strathspey Archive: Dance pseudonyms (was Golden Pheasant etc. etc.)

Apart from Golden Pheasant which in our neck of the woods merely
loses an 'h', one of my favourites is that well known 5 couple
dance "Wheelbarrow Burn".

Jim Healy
Perth, Scotland

"The White Cockup" comes on our programs occasionally.

Alan

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Alan Paterson
Berne, Switzerland

We sometimes have 'The Revolving White Detergent', 'Mrs Stuart's
Linoleum' and 'Bratach Banana'. I'm sure there are more that we use - I
just can't think of them right now.

Seonaid.

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, S.M. Gent wrote:

> We sometimes have 'The Revolving White Detergent', 'Mrs Stuart's
> Linoleum' and 'Bratach Banana'. I'm sure there are more that we use - I
> just can't think of them right now.

Not 'Rotten Banana'?
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Then (pace Laurel & Hardy) there's Fine Mess (aka Fife Ness), for the
confusion that frequently happens during the dance, and of course the
one that pays tribute to all those bibulous monarchs: Reel of the Royal
Sots.

Mike
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> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:17:19 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Priscilla M. Burrage" <pburrage@zoo.uvm.edu>
> To: strathspey@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
> Subject: Re: Dance pseudonyms (was Golden Pheasant etc. etc.)
> Reply-to: strathspey@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de

> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, S.M. Gent wrote:
>
> > We sometimes have 'The Revolving White Detergent', 'Mrs Stuart's
> > Linoleum' and 'Bratach Banana'. I'm sure there are more that we use - I
> > just can't think of them right now.
>
> Not 'Rotten Banana'?

How about The Drunken Piper, or alternatively
The Phantom P...
No, I think not in public!
Cheers Ron :)

Ron Mackey London UK
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We used to use "D.O.P." which, of course stands for "Damn Old Perth".
(Right Jane?)

Hugh Goldie Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
goldie@duke.usask.ca

Disclaymore: I like pas de basque turns, even wearing a leg brace!

Jim Healy wrote:
>Apart from Golden Pheasant which in our neck of the woods merely
>loses an 'h', one of my favourites is that well known 5 couple
>dance "Wheelbarrow Burn".
>

The first was fondly named by the local full certificate class several
years ago as "Ruptured Duck".

The local college crowd about the same time was partial to "Wheelbarrow Arson".

Jim Healy wrote:

>Apart from Golden Pheasant which in our neck of the woods merely
>loses an 'h', one of my favourites is that well known 5 couple
>dance "Wheelbarrow Burn".

To which Dawn Dorsey <bionicelt@mindspring.com> replied:

> The first was fondly named by the local full certificate class several
> years ago as "Ruptured Duck".

I've heard it called The Brass Spuggy (= sparrow).

Cheers,

Ian
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Oh, what the heck, I'll join in on the fun -- I'm sad to say my dancers
re-christened the beautiful "Wisp of Thistle" to Wimps of Gristle. I guess I
did have it in the Demonstration for a little too much time...

Courtney Cartwright
Tucson, Arizona USA
ccartwri@primenet.com