Tusmore Tourneé
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
TUSMORE TOURNÉE (S8x32) 2C (4C set) Neville Pope Sturt's Desert Pea1- 8 1M dances "Solo R&L":
1M changes places RH with 1L, LH with 2L; RH with 2M and LH with partner
9-16 1s+2s set and link to face up and down in the centre of the set
1M+2L also 2M+1L set and link to sidelines, Men face out
17-24 1s+2s dance Ladies' Chain
25-32 1s+2s dance the Tournée:
1s+2s dance into prom hold (Men with partner on right, 1s face M's side and 2s face L's side), couples ½ wheel anticlockwise and Men turn Ladies into middle, both couples turn 1½ times (2s RH, 1s LH) and dance out to places
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Tusmore Tourneé 8x32 Strathspey, 2 couples in a 4 (or 3) couple set, Neville Pope
1- 8 1st man dances solo rights and lefts: i.e.
1st man, giving right hands, change places with 1st woman
1st man, giving left hands, change places with 2nd woman
1st man, giving right hands, change places with 2nd man
1st man, giving left hands, turn 1st woman half way round
9-16 1st and 2nd couples set and link, finishing in centre with facing partner up and down the set.
1st man with 2nd lady and 2nd man with 1st lady set and link to sidelines, finishing diagonally opposite position at end of bar 8, men facing out, ladies curving in for -
17-24 1st and 2nd couples dance ladies' chain, turning into promenade hold at end and all facing into the set.
25-32 1st and 2nd couples dance in so that men meet shoulder to shoulder to begin a tournée
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Neville Pope, October 2006)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
Dance Information
I first encountered Solo Rights and Lefts in Martin Mulligan's On the Wallaby Track.Recommended music: Any good 4x32 Strathspey
Recommended Recording: Track 11 (Strathspey) from Scottish Dance Country by Bobby Brown: The Thistle - Mrs Mure of Caldwell - Grant Lodge - The Waking of the Fauld or for 3 couple sets Track 16 (Strathspey) from Any good dance, any good tune by Bobby Brown: The Laird o' Drumblair - Stirling Castle - The Iron Man - Garthlands - Miss Campbell of Menzies - Manchester Caledonians.
(Dance information copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Neville Pope, 2010)
Published in Sturt Desert Pea Book 2024, copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Neville Pope, 2024.
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