John's dance for Roy?

Agnes Macmichael

Message 53701 · 3 Oct 2008 00:04:39 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE

32 bar strathspey for 4 couples

Bars

1 - 4 1st and 4th couple cross giving right hands, 1st couple cast off one
place while 4th couple cast

up one place.

2nd and 3rd couples step up or down on bars 3-4

5 - 8 1st and 4th couples dance right hands across once round, 1st and 4th
couples keep hold of their

partners right hand and finish 1st couple facing up and 4th couple facing
down.

9 - 12 1st couple lead up, crossing over and cast off one place while 2nd
couple cast off one place and

cross up left hand to curve into first place.At the same time, 4th couple
lead down, crossing over

and cast up one place while 3rd couple cast up one place and cross down
right hand to curve

into 4th place.

13 - 16 1st and 4th couples dance half rights and lefts.

17 - 24 4 couple set and link

17 - 18 All 4 couples, joining hands, set on the sidelines

19 - 20 4th man, followed by 2nd man and 1st women followed by 3rd woman
pulling the

right shoulder back, cast and curve round to the right while 1st man
followed by

3rd man and 4th woman followed by 2nd woman dance through the middle of the
set,

men passing left shoulders with the women and curve to the right to end in
lines of

four across the dance as shown in figure 1.

21 - 22 All set in lines of 4 across the dance.

23 - 24 4th man followed by 2nd man and 1st woman followed by 3rd woman,
pulling the

right shoulder back, cast and curve round to the right while 3rd man
followed by

1st man and 2nd woman followed by 4th woman dance through the middle of the
set

and curve to the right to end in the sidelines in the order 3, 1, 4, 2,
everyone on their

own side of the dance.

25 - 32 Eight hands round and back.

Repeat from new positions.

Note: In the 4 couple set and link, the same people are on the right hand
ends of the lines in bars

17 -18 and 21 - 22 ie 2nd man and 3rd woman however on the left hand end of
the line, the

people change, so in bars 17 - 18 3rd man and 2nd woman are on the end,
whereas in bars

21 - 22 1st man and 4th woman are on the end.

Devised by Chris Godwin, 8th September 2007.

Dedicated to Roy Goldring, who devised so many of my favourite dances.

Top

Figure 1

Bars 21-22

2

4

2

4

1

3

1

3

On 02/10/2008, Margaret Allan <xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
>
> I have tried to access this dance "A Twinkle in His Eye", but for some
> reason cannot get it to print off from the Leeds Website. Perhaps someone
> could oblige and send me a copy. From what I was able to see it looks a
> good dance.
> Thank you
> Margaret
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Petyt [mailto:xxx@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx]
> Sent: 02 October 2008 19:03
> To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: RE: John's dance for Roy?
>
> The dance, 'A Twinkle in His Eye', can be found on the Leeds RSCDS website
> http://www.rscdsleeds.org.uk/documents/A%20Twinkle%20in%20his%20Eye.pdf
>
> I've danced it and it is very very nice to dance.
>
> Happy Dancing
> Sue Petyt
> Skype - spetyt
> www.suepetyt.me.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becky Sager [mailto:xxxxxx3@xxxx.xxx]
> Sent: 02 October 2008 18:31
> To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: John's dance for Roy?
>
> I'm drawing a blank here. I'm of course familiar with Roy's dance for John,
> but can't come up with the reverse. I am under the weather today, perhaps
> that's the problem. Please put me out of my misery.
>
> Becky
>
> Becky Sager
> Marietta GA USA
>
> -- "Bruce Herbold" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I agree -- a 'tempest in a teapot' for most of us who started our
> dance careers with SCD.
>
> However, just to further the tempest -- Monday I taught John Drewry's
> dance in honor of Roy Goldring and it has the 3s and 4s crossed over.
>
>
>
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