Yet Another Birthday
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY (S3x32) 3C set Holly Boyd Here We Go Again And Montréal Moments1- 8 1M 2L dance back to back (4 bars) while 1L 2M dance down/up their own sides (2 bars), meet partner and follow them (face to face) as they retire (2 bars); 1s2s dance half poussette
9-16 1L with 2s, 1M with 3s dance RHA, then 1L with 3s, 1M with 2s dance LHA
17- 24 1s giving hands dance figure of 8 on sides, down between 3s to start
25-32 1s3s dance the bourrel. 231
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This strathspey was devised for Holly Boyd's husband, Don Nemiroff, on his birthday.The deviser has named the figure in the first 8 bars The Maurice Progression. It was inspired by the dance Maurice (published in Dunsmuir Dances) written by Gary Thomas in memory of Maurice Whitby of the Montreal Branch.
(Dance information by the deviser, Holly Boyd)
"The Birthday Cake" Augusta Ludwig (1834-1901)
Image copyright Augusta Ludwig, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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