Aileen Logie
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Aileen Logie (S8x32) 32 bar Strathspey for 3 couples in a 4C longwise set Rod Downey The Piwakawaka Collection1- 4 First and second couples dance 4 hands across, finishing with 2C facing out, and 1C retaining hands.
5- 6 1C cross down to second place as 2C cast up to first place.
7- 8 1C, 2C take hands on the sides and set.
9-16 1C, 3C repeat 1-8 with 3C but use left hands for the hands across.
17-24 1C and 3C dance a chain progression.
25-32 6 Hands round and back.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Rod Downey, Johnsonville SCD Club Tutor)
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This Strathspey was first devised 6/10/2022 as a teaching dance as part of a sequence for the first 16 bars of Ian Simmonds Five Row Reel.It was also a teaching night for chain progression, and this dance allows for easy entry into the formation.
Aileen Logie is one of our local musicians and who plays monthly with the Johnsonville Club.
The recommended tune is "John Stephen of Chance Inn" by Angus Fitchet. Suitable recorded music is "Ye'll Aye be Welcome Back Again" in the "7 Popular Country Dances" by George Stirrat and his band, where it is the 4th tune.
I don't know of any suitable recording where it is the first tune. Failing finding a musician, I would recommend a traditional Strathspey with strong 4 bar phrases.
(Dance information by the deviser, Rod Downey, Johnsonville SCD Club Tutor)
Published in The Piwakawaka Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Rod Downey.
Published in https://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~downey/dances/book6.pdf
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