{"id":498,"date":"2019-03-28T21:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T01:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=498"},"modified":"2019-03-28T21:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T01:13:50","slug":"dances-for-april-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Dances for April 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: The Bon Viveur<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bon Viveur
\nRSCDS Book 523
\nMedley of 2 x 32-bar strathspey and 2 x 32-bar reel
\nfor four couples in a square set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 8 All dance eight hands round and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st and 3rd couples dance a men\u2019s chain. All four women face out at the end of bar 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 28 All dance twelve bars of a Schiehallion reel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 18 Men, passing left shoulders in the middle, dance to the place of the woman diagonally to their right while women dance a loop to their right into their partner\u2019s place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 \u2013 20 Women, passing left shoulders in the middle, dance to the woman\u2019s place diagonally to their right while men dance a loop to their right into the man\u2019s place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 \u2013 28 Repeat bars 17\u201420 twice, finishing one place clockwise from original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 \u2013 32 All four couples, giving right hands, turn once round (or birl in quick time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat in strathspey time from new positions, finishing opposite original
\nplaces. Repeat twice more in reel time, finishing in original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devised by Ian Brockbank, RSCDS Edinburgh Branch, December 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written for Stewart Adam in recognition of his award of the RSCDS Scroll of Honour at the AGM in Perth in November 2015. Stewart has served as Chairman of RSCDS Edinburgh Branch, Dunedin Dancers and the RSCDS. Along with his wife Chris, he is a most sociable dancer and after dancing he can usually be found near the bar in a jovial group \u2014 a true \u201dbon viveur”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video: Summer on the Beach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer on the Beach
\nRSCDS Book 51
\n32-bar reel for four couples in a four \u2013 couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 4 1st and 2nd couples, also 3rd and 4th couples, dance right hands across once round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 8 2nd and 3rd couples dance left hands across once round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 12 All four women, joining nearer hands, advance and retire, while all four men, joining nearer hands, set twice on the sideline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 \u2013 16 All four men, retaining nearer hands, advance and retire, While all four women, retaining nearer hands, set twice on the sideline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple, followed by 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples, Who dance up the sides to begin, dance down the middle and cast up to original places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 28 1st couple dance down the middle and curve the long way into fourth place. 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples step up on bars 27\u201428.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 \u2013 32 All four couples turn with the right hand once round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat With a new top couple. 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devised by Helena Strandberg Luthi, Gothenburg Branch, June 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deviser explains: \u201cThis dance was devised for Laura in my children’s class in Ghent,
\nBelgium. She was nine years old at the time and, although a very enthusiastic dancer, was
\nlooking forward to her summer holiday at the seaside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bars 1\u20148 represent the parasols being set up on the beach; bars 9\u201416 represent the Children
\njumping over the waves that roll onto the beach; bars 17\u201424 represent the children diving into
\nthe water and swimming hack to the shore; and bars 25\u201432 represent the children playing with
\ntheir kites. \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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