Remembering Adelaide

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

1- 8 1W+3M advance setting towards partner, on bar 3 pull back RSh and followed by partners 1+3Cs chase clockwise ½ way round (behind 2C) to finish in a line of 4 up/down the centre, 3C at the top, 1C at bottom, M facing up, W facing down. MEANWHILE (On bar 5) 2C ½ turn partner RH, pull back RSh and dance out to opposite side, to finish facing clockwise.
9-16 3+2+1Cs dance the Weasel Reel.
17-24 3+1Cs Petronella turn to opposite sides, 3+2s+1Cs join hands on the side and set, 3C at the top cross over RH, WHILE 2+1Cs dance RHs across ½ way to all finish on own sides, all take hands on the side and set. (Retain hands).
25-32 3+1+2Cs dance 6 hands round to the left, on bar 29 drop hands and move in slightly towards the middle, to dance LH across back to new starting positions. 312.
(Drop hands on bar 31 to allow a smooth exit to the side-lines).

Begin again with a new top couple.

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2022)

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For my class in Adelaide, I taught several of my dances and one dance "The Genteel Weasel" the Adelaide Thursday group performed an adapted version of the dance on their final night dressed up as Weasels. They sent us a YouTube of the dance which was delightful. I so liked the music they used and the clever way they had altered the dance, for the demo that I incorporated these two features into this new dance as a thank you to the Adelaide group of dancers.

The Adelaide group named the dance.

Recommended tune: Forget Me Knot, track 3 on CD: Heather Hills by Mara Shea and Dave Wiesler.

(Dance information by the deviser, Gaye Collin, 2022)

The Centre Of The City Of Adelaide In South Australia As Seen From The Mount Lofty Summit

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