Corocora
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Corocora (4x32J) 32 bar jig for four couples in a longwise set, Murrough Landon, 2023.3rd and 4th couple start on opposite sides.
1-4 2nd and 3rd couples dance half rights and lefts.
5-8 All four couples, giving right hands, turn once round ending in allemande hold. 1st and 3rd couples at the top end facing up, 2nd and 4th couples at the bottom end facing down.
9-16 1st and 3rd couples starting up, also 4th and 2nd couples starting down, each dance a two couple allemande. The order is now 3,1,4,2 with 4th and 2nd couples on opposite sides.
17-18 All cross over passing their partner by the right shoulder.
19-20 3rd and 2nd couples (ends) set to their partner.
Meanwhile 1st and 4th couples chase round a quarter clockwise in the centre to end in lines of four across with 1st woman followed by 4th man in tandem between 3rd couple facing 3rd man, and 4th woman followed by 1st man in tandem between 2nd couple facing 2nd man.
21-24 1st woman and 4th man with 3rd couple at the top, also 4th woman and 1st man with 2nd couple at the bottom, each dance half a right shoulder tandem reel of three across. All end in lines of four across between 1st and 2nd place facing down or between 3rd and 4th places facing up.
25-32 All repeat the pattern of bars 17-24: All start by passing left shoulder up and down. Then 1st and 4th couples chase a quarter anticlockwise, with the men leading the person who is not their partner, to face 3rd and 2nd men on the sides while 2nd and 3rd couples set facing up and down. Finally all dance half left shoulder tandem reels of three on the sides. End in the order 3,1,4,2 with 4th and 2nd couples on opposite sides.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA April 2023)
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The Corocora, or Scarlet Ibis, is a bird native to the Caribbean and parts of South America including Venezuela.This dance is for Carlos de Faria who is originally from Venezuela. Some of his artwork has featured the Corocora (in its less colourful juvenile phase).
Recommended music: Mrs Trotter of Castlelaw's Reel (Robert Mackintosh).
Suitable recording: The Carleton Jig (Nicol McLaren: Ribble Valley Book).
(Dance information by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA 2023)
The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), also known as the red ibis, is a species of ibis in the Threskiornithidae family and is native to tropical South America and parts of the Caribbean.
Its brilliant scarlet coloration makes it easily recognizable among the twenty-seven extant species of ibis. The scarlet ibis is one of the national birds of Trinidad and Tobago, and its Tupi–Guarani name, guará, is used in the names of several Brazilian coastal municipalities.
Adult plumage is virtually all scarlet. The feathers may show various tints and shades, but only the tips of their wings deviate from their namesake color. A small but reliable marking, these wingtips are a rich inky black (or occasionally dark blue) and are found only on the longest primaries – otherwise the birds' coloration is "a vivid orange-red, almost luminous in quality."
This medium-sized, hardy wader is numerous and prolific, enjoying protected status worldwide and classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.
Corocora
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