The Beltane Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Beltane Strathspey (S3x32) 3C (3C set) 32 Bar Strathspey For 3 Couples In A 3 Couple Set Rod Downey The Piwakawaka Collection1- 4 First and second couples dance 4 hands across, finish with 1C facing 2C on the sides.
5- 8 1L and 2L, 1M and 2M set on the sides twice.
9-16 1C, 2C, and 3C dances RS reels on the side, finish with 1L facing out.
17-20 1L with 2L, 1M with 2M turn RH 1½ times to change places.
21-24 1L with 3L, 1M with 3M turn LH 1½ times to change places.
25-32 6 Hands round and back.
Repeat from new positions.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Rod Downey, Johnsonville SCD Club Tutor)
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Devised 18 April 2024 as a teaching dance for parallel reels on the sides in Strathspey time, as there seemed no simple appropriate dance.Since we were having a Ceilidh-style Beltane themed night two weeks after this teaching night, I could also re-use the dance for that night.
Beltane is one of the four main Celtic seasonal festivals along with Samhain, Imbolc, and Lughnasadh.
Recommended music is "Campbletown Kiltie Ball" by P/M John McLellan, and I used Frank Reid's recording of "The Wind on Loch Fyne".
(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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