Yacht Arion
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
YACHT ARION (H8x32) 3C (4C set) Michael Franklin 20191- 4 1s+2s Petronella turn and set
5-12 1s+2s dance ½ Celtic Reel:
5-6 1s+2s pass partner RSh
7-8 1M+2L dance ¼ clockwise round while 1L+2M dance ¾ LSh round each other to face partners in a line across
9-10 1s+2s pass partner RSh
11-12 1L+2M dance ¼ clockwise round while 1M+2L dance ¾ LSh round each other to face partners in a line up/down the set
13-16 2s+1s turn ¾ RH to sidelines and all set
17-20 All circle ½ round clockwise
21-24 1M+3s [at the top] also 1L+2s [at the bottom] dance RH across
25-28 1s turn 1½ LH while 3s+2s chase ½ round clockwise
29-32 1L+2s [at the top] also 1M+3s [at the bottom] dance RH across. 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
YACHT ARION (H8x32) (3C) 4 couple set Michael Franklin 2019
1-4 1s+2s petronella and set
5-12 1s+2s dance half celtic reel
5-6 1s+2s pass partner RSh
7-8 1M+2L dance clockwise one quarter, while 1L+2M dance ¾ round each other LSh to face partners in a line across
9-10 1s+2s pass partner RSh
11-12 1L+2M dance clockwise one quarter, while 1M+2L dance ¾ round each other LSh to face partners in a line up/down the set
13-16 2s+1s TR ¾ to sidelines; all set
17-20 All circle halfway clockwise
21-24 1M+3s [at the top] also 1L+2s [at the bottom] dance rights across
25-28 1s TL 1½ while 3s+2s chase halfway clockwise
29-32 1L+2s [at the top] also 1M+3s [at the bottom] dance rights across
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Michael Franklin, 24th Jan 2019)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Information
Arion was the name of Rodney's ketch, which he sailed to/from and round the Mediterranean for many years.Rodney, a member of the Harrogate SCDC, was a musician which is one of the reasons for the name of his yacht. The dance was written for his 90th birthday.
(Dance information by the deviser, Michael Franklin, copyright, 2023)
Arion was a Greek poet and musician.
Arion was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb.
The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth.
Although notable for his musical inventions, Arion is chiefly remembered for the fantastic myth of his kidnapping by pirates and miraculous rescue by dolphins, a folktale motif.
Yacht "Arion", Homeward Bound
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