Posting the dances early this week. Jody and I are off to Colorado the investigate a site for the TAC Summer School in 2014. In our place Bob & Barb Anglin will be taking the class.
We have asked them to repeat Mrs Stewart of Fasnacloich. Last week we the class almost mastered the dance. This week will give you a chance to really get a grasp of the dance.
Video: Mrs Stewart of Fasnacloich
Mrs Stewart of Fasnacloich
Leaflet – No. 18
1 – 4 1st and 2nd couples Petronella turn into centre to face partners and set.
5 – 6 1st and 2nd couples turn partners by right hand three-quarters way round, then, retaining partners’ hands.
7 – 8 1st and 2nd couples dance right hands across halfway round to finish, 2nd couple in first place and 1st couple in second place, on own sides.
9 – 16 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance reels of three on the sides. To begin, 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over to third place. 1st couple finish facing second corners; 2nd and 3rd couples dance the long way round into place.
17 – 20 1st couple dance half a diagonal reel of four with second corners. Then 1st couple turn each other by the left hand to face first corners.
21 – 24 1st couple dance half a diagonal reel of four with first corners, passing left shoulders. Then 1st couple pass each other by the left to finish back to back in the centre, 1st man facing up, 1st woman facing down.
25 – 27 1st man dances three hands round with 3rd couple, while 1st woman dances three hands round with 2nd couple.
28 – 30 Releasing left hand, 1st man leads his circle down the women’s side, while 1st woman leads her circle up the men’s side to form a large circle. Six hands round to the left.
31 – 32 All 3 couples set.
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TACNotes:’
19-20 1st cpl dance a wide LH turn instead of passing L shoulder.
24 1st cpl pass L shoulder.
25-30 Controlled slip steps. If 1st cpl release LH in the small circles at end of bar 27, then large circle may be formed by end of bar 28.
Video: The Chequered Court
A short clip from a social.
THE CHEQUERED COURT
Book 42 – No. 3
(Jig)
1 – 4 1st couple, giving right hands, cross and cast off one place. 2nd couple step up on bars 3 – 4.
5 – 8 1st woman dances a half figure of eight round 3rd couple while 1st man dances a half figure of eight round 2nd couple. At the end, 1st couple pass left shoulders to finish facing first corners.
9 – 12 1st couple dance the path of corners pass and turn, and pull back right shoulders on bar 12 to finish back to back in the middle, 1st woman facing up and 1st man facing down First corners dance normal corners pass and turn, i.e. pass 1st couple right shoulder on bar 9, turn giving the right hand to face their own place on bar 10, begin dancing out to pass 1st couple right shoulder again on bar 11, and dance round to place on bar 12.
13 – 16 1st couple and partner’s second corners (2nd woman and 3rd man) repeat bars 9 – 12, and on bar 16, 1st couple pull back their right shoulder to finish back to back in the middle in second place facing their own sides (Fig. 2), ready for
17 – 22 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance six bars of double triangles.
23 – 24 1st couple, with two pas de basque, move to their right and pull back right shoulders so that 1st woman finishes between 2nd couple facing 2nd woman and 1st man finishes between 3rd couple facing 3rd man (Fig. 3). 2nd and 3rd couples continue setting.
25 – 30 Reels of three across the dance. 1st and 2nd women and 1st and 3rd men give right shoulders to begin the reels. 1st couple finish in second place on opposite sides.
31 – 32 1st couple, giving right hands, cross over.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
The Chequered Court is part of the University Hall complex at the University of St. Andrews, where the RSCDS is usually based during its annual Summer School.
Devised by Duncan Brown, York Branch.
Video: Seann Truibhas Willichan
Another video from a social
Seann Truibhas Willichan
RSCDS Book 27 #9
1 – 8 First couple cast off behind their own lines, then cast up to original places.
9 – 12 First woman and second man set and change places giving right hands, while first man and second woman change places giving right hands and set.
13 – 16 Repeat bars 9–12 back to original places.
17 – 24 First couple lead down the middle (2 steps), turn with right hands, lead up to the top and cast off to second place. Second couple step up on bars 23–24.
25 – 28 Second and first couples set on the sides, then turn partner with both hands once round, opening up to form a circle.
29 – 32 Second and first couples 4 hands round to the left.
Thomas Wilson’s Companion to the Ballroom.
Tune: My Dearie
James Johnstone, 1771
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TACNotes:’
9-12 Set facing diagonally.
Video: The White Cockade
Again from a social. Very narrow sets!
The White Cockade
RSCDS Book 5 – No. 11
32-bar reel for two couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 – 8 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples set and, giving right hands, cross over. They repeat back to places.
9 – 16 1st couple lead down the middle and up to finish in first place in the middle of the set.
17 – 20 1st couple cast off to second place on own sides. 2nd couple step up on bars 19-20.
21 – 24 1st and 3rd couples dance four hands once round to the left.
25 – 32 2nd and 1st couples dance rights and lefts.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
William Campbell: 3rd Book of New and Favourite Country Dances and Strathspey Reels, London c.1782.
Original tune: The White Cockade (Traditional, earliest version Aird 1782 as The Ranting Highlandman)
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