An Abundance Of Oranges
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
An Abundance Of Oranges 32 Bar Strathspey For 3 Couples In A 3 Couple Set Trudy Roughgarden.1- 8: 1st and 2nd couples set
1st and 2nd couples cross by the right hand
1st and 2nd couples dance right shoulder once round each other (4 bars)
9-12: 1st man with 2nd man, 1st woman with 2nd woman, turn by the left hand once round.
13-16: 2nd couple give right shoulders to 3rd couple for ½ parallel reel on the sides. 2M and 3M end facing out
17-24: 2nd couple dance Ladies Chain with the 3rd couple (who are at the top of the set).
25-28: 3rd man followed by 3rd woman, dance below 2nd couple to 2nd place opposite sides (2's up on bars 3 and 4 of phrase).
29-32: All turn by the left hand 1½ to own sides (end in order 231, ready to begin).
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Trudy Roughgarden, 2024)
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This dance was devised on a stormy day when masses of Oranges were being blown off the trees in my back yard.(Dance information by the deviser, Trudy Roughgarden)
An Abundance Of Oranges
Published in An Abundance Of Oranges, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Trudy Roughgarden, 2024.
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