The Golden Wedding Strathspey
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE GOLDEN WEDDING STRATHSPEY (S4x40) 4C set Jimmy Ashton RSCDS Book 331- 8 1s followed by 2s+3s+4s cast to bottom on own sides, dance up and all curve out to original places
9-16 1s+2s and 3s+4s Set+Link, 2s+1s and 4s+3s circle 4H round to left
17-24 2s+1s and 4s+3s dance the Knot, 1s end BtoB between 2s on opposite sides
25-32 1s dance the Spurtle:-
' 1s dance ½ RSh reel of 4 with 2s and turn RH, 1s dance ½ reel of 4 with 3s and turn RH to face 4s
33-40 1s dance ½ reel of across with 4s and turn RH to 4th place opposite sides, all set and cross RH
(MINICRIB, Dance Crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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It is traditional on wedding anniversaries to give your partner (or couples) a gift that symbolises the particular anniversary. These gifts are made of different materials for each wedding anniversary.The wedding anniversary associated with the material 'Gold' is the 50th.
Here is a list of the materials associated with traditional anniversary gifts in the UK for the various years.
1st Cotton
2nd Paper
3rd Leather
4th Fruit and Flower
5th Wooden
6th Sugar
7th Woollen
8th Salt, Pottery
9th Copper
10th Tin, coal
11th Scent
12th Silk and Fine Linen
13th Barometer
14th Clock
15th Crystal
16th Holloware
18th Coloured Gems
19th Furniture
20th China
25th Silver
30th Pearl
35th Coral
40th Ruby
45th Sapphire
50th Gold
55th Emerald
60th Diamond
65th Blue Sapphire
70th Platinum
75th Diamond
80th Oak
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Text from this original Wedding Anniversary article on Wikipedia.
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