{"id":270,"date":"2011-02-02T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=270"},"modified":"2011-02-02T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T20:34:00","slug":"dances-for-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Dances for January 31"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sorry for the late posting of these dances. This week the dances come from the March social and dances Jody will be teaching at the Edmonton workshop in a few weeks<\/p>\n

Book 11 \u2013 No. 2
Monymusk<\/b><\/p>\n

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

Bars                        Description<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 4        1st couple, giving right hands, turn once round and cast off one place on own sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 8        1st couple, giving left hands, turn one-and-a-quarter times to finish 1st woman between the 2nd couple facing down, and 1st man between the 3rd couple, facing up.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 12        1st woman with 2nd couple and 1st man with 3rd couple set twice. On bars 11-12, 1st couple turn to the right into second place on opposite sides.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 16    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples set twice.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six hands round and back.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 30    2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance reels of three on the sides. 1st woman passes 3rd man and 1st man passes 2nd woman by the right to begin.<\/p>\n

31 \u2013 32    1st couple, giving right hands,  cross over to second place, own sides.<\/p>\n

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

Graded Book \u2014 No. 20.
Tarry a While.    (Jig)<\/b><\/p>\n

Music.                             Description.
 Bars.<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8        1st man turns 2nd woman with right hand for 4 skip change of step, then with left hand for 4 steps.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 12        2nd man turns 1st woman with right hand for 4 steps.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 16    2nd man turns 1st woman with left hand for 4 steps but holds on and they give right hand to own partner.  (Diagram 1.)<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 20    All 4 set twice in line across dance.<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 24    1st woman and 2nd man turn each other with left hand to face partner.<\/p>\n

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

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

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TACNotes:\u2019
25-32    If using positions in Fig 2, cpls must dance on the spot (bar 25) & then proceed as usual. Alternatively, 1st man & 2nd woman may step in on bar 24 to meet partners for a normal poussette.<\/p>\n

Book II \u2013 No. 1
La Temp\u00eate (The Tempest) (Reel)<\/b><\/p>\n

   The couples stand in fours across the room, two couples facing two couples, women on the right of their partners.  (See Fig.).<\/p>\n

MUSIC                    DESCRIPTION
Bars
1 \u2013 8        1st and 4th couples dance four hands across with right hands and back again with left hands.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 16        2nd and 3rd couples repeat bars 1\u20138.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24    1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples set twice and turn partners with two hands.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28    1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples join both hands with partner and slip across to change places with  pposite couple, i.e. 1st with 3rd and 2nd with 4th, men passing back to back.<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 32    1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples repeat bars 25\u201328 back to places, women passing back to back.<\/p>\n

33 \u2013 36    1st and 3rd couples and at the same time 2nd and 4th couples, dance four hands round to the left.<\/p>\n

37 \u2013 40    1st and 3rd couples and at the same time 2nd and 4th couples, dance four hands across (left hands) back to original places.<\/p>\n

41 \u2013 43    1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples advance two steps and retire one step.<\/p>\n

       44        1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples clap three times.<\/p>\n

45 \u2013 48    1st and 2nd couples dancing down the dance, pass under the raised arms of 3rd and 4th couples who are dancing up.<\/p>\n

        Repeat with the next two couples, and dance the same figures with every line until they arrive at the bottom of the room. As each line reaches the top or bottom of the room, change to correct side of partners and stand during one turn of the dance.<\/p>\n

      Note:    This dance can also be done in groups of four in a circle, in which case, bars 9\u201316         are omitted.<\/p>\n

Collected locally.         Tune: La Temp\u00eate.
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TACNotes:\u2019 
17-20   Set twice to prtnrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the late posting of these dances. This week the dances come from the March social and dances Jody will be teaching at the Edmonton workshop in a few weeks Book 11 \u2013 No. 2Monymusk 32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set Bars                        Description 1 \u2013 … Continue reading Dances for January 31<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}