{"id":1422,"date":"2026-09-26T18:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:42:43","slug":"dances-for-september-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1422","title":{"rendered":"Dances for September 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1422&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1422&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0MML3U3_dW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The College Hornpipe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The College Hornpipe<\/strong><br \/>RSCDS Book 20<br \/>32-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bars Description<br \/>1 \u2013 8 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back to finish in the middle of the set, facing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 \u2013 16 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a promenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 \u2013 24 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over and cast off one place; giving left hands, cross over and cast off round 3rd couple to meet and lead up to face first corners. 2nd couple step up on bars 19 \u2013 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25 \u2013 30 1st couple set to first corners, set to each other across the set, set to second corners and finish facing each other up and down the set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">31 \u2013 32 1st couple, clapping once, turn by the right with two pas de basque steps to second place on own sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repeat, having passed a couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W Boag: A Collection of Favourite Reels &amp; Strathspeys by the Most Eminent Composers, 1797.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original tune: Jolly Tars (Traditional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TACNotes:\u2019<br \/>17-24 Phrasing for 1st cpl is \u2013 cross &amp; cast (3 bars), repeat (3 bars), lead up (2 bars). 2nd cpl step up on bars 19-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IXhT7j9nB8U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffin Harvest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Staffin Harvest<\/strong><br \/>4 Dances 1978 &#8211; No. 3<br \/>32-bar strathspey for four couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 \u2013 4 1st woman and 2nd man, 3rd woman and 4th man set to each other and, giving right hands, change places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 \u2013 8 1st and 3rd couples, on the men\u2019s side and 2nd and 4th couples, on the women\u2019s side, set to partners and, giving right hands, change places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 \u2013 16 1st and 3rd couples and 2nd and 4th couples dance reels of four, passing partner by the right to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 \u2013 20 All set and, giving right hands, cross over. (Fig. 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 \u2013 24 1st and 2nd couples and 3rd and 4th couples dance four hands round to the left, to finish in two diagonal lines. (Fig. 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25 \u2013 28 2nd and 1st couples, 4th and 3rd couples dance a half poussette, to finish in original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29 \u2013 32 1st couple lead down to fourth place. 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples step up on bars 31-32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repeat from new positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devised by H P C Mitchell, Canada, 1976.<br \/>Original tune: Miss Elizabeth Magd. Fordyce Strathspey (Robert Mackintosh)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Manual of Scottish Country Dancing:<br \/>Bars 19-20 Cross, giving right hands.<br \/>Bars 29-30 1st couple lead down and dance the short way into fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TACNotes:\u2019<br \/>19-20 Cross giving RH.<br \/>29-30 1st cpl lead down &amp; cast up into 4th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4cQ-vaS3Nsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Flock of Geese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Flock of Geese<\/strong><br \/>The Slip Knot Collection<br \/>Melbourne and Elle Briscoe<br \/>Alexandria, Virginia<br \/>September 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">32 bar Jig for five couples in a five couple set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 \u2013 8 As in The Wild Geese, 1st, 3rd, and 5th couples set advancing, set taking hands (give right hands to partners), and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st couple turn with the right hand and cast off to fifth place, while<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd couple turn with the right hand and lead up to first place, while<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th couple turn with the right hand and lead up to third place,<br \/>ending in order 3,2,5,4,1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 \u2013 16 Repeat the first eight bars from the new positions, ending in order 5,2,1.4,3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 \u2013 24 5th and 1st couples (the top two dancing couples, now in first and third place) lead down for four bars (2nd and 4th couples stepping up on bars 3-4 of the phrase) and lead up to second and fourth places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25 \u2013 32 2nd and 5th couples, and 1st and 3rd couples (the two couples at the top and the two couples at the bottom) dance right and left: 4th couple in the middle stand still. End in order 2,5,4,1,3, ready to begin again from the new positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOTE: The progression is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>end couples move to position next to opposite end<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>middle couple moves to bottom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd and 4th couples move up one place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suggested Recorded Music: The Wild Geese, from Dance to Bobby Crowe&#8217;s Band, Thistle Records, BLSP-67, the music is recorded with just 5 repetitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devisor\u2019s note: The dance was devised for the wedding of Lance Ramshaw and Gail Wine in Boston, September 9, 1989, and was presented to them at their wedding celebration dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: The College Hornpipe The College HornpipeRSCDS Book 2032-bar reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set Bars Description1 \u2013 8 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back to finish in the middle of the set, facing up. 9 \u2013 16 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance a promenade. 17 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1422\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dances for September 28, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,27,20,4,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4x32-strathspeys","category-5x32-jigs","category-8x32-reels","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-fall-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","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=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}