Cook Strait Ferries

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Cook Strait Ferries (S8x32) 2C (4C set) 32 bar Strathspey for 2C in a 4C set Katherine Uren, 2021.

1- 4 1st and 2nd couples circle four hands round to the left
5- 8 1st and 2nd couples set on the sidelines and petronella turn into a line down the centre, ladies facing down and men facing up
9-16 1st and 2nd couples dance interlocking mignonettes
Each dancer sets right and makes a quarter turn on the hop, pulling back right shoulder
Repeat to the left at 90º to the first step, pulling back right shoulder to face original place
Each dancer sets right again; dancers in the centre quarter turn on the hop, pulling back left shoulder, then set left in a curve to change places with the dancer behind them
Dancers at each end dance a small setting step in place
Repeat from new positions
17-24 2nd and 1st couples dance a reel of four up and down the centre line
25-28 1st and 2nd couples set to partner and petronella turn out to sidelines
29-32 2nd and 1st couples turn partner with both hands. 213

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This dance was devised by Katherine Uren in October 2021.

The inspiration for the dance was from Katherine noticing how the ferries passed each other daily across Cook Strait, New Zealand, with the tides strongly surging at the Terawhiti Rip.

This dance is the first to feature the formation: the Interlocking Mignonette in Strathspey time.

Published in the notes below this Cook Strait Ferries video on Youtube.

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