user: Allison Jonjak
The footwork makes Scottish Dancing "feel right", but we can dance successfully even if people just skip or even walk. So, I will leave the footwork up to you, and you can be as fancy as you want to be--I will have us dance a "minimum viable Scottish set dance" and if you want to add pizzaz, please do! And if you'd like to dance again next year, we can add a footwork session some time when our live musicians wouldn't have to sit through the footwork practice.
E Circassian.
M Nonsuch
M The White Cockade.
H Duke of Perth.
M Duke of Perth
E Cumberland Reel.
E Flowers of Edinburgh.
M Shiftin' Bobbins.
H Mairi's Wedding
M De'il Among the Tailors.
The footwork makes Scottish Dancing "feel right", but we can dance successfully even if people just skip or even walk. So, I will leave the footwork up to you, and you can be as fancy as you want to be--I will have us dance a "minimum viable Scottish set dance" and if you want to add pizzaz, please do! And if you'd like to dance again next year, we can add a footwork session some time when our live musicians wouldn't have to sit through the footwork practice.
by: Ceilidh
E Circassian.
introduces moves: custom, swing, promenade
formation: circle mixer
32 bar reel
single circle facing in, ladles to right of partner
| A1 | 4 | advance & retire
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| 4 | advance & retire
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| 4 | ladles advance & retire
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| 2 | gentlespoons advance
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| 2 | gentlespoons turn & walk out to next ladle ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | partners swing, cross-handed
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| 8 | partners promenade line of direction
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The Circassian Circle
Formation: Large circle round the room, ladles on the right of their partner.
Music: 32 bar Reels.
Bars: Description
1-4: Hands joined in a circle, all advance for four steps, retire for four steps.
5-8: Repeat.
9-12: Drop hands, ladles advance and retire.
13-16: Gentlespoons advance, turn round and walk out to the next ladle CW (the one who was on their left; the one who is now to the right of their partner as they view).
17-24: All spin with new partners
25-32: Hands crossed in front (right to right and left to left), ladles on the outside, promenade ACW around the room.
from: http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#CircassianCircle
by: Chestnut
M Nonsuch
introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
Couples in a circle around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladles on the right.
Hold: Right hands joined over ladle's shoulder (gentlespoon's arm behind ladle's back), and left hands joined in front.
| A1 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still counterclockwise)
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| A2 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still clockwise)
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| B1 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | pass ladle to the center
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| B2 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | ladle turn back
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If not progressing, ladle twirl back to "outside".
by: Traditional
M The White Cockade.
introduces moves: custom, pull by direction, down the hall, up the hall, circle, right left through
formation: proper
4 couple longways set, use tune The White Cockade
| A1 | 4 | set ones twos threes*
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| 4 | pull by right ones two threes & turn to face in
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| 4 | set ones twos threes*
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| 4 | pull by right ones two threes & turn to face in
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| A2 | 8 | ones down the center rights in rights
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| 8 | ones up the center and cast
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| B1 | 8 | cast off below twos** ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 4 places ones and threes
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| B2 | 16 | right left through ones and twos: four changes of rights and lefts
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hold hands in a line of 3 while setting for style points
*twos scoot up to ones' position
1 2 3 4 1
https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/white-cockade.html
by: William Boag
H Duke of Perth.
introduces moves: custom, contra corners
formation: proper
Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
pair with Duke of Perth tune
introduce corners!
| A1 | 8 | ones turn by the right and cast below twos
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| 8 | ones turn by the left, finish facing first corners
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| A2 | 16 | ones contra corners (right to 1st corner, left to partner, right to 2nd corner, left to partner
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| B1 | 4 | ones set to first corners
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| 4 | first corners swing
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| 4 | ones set to second corners
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| 4 | second corners swing
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| B2 | 12 | ones start an along the set hey for three: left shoulder to first corners to start ⁋
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| 8 | ones cross to own sides, finishing twos threes ones
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by: Bob Dalsemer
M Duke of Perth
introduces moves: custom, long lines
formation: triplet
All three couples proper
| A1 | 4 | ones sashay down
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| 4 | ones balance towards and away from the top
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| 4 | ones sashay up
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| 4 | ones separate and go down the outside into the twos' place, twos move up
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| A2 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing, all end facing up
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| B2 | 4 | partners sashay to trade places (ladles in front, gentlespoons behind)
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 8 | circle left 3 places (halfway) ⁋
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ones allemande right your partner
ones allemande left your corner (same role as you)
ones allemande right your partner
ones allemande left your other corner (same role as you)
by: Thompson
E Cumberland Reel.
introduces moves: star, custom
formation: proper
pair with Cumberland Reel
4 couple longwise set
| A1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places ones and twos
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places ones and twos
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| A2 | 8 | ones down the center right hand in right
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| 8 | ones up the center cast off
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| B1 | 16 | all
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| B2 | 8 | up the hall as couples, right hand in right
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| 8 | form arch for couple ones to dance down through ⁋
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https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/cumberland-reel.html#
Cumberland Reel is a Scottish Country Dance published by Thompson in c. 1786 republished by Wilcock in c. 1868, and interpreted by the RSCDS in Book 1, published 1924.
by: Chestnut
E Flowers of Edinburgh.
introduces moves: custom, do si do
formation: Longways Sets, 4-6 Couples
| A1 | 16 | top ladle
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| A2 | 16 | top gentlespoon
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| B1 | 8 | top couple sashay down the middle & back
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| 8 | top couple separate, cast, walk down to the bottom ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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alternate B2 is sashay down & back as long lines holding hands (requires more space)
M Shiftin' Bobbins.
introduces moves: custom, balance, figure 8
formation: proper
To Tune Shiftin' Bobbins. Reel 8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
| A1 | 4 | ones cross down to face out between their first corners and second corners
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| 4 | balance twos, ones, and threes balance in double triangles on the sides
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| 8 | ones cast up take inside hands to briefly
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| A2 | 8 | ones ladle, twos gentlespoon, threes gentlespoon right hands across star WHILE ones gentlespoon twos ladle threes ladle left hands across star
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| 8 | down the hall ones followed by twos followed by threes*
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| B1 | 4 | up the hall threes followed by twos followed by ones
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| 4 | cast off threes in 3rd place
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| 8 | twos gentlespoon ones ladle threes gentlespoon left hands across star WHILE twos ladle ones gentlespoon threes ladle right hands across star
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| B2 | 8 | ones
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| 8 | ones half figure 8 around the twos, finishing twos ones threes ⁋
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"Couple 1 is finished—step to the bottom. Couple 4, step up into the dance."
*down the hall with inside hands; trade hands to new inside hands to come back up the hall
https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/shiftin-bobbins.html
1-2 2s must be awake to step up.
13-20 Take nearer hands to lead down and up.
-20 3s must have completed the casting to 3rd place before starting the hands across; otherwise there will not be room enough for 1s to pass through second position on bar 28 and so to finish in 2nd place on bar 32.
H Mairi's Wedding
by: Cahusac
M De'il Among the Tailors.
introduces moves: custom
formation: proper
Pair with De'il Among the Tailors by James Scott Skinner
8 x 32 bars 3 Couple Repeat 4 Couple Set Longwise Set
| A1 | 4 | ones and twos set
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| 4 | star right - hands across - 2 places (halfway)
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| 4 | ones and twos set
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| 4 | star left - hands across - 2 places (halfway)
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| A2 | 8 | ones down the center and turn alone while holding right hand in right hand
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| 8 | ones up the center finishing ones & twos on the centerline in cape hold, facing up
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| B1 | 16 | ones and twos house around the set, end with ones progressed below twos ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 6 places twos ones and threes
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| 8 | circle right 6 places twos ones and threes
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| 4 | ones and threes set
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| 4 | star right - hands across - 2 places (halfway)
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| 4 | ones and threes set
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| 4 | star left - hands across - 2 places (halfway)
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| 8 | ones down the center and turn alone while holding right hand in right hand
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| 8 | ones up the center finishing ones & threes on the centerline in cape hold, facing up
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| 16 | ones and threes house around the set, end with ones progressed below threes ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 6 places threes ones and fours
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| 8 | circle right 6 places threes ones and fours
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"Couple One, having danced three times, step down below couple Four. Fourth couple step up to third place."
cape hold: right hands held over the ladle's head and left hands held in front
house around the set is only the top of the set, where ones and twos live
https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/deil-amang-the-tailors.html
RSCDS Book 14