, 1st couple cast off one place to finish facing first corners while 2nd couple dance up to first place.<\/p>\n

17\u201320    1st couple set to first corners and then to second corners, finishing between them.<\/p>\n

21\u201324    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands once round to the left.<\/p>\n

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

29\u201332    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples, giving both hands, turn partners to own sides, 1st couple turning one and a half times.<\/p>\n

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

W Boag:  A Collection of Favourite Reels & Strathspeys by the Most Eminent Composers, 1797.
Original tune:  Sir George Clark of Pennycuik (Nathaniel Gow)<\/p>\n

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The Manual of Scottish Country Dancing:
Bar 20         1st couple, pulling back right shoulder, turn between corners ready to begin the circle.
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TACNotes:’
8     All 3 cpls dance into position for promenade (2nd & 3rd cpls, L foot).
20   1st cpl use last setting step to turn R about into sidelines.      <\/p>\n

Video: The Captain’s House<\/a><\/p>\n

The Captain\u2019s House
RSCDS Third Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances<\/p>\n

32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 4    1st couple, giving right hands, turn once round.<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 6    1st couple cast off one place. 2nd couple step up.<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 8    1st couple, giving left hands, cross to face out second place on opposite sides.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance reels of three on the sides, 1st couple passing second corners by the left to begin. 1st couple finish facing first corners.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20    1st couple dance a half diagonal reel of four with first corners, passing by the right to face second corners.<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 24    1at couple dance a half diagonal reel of four with second corners. 1st couple finish in second place on opposite sides.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28    3rd, 1st and 2nd couples, giving right hands to partners, turn once round.<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 32    3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance clockwise halfway round the set to finish on own sides in the order 2, 1, 3.<\/p>\n

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

Devised by Holly Boyd, Montreal Branch.
To celebrate the engagement of the deviser\u2019s daughter, Leah Nemiroff, to Sacha Vais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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