Grandpa's Porridge

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Grandpa's Porridge S4x32 4 couples (4C set) Fiona MacDonald Dedicated Dancing

1 - 4 1s and 2s Set and Link
5 - 8 2s and 1s RA finishing 2s facing out
9 - 16 Reel of 3 on the sides - 1s crossing up to dance on opposite sides, 2s out and down, 3s out and up 1s turn R finishing facing 2s on opposite sides, as 2s extend reel into 2nd place
The Spurtle:
17 - 20 1s and 2s dance ½ reel of 4 (L1 RSh to M2, M1 RSh to L2) (2s crossing the set in 2 steps and dancing up with 2 small steps)
1s turn RH in the middle to repeat with 3s
21 - 24 1s and 3s ½ reel of 4, 1s turn RH while 3s dance up
25 - 28 1s and 4s ½ reel of 4, 1s TR to 4th place on opposite sides, while 4s dance up
29 - 32 All set on the side, cross RH

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Fiona MacDonald)

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Dance Information

This strathspey, Grandpa's Porridge, was devised for my father 'Grandpa Mac' who set his porridge the night before and I still have the wooden spurtle made by one of my brothers at school.

(Dance information from Dedicated Dancing, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Fiona MacDonald)

Published in Dedicated Dancing Collection, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Fiona MacDonald.

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