{"id":337,"date":"2018-01-18T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T23:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=337"},"modified":"2018-01-18T19:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T23:53:29","slug":"dances-for-january-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Dances for January 22, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: General Stuart’s Reel<\/a><\/p>\n

General Stuart\u2019s Reel<\/strong> or
\nThe New Way of Gildon (Reel)
\nBook 10 \u2013 No. 3<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 4 1st man sets to 2nd woman and casts off one place. 2nd man steps up on bars 3\u20134.<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 8 1st woman sets to 2nd man and casts off to second place. 2nd woman steps up on bars 7\u20138.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 12 1st couple turn first corners with the right hand then, passing each other by the right shoulder, face second corners.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 16 1st couple turn second corners with the left hand then, passing each other by the right shoulder, face first corners.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple set to first corners, set to each other across the dance, set to second corners, then set to each other up and down the dance and finish man facing up and woman facing down the dance. 1st couple turn by the right throughout.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 30 1st couple dance reels with their corners. 1st couple begin the reels by giving right shoulders to second corners.<\/p>\n

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

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

Source: The Register of Dances at Castle Menzies, 1749.
\nMusic: The Stuarts\u2019 Rant, Bremner, 1768.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Manual of Scottish Country Dancing:
\nBars 9-16 Corners dance two steps when turning.
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\nTACNotes:\u2019
\n9-16 Corners must dance into middle to meet 1st cpl on bars 9 & 13 then out to places on bars 10 & 14 releasing 1st cpl to face up & down the set.<\/p>\n

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Video: Best Set in the Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Set in the Hall<\/strong>
\nRSCDS Book 46
\n32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8 1st couple set and 1st woman, followed by her partner, casts off two places, crosses over below 3rd couple, casts up and dances in to face first corner. 1st man dances up the middle of the set to face his first corner. 2nd couple step up on bars 7-8.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 12 1st couple and first corners set and, 1st couple, pulling back by the right, dance around each other and out to finish in partner\u2019s first corner position. At the same time, first corners dance in towards each other and, pulling back by the right, finish back to back in the middle facing own places.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 16 1st couple and first corners set and first corners, pulling back by the right, dance around each other and out to finish in opposite corner\u2019s position. At the same time, 1st couple dance towards each other and, pulling back by the right, finish back to back in the middle facing second corners.<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple repeat bars 9-16 with second corners and pass each other by the right to finish in second place on opposite sides. 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples face clockwise.<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 28 3rd, 1st and 2nd couples dance clockwise halfway round the set.<\/p>\n

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

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

Devised by Helen Greenwood, Auckland, New Zealand.
\nNote: the movement in bars 9-24 was devised by the late Alec Hay.<\/p>\n

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\nNotes Compiled by teachers, Summer School , St Andrews 2010
\n15-16 1st couple turn on the spot.
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\nTACNotes:1-8 1st woman dances straight in on bar 8 to face 1st corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video: General Stuart’s Reel General Stuart\u2019s Reel or The New Way of Gildon (Reel) Book 10 \u2013 No. 3 1 \u2013 4 1st man sets to 2nd woman and casts off one place. 2nd man steps up on bars 3\u20134. 5 \u2013 8 1st woman sets to 2nd man and casts off to second place. … Continue reading Dances for January 22, 2018<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","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=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}