Ian Powrie's Farewell To Auchterarder
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
IAN POWRIE'S FAREWELL TO AUCHTERARDER (J128) Sq.Set B Hamilton
1- 8 All circle 8H round to the left and back (popular variation - 8 hands all the way round to left)
9-24 Ladies dance in front of ptnr and behind next Man, into RH across, in front of Man opp own ptnr and behind next Man, into RH across and back to place
25-32 All Promenade clockwise
33-40 1s and 3s dance cl'wise behind next couple and Men dance past cple as Ladies dance in between cple and both turn R to face cple, all set and turn RH
41-48 All dance parallel reels of 4
49-56 1s and 3s dance a full Fig of 8 round the standing 2s/4s
57-64 1s and 3s dance LH across, 1s and 3s dance back to places (Men round and Ladies through the standing 2s and 4s)
65-96 2s and 4s repeat 33-64
97-104 All Promenade anticlockwise
105-120 Men dance in front of ptnr and behind next Lady, into LH across, dance in front of Lady opp own partner and behind next L into LH across and back to pl
121-128 All circle 8H round to the right and back (popular variation - 8 hands all the way round to right)
(MINICRIB, Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton. Deeside Caledonian Society.)
Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterarder
B Hamilton
Jig 128 bars 4 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Square Set
1-32 Chorus:
1-8 All 8 hands round and back;
9-12 Ls dance in front of partner, behind next M and meet in centre;
13-16 Ls right hands across;
17-20 Ls dance in front of M standing opposite partner, behind next M and meet in centre;
21-24 Ls right hands across;
25-32 all promenade clockwise round set to places.
33-64 1s and 3s solo:
33-36 1s release hold and chase clockwise behind 2L, 1L dancing between 2s, 1M dancing round 2M, (finishing 1L facing 2L, 1M facing 2M) WHILE 3s dance likewise round 4s (finishing 3L facing 4L, 3M facing 4M);
37-40 1L2L 1M2M 3L4L 3M4M set and turn by the right, finishing with 2s 4s still in original places;
41-48 2L1L3M4M 2M1M3L4L reels of 4 across the dance, finishing with 2s 4s back in original places;
49-56 1s cross between 2s to start figures of 8 WHILE 3s cross between 4s to start figures of 8;
57-60 1s3s left hands across;
61-64 1L dance out between 2s and cast anticlockwise to place WHILE 1M dance out round 2M and cast anticlockwise to place WHILE 3L dance out between 4s and cast anticlockwise to place WHILE 3M dance out round 4M and cast anticlockwise to place.
65-96 2s and 4s solo:
Repeat the 1s and 3s solo with 2s dancing as 1s, 3s dancing as 2s, 4s dancing as 3s and 1s dancing as 4s.
97-128 Chorus:
97-104 All promenade anticlockwise round set to places;
105-108 Mn dance in front of partner, behind next L and meet in centre;
109-112 Mn left hands across;
113-116 Mn dance in front of L standing opposite partner, behind next L and meet in centre;
117-120 Mn left hands across;
121-124 all 8 hands round to the right;
125-128 all 8 hands round to the left.
(MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle.)
Dance Notes
33 3L follow partners.
36 3s must be on inside facing out.
40 1s3s must be in same place as on bar 36.
41-48 cover in the reels;
61 1M 3M follow partners.
63 Head clockwise back to original places.
65 4s don't try to take promenade hold; Ls follow partners.
95-96 2L 4L must slow down to allow partners to catch up to take promenade hold for the Chorus.
125-128 It's more fun to continue with 8 hands round to the right again and to finish with a "hooch".
Dance Instruction Videos
Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterader - YouTube Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
Performance of Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterader by Cincinnati Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Demo Team 2008.
Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterader - YouTube Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
Performance of Ian Powrie's Farewell to Auchterader, RSCDS Manchester Branch's 75th Anniversary Ball.
Dance Information
Ian Powrie - a Scottish musician.
Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel.
The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon" (Long Town).
Auchterarder High Street
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