Auld Davie McClemmet's Fiddle
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Auld Davie McClemmet's FiddleMaggie and Duncan Keppie Burns Night In The Annapolis Valley:
4x40 bar Jig
One long set numbered 1-2, 1-2, etc.
1-8 ADVANCE, RETIRE AND RIGHT HAND WHEEL: 1st and 2nd couples advance, retire, and dance right hands across;
9-16 ADVANCE, RETIRE AND LEFT HAND WHEEL: 1st and 2nd couples advance, retire, and dance left hands across;
17-24 2ND COUPLE DANCE FIGURE OF 8: around 1st couple;
25-32 1ST COUPLE DANCE FIGURE OF 8: around 2nd couple ending between 2nd couple all facing down;
33-40 DOWN MIDDLE AND UP: All dance down the middle in a line of 4 (3 bars), then 1st couple makes an arch (setting with Pas de Basque - 2 bars), through which 2nd couple dance and dance up followed by 1st couple to progressed places.
Repeat with next couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Maggie and Duncan Keppie)
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