{"id":364,"date":"2018-04-05T20:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-04-05T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T00:49:56","slug":"dances-for-april-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Dances for April 9, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: The Peat Fire Flame<\/a><\/p>\n

Video: The Peat Fire Flame<\/a><\/p>\n

THE PEAT FIRE FLAME<\/strong>
\nTHE BON ACCORD BOOK OF SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCES by John Drewry
\nReel \u2013 3 couples \u2013 40 bars.
\nTune \u2013 \u201cThe Peat Fire Flame\u2019.<\/p>\n

1\u20136 1st couple cast off one place, then dance half a figure of eight round 2nd couple to finish in second place on the wrong sides. (2nd couple move up on 1-2).<\/p>\n

7\u20138 1st couple turn by the left hand to face first corners.<\/p>\n

9\u201312 1st couple turn first corners by the right hand then pass each other by the right shoulder to face second corners.<\/p>\n

13\u201316 1st couple turn second corners by the left hand then pass each other by the left shoulder to face first corners again.<\/p>\n

17\u201320 1st couple dance half a reel of four with their first corners, then pass each other by the left shoulder to go into:-<\/p>\n

21\u201324 A half reel of four with second corners. 1st couple finish facing first corners again, who are now on the wrong side of the dance.<\/p>\n

25\u201326 1st couple set to first corners.<\/p>\n

27\u201328 1st couple, with two skip change of step, dance round one another to the right to finish facing second corners.<\/p>\n

29\u201330 1st couple set to second corners.<\/p>\n

31\u201332 1st couple, with two skip change of step, dance round one another to the right to finish in second place on wrong sides facing out.<\/p>\n

33\u201336 2nd and 3rd couples dance half rights and lefts to bring them back to their own sides in top and third places (omit the polite turns at the end because the dancers finish two places apart). 1st man casts off to below third place on the ladies\u2019 side and then dances up the centre of the dance to meet his partner, who casts up to above top place on the men\u2019s side and then dances down the centre of the dance.<\/p>\n

37\u201340 1st couple turn by the right hand one and a quarter times to finish in second place on own sides, but stay facing out ready to cast off at the beginning of the next turn of the dance. 2nd and 3rd couples turn by the right hand.<\/p>\n

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

NOTE: At the end of the second turn of the dance, the original 1st couple, who must go to fourth place, finish facing out at the end of the right hand turn. Then, on the first two steps of the new turn, they cast off to fourth place, while the new top couple cast off to second place.<\/p>\n

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Video: John McAlpin<\/a><\/p>\n

JOHN McALPIN<\/strong>
\n(Strathspey)
\nHugh Foss, Galloway Album (1964)<\/p>\n

1\u20132 1st couple advance (one step), take right hands, let go and retire (one step).<\/p>\n

3\u20134 Then, giving left hands, cross over and turn left about.<\/p>\n

5\u20136 1st couple, taking right hands, lead down to 2nd place, centre of the dance (2nd couple move up), and<\/p>\n

7\u20138 Turn by the left hand (see Fig. 1).<\/p>\n

9\u201316 1st couple turn first corner by the right hand, partner by the left, second corner by the right, and, giving left hands to partners, cross back to own sides, 2nd place.<\/p>\n

17\u201318 1st, 2nd and 3rd women, taking hands, set.<\/p>\n

19\u201320 They advance (two steps), while the three men, taking hands, set.<\/p>\n

21\u201324 The women retire (two steps) and set, while the men advance and retire.<\/p>\n

25\u201326 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples cross over, giving right hands, form a circle (see Fig. 2) and<\/p>\n

27\u201328 Dance six hands half round to the left.<\/p>\n

29\u201332 They cross over again, giving left hands, form a circle (see Fig. 3) and dance six hands half round to the right.<\/p>\n

Repeat, having passed a couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video: The Peat Fire Flame Video: The Peat Fire Flame THE PEAT FIRE FLAME THE BON ACCORD BOOK OF SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCES by John Drewry Reel \u2013 3 couples \u2013 40 bars. Tune \u2013 \u201cThe Peat Fire Flame\u2019. 1\u20136 1st couple cast off one place, then dance half a figure of eight round 2nd couple … Continue reading Dances for April 9, 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-364","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\/364","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=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}