{"id":894,"date":"2024-07-14T17:51:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=894"},"modified":"2024-07-14T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:51:15","slug":"dances-for-july-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Dances for July 17, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F894&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F894&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>No Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Trip to Ottawa<\/strong><br \/>Strathspey<br \/>Malcolm Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-4 1s Set, cast one place (2s step up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5-8 1s \u00bd figure of eight up through 2s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9-16 1s &amp; 2s Helice<br \/>1-2 1s &amp; 2s \u00be turn partners RH, to finish in promenade hold, top couple (2s) facing men&#8217;s side, bottom couple (1s) facing ladies side, forming a line up and down the dance<br \/>3-4 1s &amp; 2s promenade \u00bd way round anticlockwise (not too close togeher)<br \/>5-6 1s &amp; 2s still in promenade hold, turn to finish in middle of set facing partners \u2013 1s above 2s, [top couple on own side (1s), bottom couple on opposite side (2s)]<br \/>7-8 1s &amp; 2s pull back R Sh and cast into sidelines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17-24 2s set, cast up one place (1s step down), \u00bd figure of eight down through 1s, All finish in middle, (1s &amp; 3s dance in on left foot), ready for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25-32 1s 2s 3s Promenade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helice is pronounced \u201chell-eese\u201d (eese as in (g)eese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>September 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Version B \u2013 2 couple dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Version C \u2013 3 couple set (1s cast to 3rd place on bar 32, while 3s dance up to 2nd place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>No Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JIG ON THE HILL<\/strong><br \/>32 bar jig for 4 couples in a square set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 &#8211; 8 First and third couples dance a Ladies\u2019 Chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 \u2013 16 Second and fourth couples dance a Men\u2019s Chain. On bar 16, second and fourth women finish facing out and first and third women turn about to face out as well. All the men face in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 \u2013 24 All dance 8 bars of Schiehallion reels as follows:<br \/>17 &#8211; 20 All four men dance on to the position of the woman on their right in two long steps and then, with two short steps, dance a small loop into the man\u2019s position to face in. Meanwhile, the women dance a small loop into their partner\u2019s place and then follow their partners into the woman\u2019s position to their right and stay facing out.<br \/>21 \u2013 24 Repeat to finish opposite the original position, women still facing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25 \u2013 32 All turn partners with the right hand into promenade hold, women on the right, facing clockwise. All promenade one place on, turning to face in, and all set. All are now in one position to the right of their original place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bars 17 \u2013 24 are taken from the dance, Schiehallion, by Hugh Thurston where the full reel for 4 couples takes 16 bars. Schiehallion is a mountain in the middle of Scotland. The reels are danced in a square shape, presumably around the mountain.<br \/>The title refers to Parliament Hill in Ottawa as well as the hill, or brae where the first Ardbrae classes were held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suggested Music: Celtic Fire in the Music, Disc 1, track 10, Bobby Brown and the Scottish Accent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>No Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cairn Strathspey<\/strong><br \/>Roy Goldring, Auld Friends Meet<br \/>32 bar strathspey for 4 couples<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 \u2013 4 1 couple with 2nd couple (also 3rd couple with 4th couple) dance right hands across opening out into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 \u2013 8 Eight hands round halfway.<br \/>Finish 4, 3, 2, 1 all on opposite sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 \u2013 12 4th woman with 3rd woman (also 2bd Woman with 1st woman) nearer hands joined, dance between their partners, divide, dance back to the men\u2019s side. 4th and 3rd women face each other, 2nd and 1st women face each other ready for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13 \u2013 16 Half reel of four, passing right shoulders to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 \u2013 24 All four men repeat bars 9 -16. (Men dance between the women opposite \u2014 not their partners. )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25 \u2013 28 1st couple cross giving right hands and cast to 4th place while. 2Nd, 3rd and 4th couples set and cross up one place giving right hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 \u2013 32 All four couples turn once round with both hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repeat from new positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Shirley Shields and the Cairn Dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune: Falkland Palace (Nancy Dickson)<br \/>1980<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>No Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jackie Stewart\u2019s Reel<\/strong><br \/>A 32 bar reel for 3 couples.<br \/>Music: The Flying Scotsman 8x32r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-8: 1st couple cross with left hands, cast and meet in the middle to turn by the left hands 1\u00bd times for 4 bars to face out on own sides. 2nd couple steps up on bars 3-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>9-16: 1st couple dance around the person on their left in 2 bars and meet In the middle (with man facing up and woman facing down) to turn by the left hands 1\u00bd times for 4 bars, then dance around the person on their left in 2 bars to finish in 2nd place on their own sides.<br \/>Meanwhile, on bars 9-10 3rd man and 2nd woman exchange places, passing left shoulders. On bars 15-16 3rd woman and 2nd man exchange places, passing left shoulders.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17-24: 1st couple leads down and back. On bars 21-22, 3rd and 2nd couple cross by the left hands halfway round and step in on bars 23-24 to prepare for an allemande.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25-32: 3rd, 1st, and 2nd couples dance an allemande.<br \/>On the second time through, replace every occurrence of \u201cleft\u201d with \u201cright\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes for Jackie Stewart\u2019s Reel<br \/>Start your engines\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brid 24-05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Video A Trip to OttawaStrathspeyMalcolm Brown 1-4 1s Set, cast one place (2s step up) 5-8 1s \u00bd figure of eight up through 2s 9-16 1s &amp; 2s Helice1-2 1s &amp; 2s \u00be turn partners RH, to finish in promenade hold, top couple (2s) facing men&#8217;s side, bottom couple (1s) facing ladies side, forming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/?p=894\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dances for July 17, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[26,22,20,24,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4x32-jigs","category-4x32-strathspeys","category-8x32-reels","category-8x32-strathspeys","category-summer-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","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=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawadancescottish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}