The Civil Engineer
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Civil Engineer (R4x32) 32 Bar Reel For 4 Couples In A 4 Couple Set, Devised By Campbell Hunter, 2001.1- 2 1M and 4L dance toward their partner and pull LS back to face their own side (1L and 4M stand for 2 bars)
4- 6 1L follows 1M down behind 2M and 3M, into the centre of the set facing up, while 4M follows 4L up behind 3L and 2L, into the centre of the set facing down.
7- 8 1M and 4L dance toward each other to join in promenade hold facing the mens' side, while 4M and 1L do the same to face the ladies' side (2's step and 3's step down)
9-16 1M, with 4L on his Rt, dances RS reel of 3 with 2M and 3M, while 4M, with 1L on his Rt, dances RS reel of 3 with 3L and 2L.
On bar 16 they swap to their own partners. (Again in promenade hold, both men have their partners on their Rt)
17-24 1's dance RS reel of 3 with 2M and 3M, WHILE 4's dance RS reel of 3 with 3L and 2L. (i.e. 1M dances both reels on mens' side and 4m dances both reels on ladies' side)
Coming into the centre at the top of the set on bar 23, 4M passes 4L from Rt to Lt Ready for...
25-32 4's and 1's dance 4 hands across and back to finish on their own sides. 2413
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Campbell Hunter, 2001)
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This dance was devised by Campbell Hunter, Chairman of the RSCDS Falkirk Branch and dedicated to Gordon Shand, the band leader and civil engineer.A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering - the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.
Civil engineering is one of the oldest engineering disciplines because it deals with constructed environment including planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures, and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
Civil Engineer
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