Pirongia
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
PIRONGIA (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Robert and Margaret Senior Sunday Class book 2 and Oakham Collection1 -8 1s set, turn RH moving down to face out in 2nd place own side (2s step up). 1s cast Right to lines across (1M between 2s facing down, 1L between 3s facing up)
9-16 All set, 1s cross RH, cast Right, dance through 2nd place own side, pass LSh to face 1st corners
17-24 1s turn 1st corner RH, pass RSh, turn 2nd corner RH, pass RSh to 2nd place own sides
25-32 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Pirongia An 8x32 bar reel for 3 couples in a 4 couple longwise set, by Robert and Margaret Senior.
1-8 1st couple set and turn right hand whilst moving down to face out in 2nd place own sides (2nd couple step up 3 and 4); 1st couple cast to their right to finish in lines across, 1st man between 2nd couple facing down and 1st lady between 3rd couple facing up.
9-16 All 3 couples set. 1st couple change places with right hand, and dance up or down through the standing couples. They then cast right to dance in through 2nd place own sides, passing each other left shoulder to face 1st corners.
17-24 1st couple turn 1st corner with right hand, pass partner right shoulder, turn 2nd corner with right hand, and pass partner right shoulder to 2nd place own sides.
25-32 2nd, 1st and 3rd couples circle 6 hands round and back.
Repeat from new places.
(Dance crib compiled by the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, February 2023)
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The title of this dance, Pirongia, is the name of the mountain in New Zealand where the deviser's grandchildren lived when they were young.This dance was first published in "The Sunday Class Dance Book 2"
Marian Anderson wrote the original tune for this dance - "Brock's Midnight Bin Bash".
The Sunday Class Dance Book 2 contains the sheet music for this tune and the associated CD has recorded music for the dance.
The devisers would like to thank members of Oakham Scottish Country Dance Club, Rutland, for helping to develop and test this dance.
(Dance information by the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, February 2023)
Pirongia is a small town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
It is 12 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu, on the banks of the Waipa River, close to the foot of the 962 metre Mount Pirongia, which lies in Pirongia Forest Park to the west of the town.
Mount Pirongia, Waikato, New Zealand
Published in The Oakham Collection, Robert Margaret Senior, reproduced here with the kind permission of the devisers, Robert and Margaret Senior, 2023.
Dance information licensed under this Creative Commons Licence 3.0.
Text from this original Pirongia article on Wikipedia.
Image copyright Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand (Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, New Zealand, 4 April 2008) Creative Commons Licence 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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