Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary

For Yvonne

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

For Yvonne A 32 bar strathspey for four couples in a longwise set. Nicky Hawkins, 2024.

1- 8 First and fourth couples turn with the right hand and cast one place (first couple cast off, fourth couple cast up) and dance a half figure of eight around second and third couples (second and third couples step up or down on bars 3-4).
9-16 First and fourth couples dance rights and lefts half way (no polite turn) and all four couples dance a half reel of four on the sides.
17-20 First and fourth couples set and dance right hands across half way, while second and third couples chase clockwise half way round the set.
21-24 All four couples set and cross over.
25-32 First and fourth couples dance the pousette.

Dancers finish in the order 2,4,1,3. Repeat from new places.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Nicky Hawkins, January 2024)

Dance Information

Written for our special dancing friend Yvonne Gray, a teacher from Auckland who has taught at many dance schools in NZ and overseas.

Suggested music: Mid Fodderletter recorded by Marian Anderson and her Scottish Band on "Dancers Choice 1"

(Dance information by Sandra Wyeth, 2024)

Published in For Yvonne, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Nicky Hawkins.

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