Holiday In WA

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1-8 1st couple set twice, advancing on bar 3, man pulls back RS on bar 4 to face own side with his partner behind him. 1st man casts followed by his partner and crosses the set to finish, both in 2nd place on opposite sides facing down. 2nd couple step up on bars 7-8.
9-16 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance a half reel of 3 on the side, 1st couple giving RS to 3rd couple. 1st man followed by 1st lady casts left up the ladies' side (as if he were continuing the reel) and dances down the centre of the set. 1st couple finish facing 3rd and 2nd men.
17-24 All dance half-reels of 3 across the dance, 1st couple giving RS to 3rd and 2nd men to start. As if continuing the reel, 1st man (followed by his partner) casts out and up, crossing through 2nd lady's position to 2nd place on the men's side, pulling back LS to face in and down. His partner finishes in 2nd place on her own side, facing in and up.
25-32 Dance full diagonal rights and lefts (as in Irish Rover), 1st couple dancing diagonally to their right to start. Finish in the order 2, 1, 3, ready to repeat from the new positions.

Repeat having passed a couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Neville Pope, November 2006)

Dance Information

We had a great deal of fun in WA and also danced with many friendly people in Perth, Rockingham and Albany.

Recommended music: Any good jig.

Recommended Recording: Track 3 (Jig) from Scottish Dance Country by Bobby Brown: Biven's Favourite - Fasten the Wig on Her - Belfast Linen - The Sporting Boys.

(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Neville Pope, 2010)

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