Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

Corrieyaireag

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Corrieyaireag (Short Corrie)
J. Duncan Keppie
Strathspey 6 or 8 x 32 bars 2 Couple Repeat 3 or 4 Couple Set Longwise Set

  1-4   DIAGONAL CROSS AND CAST: 1st woman and 2nd man cross with rights hands and cast around partner to original places;

  5-8   RIGHT HAND WHEEL: 1st and 2nd couple dance right hands across;

  9-12 DIAGONAL CROSS AND CAST: 1st man and 2nd woman cross with left hands and cast around partner to original places;

13-16 LEFT HAND WHEEL: 1st and 2nd couple dance left hands across:

17-24 DOWN MIDDLE, CROSS INTO SKYE HOLD AND DANCE UP: 2nd couple followed by 1st couple dance down the middle nearer hands joined, ON Bar 21 retain same hands and cross to opposite side the man dancing below the woman as the woman dances across to the mans' side pulling right shoulder back and places right hand on her shoulder to face up where it is joined with mans' left hand (Skye Hold), then both couples dance up;

25-32 WEE CORRIE: 1st and 2nd couples unwind (women swivel anticlockwise) both crossing to own side (2 bars), chase with other couple anticlockwise halfway round (2 bars), cross with partner using left hands (2 bars), and set on own side.

Repeat having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, J. Duncan Keppie)


Dance Notes

As with all dances having the format, 2-Couple Repeat in a 4-Couple Set, if dancer numbers so dictate it can be performed in a 3-Couple or 5-Couple Set and with the number of repeats adjusted appropriately.

(Dance notes by Reuben Freemantle)


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Dance Information

The Pass of Corrieyairack ("Bealach Choire Ghearraig" in Gaelic), southeast of Fort Augustus, is the highest point on General Wade's Military Road.
"Bealach Choire Ghearraig" should be pronounced as "Byahl~ch Cho~r~ Yarrik" in English, with stress always on the first syllable, and where:
  "y" is as in "yet";
  "ah" is as in "shah";
  "~" represents the very short, indeterminate, vowel sound; and
  ch is as in "loch".
See Gaelic Dance Names for more information on Gaelic spelling and pronunciation.

Corrieyaireag
Start Of Corrieyairack Pass Military Road


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