The Rocks Of Solitude
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
THE ROCKS OF SOLITUDE (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Barry Priddey Silver Rose Book 20151- 8 1s+2s turn partner 2H, face up, 1s followed by 2s cast, dance down between 3s and cast back up to original places
9-16 1s+2s dance Tourbillon:
9-12 1s and 2s ½ turn partners 2H, 1M and 2L lead partners by nearer hand 1 place clockwise to end 1s on Ladies side and 2s Men's side, 1s set to 2s
13-16 1s and 2s ½ turn partners 2H and lead partners on 1 place clockwise and 2s+1s cross RH to own sides
17-24 2s+1s+3s set and ½ turn RH to face down in Allemande hold, all set (Highland Schottische)
25-32 All dance down (Allemande hold), couples change side (Ladies turning under Man's arm) and all lead back. 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
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This strathspey, The Rocks Of Solitude, was devised by Barry Priddey for Barbara Hallam who was born in Glen Esk nearby The Rocks Of Solitude which stand in the North Esk River.The North Esk is a river in Angus and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is formed by the meeting of the Water of Mark (from Glen Mark) and the Water of Lee (from Loch Lee), and enters the North Sea four miles north of Montrose. It forms the boundary between Angus and Aberdeenshire at certain stages in its course.
The Rocks of Solitude is a local beauty spot where the River North Esk flows through a narrow gorge in a series of waterfalls at the point where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault.
There is a folktale that a Glen Esk piper was once kidnapped by fairies as he played near the river, and that his music can occasionally still be heard in the distance.
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The Rocks Of Solitude
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