GG XX
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
GG XX (R4x32) A 32 bar reel for four couples in a longwise set. Devised by Murrough Landon (2024).1- 4 All four couples advance and retire.
5- 8 1st and 2nd couples, also 3rd and 4th couples, each dance right hands across. All end facing up and down on the sides.
9-16 All dance parallel right shoulder reels of four on the sides. 1st woman ends facing out.
17-24 1st woman casts off one place, crosses down diagonally between 3rd couple, casts off below 4th place and crosses over, curving up slightly and pulling right shoulder back.
Meanwhile 1st man crosses over, then continues along 1st woman's path. 1st couple end in 4th place on their own sides. 2nd, 3rd and 4th couples step up on bars 23-24.
25-32 All circle eight hands round to the left and back. The final order is 2,3,4,1.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA July 2024)
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This dance is intended to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Gay Gordons group which was founded in October 2005 by Daniel Capron and John Tyler.The two right hands across at the top and bottom represent XX which is 20 in Roman numerals. The combined path of 1st couple in bars 17-24 is supposed to look like the figure 2 and the final circle is the 0 for 20 years of happy dancing.
Recommended music: Suggested tune: GG XX (Ian Robertson).
Published in GG XX, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Murrough Landon. Licensed under CC BY-SA.
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