{"id":783,"date":"2023-09-21T16:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=783"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:46:12","slug":"dances-for-september-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Dances for September 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Video: Huntly Castle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntly Castle<\/strong>
Strathspey – 3 couples – 32 bars,
John Drewery, The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntly Castle, now a ruin, was formerly the seat of the Earls, lator the Marquises of Huntly – the chiefs of Clan Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune – “My Only Jo and Dearie O’ Gow’s Repository , 3rd Part, Pace 12, This is the tune to which Bum!s song “I goed a waeful gait yestreen” is usually set,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u2013 6 1st and 2nd couples set on the sides, then circle to the left once round to finish with 1st couple in top place,with nearer hands still joined, facing down. and 2nd couple in second place facing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 \u2013 8 1st and 2nd couples set,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 \u2013 16 1st and 2nd couples dance a Rondel to change places, 1st couple finish in second place facing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 \u2013 24 Reels of three on the sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin: \u2013 1st couple dance out and down;
3rd couple, joining nearer hands, dance in and up;
2nd couple, joining nearer hands, dance in and down. |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All join inside hands with partners where possible in the reels.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
At the end: \u2013 2nd couple dance in to join nearer hands facing down;
1st couple dance to second place on own sides;
3rd couple dance in to join nearer hands facing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 \u2013 26 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples set,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27 \u2013 30 Six hands round to the left. On Bar 30, all dance into the centre, pulling right shoulders back to face out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31 \u2013 32 All spiral out clockwise (in a chase) to own sides,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Repeat, having passed a couple,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Video: The Wild Geese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wild Geese<\/strong>
Book 24 \u2013 No. 3
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 \u2013 4 1st and 3rd couples set advancing to join nearer hands in a line up and down the set, men with partners on their right. 1st and 3rd couples set. (Fig.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 \u2013 8 1st couple, retaining right hands, turn three quarters and cast off to third place on own sides and, at the same time, 3rd couple turn with the right hand and lead up to first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9 \u2013 16 3rd and 1st couples repeat bars 1-8 but in bars 15-16, 3rd couple cast off and 1st couple lead up to places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 \u2013 24 1st couple lead down the middle and up to second place on own sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 19-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 \u2013 32 2nd and 1st couples dance rights and lefts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Repeat, having passed a couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collected by Miss Jenny MacLachlan.
Original tune: Mrs MacPherson of Cluny (Joseph Lowe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Video: Ferla Mor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
FERLA MOR
<\/strong>or THE BIG GREY MAN
THE DEESIDE BOOK OF SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCES, Part 1, by JOHN DREWRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ferla Mor (a corruption of the Gaelic \u201cAm Fear Liath Mor\u201d) or the Big Grey Man, is reputed to haunt the upper part of Ben Macdhui. Travellers usually encounter him when alone and in misty conditions \u2013 they become aware of his presence by a feeling that someone is following them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this dance, the first man becomes the Ferla Mor as he follows his partner during the reels \u2014 Bars 9 \u2013 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reel : 3 couples : 32 bars<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tune : \u201cLochiel House\u201d by Angus Fitchet The Angus Fitchet S.D. Collection page 2 (Mozart Allan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 \u2013 8 1st couple set to one another , then turn by the right hand half-way round moving down to face one another across the centre of the dance in second place; they set again then turn by the right hand once round to finish with 1st lady facing her first corner, and with 1st man immediately behind her facing in the same direction. (2nd couple step up on Bars 3 \u2013 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9 \u2013 16 1st couple dance a reel of three diagonally across the dance with their first corners. They begin by passing 2nd man by the right, and 1st man follows his partner as closely as convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st lady, with her partner still behind her, finishes the reel facing her second corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 \u2013 24 1st couple, with 1st man still following his partner, dance a reel of three with their second corners, passing 3rd man by the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the last two steps, as she dances down the centre of the dance, 1st lady pulls her left shoulder back to face her partner and they turn by the left hand to face own first corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 \u2013 28 1st couple turn first corners by the right hand, then pass by the right to face second corners. (The corners dance four steps)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29 \u2013 32 1st couple turn second corners by the right hand, then pass by the right to second place on own sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Repeat, having passed a couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Video: Huntly Castle Huntly CastleStrathspey – 3 couples – 32 bars,John Drewery, The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances Huntly Castle, now a ruin, was formerly the seat of the Earls, lator the Marquises of Huntly – the chiefs of Clan Gordon. Tune – “My Only Jo and Dearie O’ Gow’s Repository , 3rd Part, … Continue reading Dances for September 25, 2023<\/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":[29,20,24,4,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8x32-jigs","category-8x32-reels","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-ardbrae","category-ardbrae-fall-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}