Tusmore Tourneé
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Tusmore Tourneé 8x32 Strathspey, 2 couples in a 4 (or 3) couple set, Neville Pope1-8 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)
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 2010, copyright, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Neville Pope, 2024.
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