{"id":152,"date":"2017-01-08T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-10-02T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T12:58:36","slug":"dances-for-january-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Dances for January 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five Scottish Country Dances   No. 4
THE ROYAL WEDDING<\/b>
(Strathspey)<\/p>\n

MUSIC                           DESCRIPTION
Bars
1 \u2013 8        1st couple set, turn with two hands once round, retaining nearer hands dance down the centre oneplace, then turn with two hands to face 1st corners. 2nd couple dance up on bars 3-4.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 10        1st couple turn 1st corner with right hand and finish 1st woman between 2nd couple facing down, 1st man between 3rd couple facing up.<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 12        1st couple advance setting and pass left shoulders to face 2nd corners, while 2nd and 3rd couples set facing diagonally to the centre.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 14        1st couple turn 2nd corner with right hand and finish on the sides between their corners, facing across the dance.<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 16        1st couple advance setting and pass left shoulders to face partner\u2019s 1st corner (1st woman face 3rd woman, 1st man face 2nd man), while 2nd and 3rd couples set facing diagonally to the centre.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20        1st couple dance half-reel of four with 1st corners, passing left shoulders on bar 20 to face partner\u2019s 2nd corner (1st woman face 2nd woman, 1st man face 3rd man).<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 24        1st couple dance half-reel of four with 2nd corners, passing left shoulders on bar 24 to finish still in centre of set facing the opposite side of the dance.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28        3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance round the set clockwise half-way \u2013 the women led by 3rd woman who begins by dancing across top place to her own side, and the men, led by 2nd     man who dances across 3rd place to his own side. 1st couple dance out to 2nd place on opposite sides and turn right to follow immediately after the lead dancer.<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 32        2nd, 1st and 3rd couples turn partner with two hands once round.<\/p>\n

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

Devised by Gene MacKinnon and presented to the R.S.C.D.S. by the Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa, Canada as their contribution to the festivities of the wedding of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, July 1981.<\/p>\n

Tune: Our Highland Queen
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The Manual of Scottish Country Dancing:
Bars 7-8       1st man releases his left hand and, with his right hand, helps 1st woman round to face her first corner.
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TACNotes:\u2019
1-8       1st cpl finish turn (bars 3-4) slightly above 1st place. On bar 7, they dance a wide turn & open out on bar 8, 1st man
             retaining prtnr\u2019s LH in his RH to assist her to face her first corner.
11-12    1st cpl are setting to partner. Also bars 15-16.<\/p>\n

Keep It Going<\/b>
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8         1st couple lead down the middle and up, finishing in the middle as 2nd couple step in ready for\u2026<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16        1st and 2nd couples dance a poussette.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples set and link twice to finish in order 3, 1, 2, all on opposite sides.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28    All dance clockwise halfway round the set to finish on own sides in the order 2, 1, 3.<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 32    All turn once round with the right hand back to place. <\/p>\n

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

Devised by Deborah Connors    <\/p>\n

Suitable recorded music: 
\u2018Lassies of Dunse\u2019 by Bobby Brown and the Scottish Accent on Ready\u2026And!, Track 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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