Shoko Okumura's Strathspey

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

Shoko Okumura's Strathspey (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Lewis N Derrick 2021

1- 4 The 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples, giving both hands, turn partners twice round
5- 8 The 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples chase clockwise halfway round
9-12 On opposite sides, the 3rd, 2nd and 1st couples, giving both hands, turn partners twice round
13-16 The 3rd, 2nd and 1st couples chase clockwise halfway round to original places
17-20 The 1st and 2nd couples, set advancing then, giving both hands, turn partners one and a quarter times round to end facing partners on a steep diagonal with the 1st woman and 2nd man back-to-back in the centre ready for the following half poussette
21-24 The 1st and 2nd couples dance a half poussette, at the end, on bar 24, the 2nd couple reverse to the sidelines in first place as normal while after the turn the 1st couple drop hands and pull back right shoulders to end back-to-back in the centre facing own sides
25-28 The 1st couple and first corners dance corner pass and turn, at the end the 1st couple pass partners right shoulder, no hands, to face second corners
29-32 The 1st couple and second corners dance corner pass and turn, the 1st couple end in second place own sides

Repeat having passed a couple

(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Lewis N Derrick 2021)

Dance Information

This was devised by Lewis Derrick for Shoko Okumura.

Suggested tune: The Devil's in the Kitchen.

Devised 2021; first published 2022.

(Dance information reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick)

Published in The McGhie Scottish Country Dance Sheets, Collection 5, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Lewis N Derrick.

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