Walnuts And Honey For Breakfast
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
WALNUTS AND HONEY FOR BREAKFAST (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Anne Dejean Walnut Book1- 8 1s set to 2s and change places RH; 1M+2M set and change places RH while 1L+3L set and change places RH (Men's side 123, Ladies' side 231)
9-16 All dance 3 couple Bourrel:
9-12 1M+3L also 2M+1L set advancing and ¾ turn 2H to line up/down middle and twirl to end BtoB (Lady facing up, Man down) while 3M and 2L chase anticlockwise to face them
13-16 All set and turn 2H to own sides. 312
17-24 3s+1s+2s set and circle 6H round to left
25-28 1s cross RH and cast right into lines of 3 across while corners dance ½ R&L (no polite turns)
29-32 1s pass RSh (1 bar), Retire passing LSh (1 bar), pull back RSh to face opposite side while corners pass partner RSh into centre and face, 2s+1s+3s Retire to own side. 213
Note: Bars 29-32 easier: 1s face partner (bar 29), turn ¼ (bar 30) still facing partner and then Retire with 2s and 3s to own side
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Walnuts And Honey For Breakfast S8x32 Anne Dejean
32-bar strathspey for three couples in a four-couple longwise set
1 - 8 1st and 2nd couples set and, giving right hands, change places, then 1st and 2nd men together and 1st and 3rd women together set and, giving right hands, change places.
9 - 16 All dance a bourrel for three couples.
17 - 24 All set and dance six hands once round.
25 - 28 1st couple cross with the right hands and cast to the right to finish 1st woman between 2nd couple in first place and 1st man between 3rd couple in third place, while corners dance half rights and lefts without polite turn.
29 - 32 All dance a kind of back to back: 1st couple dance a very long step on bar 29 until passing by the right, and as they pass back to back on bar 30, they also pull back right shoulder to turn by a quarter, while corners dance towards each other and remaining facing partners turn halfway round pulling back right shoulder; then all retire together.
Repeat, having passed a couple.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser Anne Dejean)
Dance Notes
Bars 29-30, those 1st couples who find it uneasy or uncomfortable to pass back to back while turning by a quarter pulling back right shoulder (setting with the left foot!) can finish facing partner on bar 29 and just turn by a quarter remaining facing partner on bar 30.The most important thing is to be ready to retire at the same time as the other couples for covering.
(Dance notes by the deviser, Anne Dejean)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
This strathspey, Walnuts And Honey For Breakfast, was devised on 1st April 2018.Walnuts and honey on buttered bread: definitely a good choice!
(Dance information from The Walnut Book, published 2018, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean)
Published in The Walnut Book 1, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Anne Dejean.
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