{"id":1463,"date":"2026-10-29T18:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:31:09","slug":"dances-for-november-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"Dances for November 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Jig On The Hill<\/strong>
Barb Anglin, Ardbrae Celebrates 60 Years
32 bar jig for 4 couples in a square set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 8 1st and 3rd couples dance a ladies\u2019 chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 2nd and 4th couples dance a men\u2019s chain.
On bar 16, 2nd and 4th women finish facing out and 1st and 3rd women turn about to face out as well. All the men face in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 All dance 8 bars of Schiehallion reels as follows:
17 \u2013 20 All four men dance on to the position of the woman on their right in two long steps and then, with two short steps, dance a small loop into the man\u2019s position to face in. Meanwhile, the women dance a small loop into their partner\u2019s place and then follow their partners into the woman\u2019s position to their right and stay facing out.
21 \u2013 24 Repeat to finish opposite the original position, women still facing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 All turn partners with the right hand into promenade hold, women on the right, facing clockwise. All promenade one place on, turning to face in, and all set. All are now in one position to the right of their original place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat from new positions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bars 17 \u2013 24 are taken from the dance, Schiehallion, by Hugh Thurston where the full reel for 4 couples takes 16 bars. Schiehallion is a mountain in the middle of Scotland. The reels are danced in a square shape, presumably around the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title refers to Parliament Hill in Ottawa as well as the hill, or brae where the first Ardbrae classes were held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suggested Music:
Celtic Fire in the Music, Disc 1, track 10
Bobby Brown and the Scottish Accent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: Frost and Snow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frost and Snow<\/strong>
RSCDS Leaflet Book Collection
32-bar strathspey for two couples in a three or four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 4 1st couple turn with the right hand and cast off to second place.
5 \u2013 8 1st couple turn with the left hand and cast up to original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 12 1st and 2nd couples advance and retire.
13 \u2013 16 1st and 2nd couples giving right hands to partners, cross over to opposite sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 20 1st man and 2nd woman set and, giving right hands cross over to own sides.
21 \u2013 24 2nd man and 1st woman repeat bars 17-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

On Saturday, 3rd December 1977, Dr Milligan taught at the Palace of Art in Glasgow. It was, in fact, the last occasion when she taught in Glasgow. This was one of two new dances she taught that day. She did not say where the dances came from, nor which tunes should be used, but merely gave the titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa No Video Jig On The HillBarb Anglin, Ardbrae Celebrates 60 Years32 bar jig for 4 couples in a square set 1 \u2013 8 1st and 3rd couples dance a ladies\u2019 chain. 9 \u2013 16 2nd and 4th couples dance a men\u2019s chain.On bar 16, 2nd and 4th women finish facing out … Continue reading Dances for November 2, 2026<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,24,4,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4x32-jigs","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-fall-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","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=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}