We are now working towards the socials on February 8 and 15. I have included a link to the cribs for the social on the 8th.
Cribs for February 8 Social
Cribs for February 15 Social
Video: A Wee Nothin'
The dance starts at about 1:11 of the video
A Wee Nothin’
32 Bar jig for 2 couples
1 – 8 1st and 2nd couples dance Right Hands across and Left Hands back to place.
9 – 14 1st Lady followed by the 2nd Lady dance across the top of the set, behind the men’s line, 1st Lady dances below the 2nd man, and 2nd Lady dances between the two men, and across to their own side, both pull LEFT shoulders back.
15 – 16 1st and 2nd ladies join hands and Set. (Men do not set back)
17 – 22 1st Man followed by the 2nd Man dance across the top of the set, behind the ladies’ line, 1st Man dances below the 2nd lady’s position, 2nd Man dances between the two ladies, and across to their own side, both pull RIGHT shoulders back.
23 – 24 1st and 2nd Men join hands and Set. (Ladies do not set back)
25 – 32 2nd and 1st couples dance Rights and Lefts.
Video: The Saltire Strathspey
The Saltire Strathspey
Book 45. No. 4
1 – 4 1st man and 2nd woman, 3rd woman and 4th man turn with both hands one and a half times to change places.
5 – 8 All four men dance left hands across once round. Staying in the middle, all release left hands and, giving right hands to partner, all finish facing anticlockwise, nearer hands joined with partners.
9 – 12 All set and link to change places with partners.
13 – 16 All set and link finishing on the sidelines facing partners. (Fig. 2)
17 – 24 All dance reels of four on the sides.
25 – 28 1st woman and 2nd man, 4th woman and 3rd man turn with both hands one and a half times to change places, all finishing on opposite sides in the order 2,1,4,3.
29 – 30 2nd and 3rd couples, giving right hands, cross over while 1st and 4th couples dance left hands across halfway round finishing in the order 2,4,1,3.
31 – 32 All set to partners.
Repeat from new positions.
Devised by Barbara Anglin, RSCDS Ottawa Branch and originally published by that branch in A Gatineau Gathering (2001).
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TACNotes:’
Bars 1-4 1st man & 4th man finish facing in, anticipating the change of direction on bar 5.
Bars 11-12 Women dance well into middle to prevent spreading of set outwards at bar 16.
Bars 25-28 1st & 4th women finish similarly to bar 4.
Video: Hooper's Jig
Hooper’s Jig
Miss Milligan’s Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances
32-bar jig for three couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 – 4 All clap and 1st couple, passing right shoulders, cross over and cast off one place on opposite sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 3-4.
5 – 8 1st and 3rd couples dance right hands across once round.
9 – 12 All clap and 1st couple, passing by the right, cross over and cast up to original places. 2nd couple step down on bars 11-12.
13 – 16 1st and 2nd couples dance left hands across once round.
17 – 18 1st man and 3rd woman, giving right hands, change places.
19 – 20 1st woman and 3rd man, giving right hands, change places, while 1st man and 3rd woman dance round ready to cross back.
21 – 22 1st man and 3rd woman, giving right hands, change places and 1st man faces out. At the same time, 1st woman and 3rd man dance round ready to cross back.
23 – 24 1st woman and 3rd man, giving left hands, cross over with 3rd man guiding 1st woman into second place while 1st man casts off to second place. 2nd couple step up.
25 – 32 2nd and 1st couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
The Fourth Carnforth Collection of Scottish Country Dances devised by Derek Haynes
Video: Domino Five
This video starts 8 bars into the dance. Also note the top of the set is to your left.
DOMINO FIVE
Reel for 5 dancers
Four dancers, numbered 1 to 4 clockwise, each stand at one corner of a square facing a fifth dancer in the middle who faces the top, looking out between numbers 1 and 4.
1 – 4 Nos. 1, 2 & 5 dance right hands across once round.
5 – 8 Nos. 3, 4 & 5 dance left hands across once round.
9 – 16 Nos. 1, 3 and 5 dance a diagonal reel of three. Numbers 1 and 5 pass right shoulders to start.
17 – 24 Nos. 2, 4 and 5 dance a diagonal reel of three. Numbers 4 and 5 pass left shoulders to start.
25 – 26 Nos. 1 & 5 change places, passing right shoulders.
27 – 28 Nos. 1 & 4 change places, passing right shoulders.
29 – 30 Nos. 3 & 4 change places, passing right shoulders.
31 – 32 Nos. 2 & 3 change places, passing right shoulders.
Repeat four times, each time from a new position.
Tune: The Cambridge Hornpipe Trad. Recorded by Alastair Hunter on the CD The Etive Selection DACD 0022. David Cunningham’s The Plantation Reel, on HRMCD 503, makes a good alternative.
Note: In bars 25 – 32 the track from one corner to the next should be a smooth curve. This dance gives an example of basic right and left shouldered, 8-bar reels of three – from each starting position e.g. as in The Buchan Eightsome Reel.
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