A Platinum Pair
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
A PLATINUM PAIR (S4x32) 4C set Pam Stephens Thistle School 20163s and 4s start on opposite sides
1- 6 1s and 4s Petronella turn and set, Petronella turn to opposite sides (no polite turn)
7- 8 1s+2s and 3s+4s circle 4H ½ round to left and join nearer hands with partner facing up and down. (2)1(4)3
9-16 9-10 All couples set advancing to pass next couple LSh. 1(2)3(4)
11-12 End couples turn 2H to face down/up while middle couples set advancing to pass LSh. 13(2)(4)
13-16 Repeat 9-12. 3(4)1(2)
17-20 4s dance ½ Fig of 8 up round 3s while 1s dance ½ Fig of 8 down round 2s. 34(1)(2)
21-24 4L+1L change places RH and set while 4M+1M set and change places RH. 31(4)(2)
25-32 All advance and retire (1 step each), cross RH with partner; 3s+1s and 4s+2s circle 4H round to left. 31(4)(2)
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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This strathspey, A Platinum Pair, was devised to celebrate the 70th Wedding Anniversary of Duard and Betty Lee Barnes.Betty Lee Barnes and her husband Duard, Ted Blaschke and Bernard Kaiman started the Thistle School of SCD in the mountains of North Carolina.
Betty Lee Barnes Danced at The Washington DC Branch of the RSCDS and was awarded the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society's Scroll of Honour in 2001.
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 'Platinum' is the 70th.
Here is a list of the materials associated with traditional anniversary gifts for the various years.
1st Cotton | 11th Scent | 30th Pearl |
2nd Paper | 12th Silk and Fine Linen | 35th Coral |
3rd Leather | 13th Barometer | 40th Ruby |
4th Fruit and Flower | 14th Clock | 45th Sapphire |
5th Wooden | 15th Crystal | 50th Gold |
6th Sugar | 16th Holloware | 55th Emerald |
7th Woollen | 18th Coloured Gems | 60th Diamond |
8th Salt, Pottery | 19th Furniture | 65th Blue Sapphire |
9th Copper | 20th China | 70th Platinum |
10th Tin, coal | 25th Silver | 75th Diamond |
80th Oak |

Platinum And Diamond Ring
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