{"id":545,"date":"2019-07-23T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=545"},"modified":"2019-07-23T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:01:32","slug":"dances-for-july-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Dances for July 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petaluma Express<\/strong>
A 32 bar reel for 3 couples
Craig Williams
May 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-4 1st & 2nd men with left hand, 1st & 2nd women with right hand turn 1 \u00bd times
\n5-8 1st & 3rd men with right hand, 1st & 3rd women with left hand turn 1 \u00bd times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-16 1st couple cast up to the top, turn 1 \u00bd times with right hands progressing down to 2nd place on opposite sides. 3rd couple step down on bars 11-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17-24 1st couple set & La baratte and finish facing 1st corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25-32 1st couple Set to corners and partner to finish with a petronella to 2nd place on own sides facing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While visiting San Francisco in the fall 2018. I saw a bus with the destignation \u201cPetaluma Express\u201d. I though that would make a good name for a dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holding Hands In The Moonlight<\/strong>
Iain Boyd \u2013 May I have The Pleasure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

1 \u2013 6 First and second couples dance three\u2014quarter rights and lefts.
\n7 \u2013 8 Second, first and third couples set with nearer hands joined on the sides.
\n9 \u2013 16 Second, first and third couples dance six hands round and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 First couple dance down between third couple With nearer hands joined, cast up round third couple on own sides, dance a half figure of eight round third couple and dance up outside opposite sidelines to finish in first place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while\n\nsecond couple dance down between third couple with nearer hands joined, cast up round third couple on own sides and dance a half figure of eight round third couple to finish on opposite sides in second place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 26 First and second couples turn partner with right hands half way round to finish in the middle facing up with hands joined in \u2018allemande\u2019 hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 \u2013 32 First and second couples dance bars 3 \u2013 8 of a two-couple allemande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First couple cast to the left and dance out to the men\u2019s side to finish facing down (bar 27), dance down the men\u2019s sideline (bar 28) then continue to dance first couple\u2019s track of a normal two\u2014couple allemande (bars 29 \u2013 32)\n\nwhile\n\nsecond couple dance directly up the middle (bar 27), cast to the left and dance out to the men\u2019s side to finish facing down (bar 28) then continue to dance second couple\u2019s track of a normal two-couple allemande (bars 29 \u2013 32).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

At the end of the second time through, first couple finish in third place. On bars 3\u20144 of the
\nnext repeat, first couple step down along the sidelines to fourth place while fourth couple
\nstep in and up to third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ISLE OF BUTE<\/strong>
Bob McMurtry \u2013 Devil’s Quandary
32 bar jig for 3 couples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 4 1st and 2nd couples dance light hands across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 \u2013 6 1st and 2nd couples set to partners and finish facing up and down. Couples turn to face each other on the last setting step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 \u2013 8 1st and 2nd couple turn on the sidelines with right hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st couple dance a right shoulder reel of three on the sides, 1st couple start giving right shoulders to the 2nd couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 1st couple lead down the middle for three steps and back, cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 23 & 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 \u2013 32 All three couples dance back to back and turn with the right hand for 4 bars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Dance Notes: On bars 7 8L 8, care should be taken not to rush entry into the reel. This is a slightly more challenging dance for beginners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: The Isle of Bute is on the southwestern coast of Scotland, where the Scottish side of my family
\ncomes from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No video Petaluma Express A 32 bar reel for 3 couples Craig Williams May 2019 1-4 1st & 2nd men with left hand, 1st & 2nd women with right hand turn 1 \u00bd times 5-8 1st & 3rd men with right hand, 1st & 3rd women with left hand turn 1 \u00bd times 9-16 1st … Continue reading Dances for July 25, 2019<\/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":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer","category-summer-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","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=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}