strathspey Archive: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

Hi,

I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.

So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...

Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
-----------------------

Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
Crossing the Line (6x32R)
Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
Sueno's Stone (8x32R)

Dances I know the tune for but can't find
-----------------------------------------

Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey

Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have tunes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)

Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.

Kind regards,
Phill
Ely, UK

p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)

The Blue-Footed Boobies is a John Drewry Dance from the Bankhead Book part
6. It *is* in DanceData (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/8345/), but you
may not have found it because of the hyphen (DanceData isn't very forgiving
of the presence/absence of things like hyphens and apostrophes). Anyway,
DanceData doesn't give a tune and I don't have the book at hand, so I can't
check at the moment.

/ Lara

*****************************
Lara Friedman~Shedlov
lfriedmanshedlov@gmail.com

*****************************

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Phill Jones <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher
> number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named,
> other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not
> Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find
> elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most
> 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen
> years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me
> here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that
> me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
> favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks
> ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
> tunes
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
> notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
> Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
> was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)
>
>

Aha, the hyphen! DOH! Thanks for the info, a not having a tune means I don't need to try finding it.

Many thanks,
Phill

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lara Friedman-Shedlov [mailto:lfriedmanshedlov@gmail.com]
Sent: 31 March 2009 21:58
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

The Blue-Footed Boobies is a John Drewry Dance from the Bankhead Book part
6. It *is* in DanceData (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/8345/), but you
may not have found it because of the hyphen (DanceData isn't very forgiving
of the presence/absence of things like hyphens and apostrophes). Anyway,
DanceData doesn't give a tune and I don't have the book at hand, so I can't
check at the moment.

/ Lara

*****************************
Lara Friedman~Shedlov
lfriedmanshedlov@gmail.com

*****************************

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Phill Jones <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher
> number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named,
> other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not
> Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find
> elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most
> 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen
> years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me
> here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that
> me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
> favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks
> ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
> tunes
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
> notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
> Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
> was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)
>
>

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>
> "Anyway, DanceData doesn't give a tune and I don't have the book at hand,
> so I can't
> check at the moment.
> / Lara"

No tune is given in my copy of Bankhead Book Part 6.

Chris, New York.

Sueno's Stone is in the last RSCDS leaflet "4 dances for 2008" and
the tune is included - Craigieford bu Dennis Morrison.

The Cranberry Tart - music is a lively jig.

Lady Peak's Strathspey is also a Drewry dance - Green burn Bk 2 with
no specified tune. I think Crossing the Line is also a Drewry dance -
just checked - Bankhead 6 - 3 couple set 6x32 hornpipe - no specified
tune.

Fire in the Rye is devised by Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak and recorded on
the Music Makars Jig for Joy CD with a traditional reel for the lead
tune.

That's all I can help you with, Phill.

Margaret Lambourne,
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an
> much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who
> will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
> Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
> programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
> different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I
> have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for
> dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here.
> Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion
> that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair
> (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years
> BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they
> have tunes
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
> dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
> RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
> seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
> Helen & co. ;o)
>

Hi Margaret,

Thanks for the information. I think I must have missed out on the latest leaflet from RSCDS, probably through moving house recently. Glad to know that one is not as 'unknown' as I originally thought.

Kind regards,
Phill

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-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Lambourne [mailto:margaret.lambourne@planet.nl]
Sent: 31 March 2009 22:33
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

Sueno's Stone is in the last RSCDS leaflet "4 dances for 2008" and
the tune is included - Craigieford bu Dennis Morrison.

The Cranberry Tart - music is a lively jig.

Lady Peak's Strathspey is also a Drewry dance - Green burn Bk 2 with
no specified tune. I think Crossing the Line is also a Drewry dance -
just checked - Bankhead 6 - 3 couple set 6x32 hornpipe - no specified
tune.

Fire in the Rye is devised by Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak and recorded on
the Music Makars Jig for Joy CD with a traditional reel for the lead
tune.

That's all I can help you with, Phill.

Margaret Lambourne,
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an
> much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who
> will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
> Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
> programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
> different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I
> have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for
> dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here.
> Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion
> that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair
> (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years
> BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they
> have tunes
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
> dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
> RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
> seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
> Helen & co. ;o)
>

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Hi Phill,
Crossing the Line - B. Skelton: Suitable music: Jenny's Bawbee
Fire in the Rye - The Music Makars on Jig for Joy begin with Traditional
Reel
Lady Peak's Strathspey - Colin Dewar on sp. request begin with Kinlochmore
The Sueno Stone - Tune: Craigieford, RSCDS Four Dances 2008
Kind Regards
Meinhard
Stuttgart Germany

Phill Jones schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have tunes
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)
>
>
>
>
>

I found 1 more. Sloane Square is in the London RSCDS Jubilee Book
from 1979 I have the tune if you need it scanned and sent.

I have also the Pensioner's Reel in Skye Bk 2 which is 8x32 not the
Senior Citizen's Reel which you say is 5z32. Could they be the same?

Margaret

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an
> much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who
> will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
> Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
> programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
> different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I
> have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for
> dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here.
> Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion
> that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair
> (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years
> BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they
> have tunes
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
> dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
> RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
> seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
> Helen & co. ;o)
>

Hi Margaret,

Thank you for the information. I am not sure about the senior dance but if you have the music for Sloane Square available I would very much appreciate a scanned copy if it is no trouble.

Many thanks,
Phill

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-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Lambourne [mailto:margaret.lambourne@planet.nl]
Sent: 31 March 2009 22:49
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

I found 1 more. Sloane Square is in the London RSCDS Jubilee Book
from 1979 I have the tune if you need it scanned and sent.

I have also the Pensioner's Reel in Skye Bk 2 which is 8x32 not the
Senior Citizen's Reel which you say is 5z32. Could they be the same?

Margaret

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an
> much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who
> will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
> Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
> programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
> different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I
> have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for
> dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here.
> Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion
> that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair
> (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years
> BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they
> have tunes
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
> dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
> RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
> seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
> Helen & co. ;o)
>

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Meinhard suggested Crossing the Line was by Barry Skelton. He did
devise a dance called that in The Dolphin Book but it is a 4x24
Strathspey not a 6x32 Reel or Hornpipe as the instructions state.

Margaret

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an
> much higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who
> will not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
> Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
> programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
> different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I
> have seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for
> dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me here.
> Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion
> that me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair
> (which has been a favourite dance of mine for over twenty years
> BTW) caused a couple of weeks ago.
>
> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they
> have tunes
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
> dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
> RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
> seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
> Helen & co. ;o)
>

and the Crossing the Line reel is by John Drewry and I have done it and it
is (I believe) in the WGB -- so I would expect that that is the one on the
program. Although given that program, anything is possible.

Bruce Herbold
San Francisco

On 3/31/09, Margaret Lambourne <margaret.lambourne@planet.nl> wrote:
>
> Meinhard suggested Crossing the Line was by Barry Skelton. He did devise a
> dance called that in The Dolphin Book but it is a 4x24 Strathspey not a 6x32
> Reel or Hornpipe as the instructions state.
>
> Margaret
>
> On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Phill Jones wrote:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much
>> higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be
>> named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and
>> not Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find
>> elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most
>> 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen
>> years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me
>> here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that
>> me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
>> favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks
>> ago.
>>
>> So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>>
>>
>>
>> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
>> -----------------------
>>
>> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
>> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
>> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
>> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
>> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
>> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
>> -----------------------------------------
>>
>> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
>> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
>> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>>
>>
>>
>> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
>> tunes
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
>> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
>> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Phill
>> Ely, UK
>>
>> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
>> notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
>> Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
>> was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)
>>
>>
>

--
Bruce Herbold

Private reply sent

George Meikle
Lothian Scottish Dance Band
37 Pandora Way
Uddingston
Glasgow
G71 6QL

Mobile - 07710 471832
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phill Jones [mailto:phill@squeezypiano.co.uk]
Sent: 31 March 2009 21:33
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

Hi,

I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher
number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named,
other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not
Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find
elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most
'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen
years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me
here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that
me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks
ago.

So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...

Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
-----------------------

Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
Crossing the Line (6x32R)
Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
Sueno's Stone (8x32R)

Dances I know the tune for but can't find
-----------------------------------------

Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey

Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
tunes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)

Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.

Kind regards,
Phill
Ely, UK

p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)

Calum MacKinnon's tune for Nessie's Neuk (40 bars, ABABA) is published with
the dance in the Vancouver Branch 40th anniversary collection (2004). I
could scan a copy for you if you wish. Dianne Evans of Oak Harbor WA would
be delighted to know that her dance has travelled to the Channel Islands.

I'm impressed by your conscientiousness. Many musicians would use 'any good
X' set for these relatively obscure dances.

Rosemary Coupe
Vancouver

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phill Jones" <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>
To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

Hi,

I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much higher
number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will not be named,
other than it is on one of the larger inhabited Channel Islands and not
Jersey, always have slightly more unique programmes than I normally find
elsewhere and this occasion is no different). These are the most
'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have seen across two evenings in fifteen
years of playing for dancing and I hope somebody might be able to help me
here. Although I hope it does not start quite the same deep discussion that
me spelling a tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple of weeks
ago.

So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...

Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
-----------------------

Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
Crossing the Line (6x32R)
Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
Sueno's Stone (8x32R)

Dances I know the tune for but can't find
-----------------------------------------

Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey

Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
tunes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)

Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.

Kind regards,
Phill
Ely, UK

p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)

I do have music for Fire in the Rye (the tune is titled: Billy in the
Lowground) and Sueno's Stone. I can also scan and send.

Etienne Ozorak
Meadville, PA USA

At 09:33 PM 3/31/2009, you wrote:
>Calum MacKinnon's tune for Nessie's Neuk (40 bars, ABABA) is
>published with the dance in the Vancouver Branch 40th anniversary
>collection (2004). I could scan a copy for you if you wish. Dianne
>Evans of Oak Harbor WA would be delighted to know that her dance has
>travelled to the Channel Islands.
>
>I'm impressed by your conscientiousness. Many musicians would use
>'any good X' set for these relatively obscure dances.
>
>Rosemary Coupe
>Vancouver
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phill Jones" <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>
>To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:33 PM
>Subject: A slightly larger tune request than last time...
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much
>higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will
>not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
>Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
>programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
>different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have
>seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for dancing and
>I hope somebody might be able to help me here. Although I hope it
>does not start quite the same deep discussion that me spelling a
>tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
>favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple
>of weeks ago.
>
>So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
>Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
>-----------------------
>
>Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
>Crossing the Line (6x32R)
>Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
>Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
>Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
>Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
>Dances I know the tune for but can't find
>-----------------------------------------
>
>Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
>Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
>Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
>Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have tunes
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
>Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
>Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
>Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
>Kind regards,
>Phill
>Ely, UK
>
>p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
>dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
>RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
>seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
>Helen & co. ;o)
>
>

Hi Etienne,

If you are able to send the music for Fire in the Rye that would be very appreciated, thanks you. I have already received the tune for Sueno's Stone.

Many thanks,
Phill

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-----Original Message-----
From: Etienne Ozorak [mailto:etozorak@allegheny.edu]
Sent: 01 April 2009 13:19
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: A slightly larger tune request than last time...

I do have music for Fire in the Rye (the tune is titled: Billy in the
Lowground) and Sueno's Stone. I can also scan and send.

Etienne Ozorak
Meadville, PA USA

At 09:33 PM 3/31/2009, you wrote:
>Calum MacKinnon's tune for Nessie's Neuk (40 bars, ABABA) is
>published with the dance in the Vancouver Branch 40th anniversary
>collection (2004). I could scan a copy for you if you wish. Dianne
>Evans of Oak Harbor WA would be delighted to know that her dance has
>travelled to the Channel Islands.
>
>I'm impressed by your conscientiousness. Many musicians would use
>'any good X' set for these relatively obscure dances.
>
>Rosemary Coupe
>Vancouver
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phill Jones" <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>
>To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:33 PM
>Subject: A slightly larger tune request than last time...
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am booked to play a weekend soon and am struggling to find an much
>higher number of tunes than normal (the group in question who will
>not be named, other than it is on one of the larger inhabited
>Channel Islands and not Jersey, always have slightly more unique
>programmes than I normally find elsewhere and this occasion is no
>different). These are the most 'unfamiliar' dance programmes I have
>seen across two evenings in fifteen years of playing for dancing and
>I hope somebody might be able to help me here. Although I hope it
>does not start quite the same deep discussion that me spelling a
>tune name wrong and mentioning Langholm Fair (which has been a
>favourite dance of mine for over twenty years BTW) caused a couple
>of weeks ago.
>
>So, I have got three lists of dances/tunes to run by you...
>
>
>
>Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
>-----------------------
>
>Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
>Crossing the Line (6x32R)
>Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
>Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
>Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
>Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
>Dances I know the tune for but can't find
>-----------------------------------------
>
>Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
>Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
>Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
>Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have tunes
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
>Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
>Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
>Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
>Kind regards,
>Phill
>Ely, UK
>
>p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether
>dancers notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time...
>RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the
>seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm,
>Helen & co. ;o)
>
>

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Phill wrote:

> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers notice when
the band >changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N. Humberside Branch do!
Every single >one of them seemed to notice from where I was sat going wrong!
>Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)

To be fair to Phill, he noticed as soon as it happened, and we didn't really need to
tell him.

Malcolm

Malcolm L Brown
York (UK)

I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
Strathspey thinks of this.

Pia
Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Pia, I think you are giving us an April fool's joke. If not, you have a lot
of explaining to do for this Strathspeyer.

Campbell Tyler
Cape Town

-----Original Message-----
From: Pia [mailto:pia@intamail.com]
Sent: 01 April 2009 11:47 AM
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: pas de basque

I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
Strathspey thinks of this.

Pia
Cupar, Fife, Scotland

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April Fool!!!!

Happy Dancing
Sue Petyt
Lochmaben

-----Original Message-----
From: Pia [mailto:pia@intamail.com]
Sent: 01 April 2009 10:47
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: pas de basque

I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
Strathspey thinks of this.

Pia
Cupar, Fife, Scotland

But only for the 1st pf April every year. ;-)

Martina Mueller-Franz
Langenfeld / Germany

Nachteule7@aol.com
www.central-germany.rscds.net
skype: strathspey64

-----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung-----
Von: Pia <pia@intamail.com>
An: strathspey@strathspey.org
Verschickt: Mi., 1. Apr. 2009, 11:46
Thema: pas de basque

have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
n order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
trathspey thinks of this.
Pia
upar, Fife, Scotland

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Think about it? Sort of stupid, for several reasons.
1. The so called "2 beat pdb" is not really two beats anyway, it has
always been three beats, the issue is whether they are three even beats
a la RSCDS, or syncopated a la SOBHD, in both cases there are three
changes of weight.
2. Not sure the source of this rumor, but the only 2 beat movement
that fills the same space is found in American squares, and the EFDSS,
which I would call a step swing, with the second beat being a hop on
the same foot in the same bar before changing to the other in the
second. Historicly this is probably related to our "balance" as in
"balance and PDB", though not our use of it for setting in a line with
adjoining dancers facing opposite direction.
3. If attracting members is the goal, it is not the 3 beat PDB
(syncopated or not) vs the step swing (e.g. balance), that is the
problem, but the rigidity of the style that puts some people off -
changing the one, without the other would probably make no difference -
even if we agreed that some lowering of standards was a good idea.

There's a lot to be said for two beat pas de basques

especially if you've got a wooden leg

George T. Watt,
4 Ancrum Drive,
Dundee.
DD2 2JB
Scotland.

tel. 01382 642131

> To: strathspey@strathspey.org
> Subject: Re: pas de basque
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:04:31 -0400
> From: nachteule7@aol.com
>
> But only for the 1st pf April every year. ;-)
>
>
> Martina Mueller-Franz
> Langenfeld / Germany
>
> Nachteule7@aol.com
> www.central-germany.rscds.net
> skype: strathspey64
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung-----
> Von: Pia <pia@intamail.com>
> An: strathspey@strathspey.org
> Verschickt: Mi., 1. Apr. 2009, 11:46
> Thema: pas de basque
>
>
>
>
> have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
> n order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
> trathspey thinks of this.
> Pia
> upar, Fife, Scotland
>
>
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"... especially if you've got a wooden leg"

Depends if it is jointed or not.

Is that with each foot ? ! !

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Pia [mailto:pia@intamail.com]
Sent: April 1, 2009 2:47 AM
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: pas de basque

I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
Strathspey thinks of this.

Pia
Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Are you sure? The way I heard it, they were adding an extra beat because
they felt three was no longer enough! I also heard there was a companion
proposal to add an extra beat per bar to the tunes to accommodate this
change and they were planning to hire some Balkan musicians as consultants
to help rewrite the reels in 5/4...

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Pia <pia@intamail.com> wrote:

>
> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat pdb
> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
> Strathspey thinks of this.
>
> Pia
> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>
>

--
Steve Wyrick -- Walnut Creek, California
Sent from Berkeley, California, United States

Ah! You heard about the Balkan musicians too - well - it is actually
Tibethan Goat herders on noseflutes.

Pia

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Wyrick [mailto:sjwyrick@gmail.com]
Sent: 01 April 2009 16:58
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: pas de basque

Are you sure? The way I heard it, they were adding an extra beat because
they felt three was no longer enough! I also heard there was a companion
proposal to add an extra beat per bar to the tunes to accommodate this
change and they were planning to hire some Balkan musicians as consultants
to help rewrite the reels in 5/4...

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Pia <pia@intamail.com> wrote:

>
> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
pdb
> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
> Strathspey thinks of this.
>
> Pia
> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>
>

--
Steve Wyrick -- Walnut Creek, California
Sent from Berkeley, California, United States

Close but not quite.

I think it is a ploy to keep older members!

I my experience, it is experienced dancers that most use the two-beat pdb.

Perhaps the three-beat pdb for new members, and then to progress to the
Intermediate of Advanced level, the dancer would do a short test on the
two-beat version.

Chris Collin
Ottawa, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pia" <pia@intamail.com>
To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:46 AM
Subject: pas de basque

>
> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
> pdb
> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
> Strathspey thinks of this.
>
> Pia
> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>

Does anyone have sheet music for the tune: Paul & Wendy Ridley
<http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/> or
Paul and Wendy Ridley?
<http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/>

JC's Database doesn't seem to have it. It is the lead tune for Morrison
Measure, a 5x32R, that we've been asked to play this Sunday.

Thanks,
Mary Morrisson Abdill, NY, NY

Private reply sent

Lydia Hedge
Nova Scotia, Canada

> Does anyone have sheet music for the tune: Paul & Wendy Ridley
> <http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/> or
> Paul and Wendy Ridley?
> <http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/>
>
> JC's Database doesn't seem to have it. It is the lead tune for Morrison
> Measure, a 5x32R, that we've been asked to play this Sunday.
>
> Thanks,
> Mary Morrisson Abdill, NY, NY
>
>
>

Hi Lydia,
Thanks so very much. And it's very readable.
Mary

Lydia Hedge wrote:
> Private reply sent
>
> Lydia Hedge
> Nova Scotia, Canada
>
>
>> Does anyone have sheet music for the tune: Paul & Wendy Ridley
>> --Mary Morrisson Abdill, NY, NY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>

This is another public thank you to Anselm for creating and managing this
list. Dance devisors don't, for many reasons, always include the music. This
leaves us musicians scrambling to find said tune. We want to be as accurate
as possible when we do our sets. Asking the list for help is wonderful.
At the very least, dance devisors should indicate where the sheet music can
be found. Mentioning such and such a recording is not very helpful.
Thank you!!
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA

Ah! But in many cases we don't even know what sheet music looks like :>)

Pia

-----Original Message-----
From: SMiskoe@aol.com [mailto:SMiskoe@aol.com]
Sent: 01 April 2009 20:48
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: Tune: Paul & Wendy Ridley

This is another public thank you to Anselm for creating and managing this
list. Dance devisors don't, for many reasons, always include the music.
This
leaves us musicians scrambling to find said tune. We want to be as
accurate
as possible when we do our sets. Asking the list for help is wonderful.
At the very least, dance devisors should indicate where the sheet music can
be found. Mentioning such and such a recording is not very helpful.
Thank you!!
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA

Actually I find the mention of a recording extremely!! helpfull. What it
allows me to do is find out what kind of jigs (or reels or strathspeys) the
dance devis*r had in mind.

In the case of Cranberry Tart Terry's choice of music has a particular style
of jig that suits the overlapping set & move nature of the dance. And with
no name tune how else would you know what to use? This is a case where 'any
good jig' is NOT sufficient.

Too, when I put a program together and I know that the band has never seen
the dance before giving them something to listen to means that I'll get
music that fits the character of the dance - even when there isn't a 'name'
tune to go by.

Peter Price
New Haven

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM, <SMiskoe@aol.com> wrote:

> Mentioning such and such a recording is not very helpful.
> Thank you!!
> Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA
>
>

Sorry to follow a slightly larger tune request with a slightly larger dance request but our teacher Avis Harrison has asked me to post an enquiry for her.

Avis is looking for several dances which as far as we can ascertain are not published in any books. They are:

Anne & Donald's Jig (8x32 Jig) - C Mair
Betty Grants Strathspey (8x32 Strathspey) - A Campbell
Quick Shot (8x32 Reel)
The Missing Link (8x32 Reel)
The Paddle Wheel (8x32 Reel)

Any help would be much appreciated and if they are in any publication we are happy to buy it.

Best Wishes

Christine

Christine Parker-Jones
Leeds Branch RSCDS
5, Larchwood
Woodlands Drive
Leeds
LS19 6JZ
Tel: 0113 250 8734
www.rscdsleeds.org.uk

Sorry to follow a slightly larger tune request with a slightly larger dance request but our teacher Avis Harrison has asked me to post an enquiry for her.

Avis is looking for several dances which as far as we can ascertain are not published in any books. They are:

Anne & Donald's Jig (8x32 Jig) - C Mair
Betty Grants Strathspey (8x32 Strathspey) - A Campbell
Quick Shot (8x32 Reel)
The Missing Link (8x32 Reel)
The Paddle Wheel (8x32 Reel)

Any help would be much appreciated and if they are in any publication we are happy to buy it.

Best Wishes

Christine

Christine Parker-Jones
Leeds Branch RSCDS
5, Larchwood
Woodlands Drive
Leeds
LS19 6JZ
Tel: 0113 250 8734
www.rscdsleeds.org.uk

what a conincidence! I just taught this dance for the first time on Monday
night. As with most Roy Goldring dances, the figures have a certain
inevitability about them once you've done the dance. However, I was
surprised at the level of confusion engendered in the supporting couples --
you might warn your teacher to expect the reels to pose more of a problem
than they might initially expect. The dance makes an interesting
comaparison to Miss Johnstone of Ardrossan, which my class felt was a
substantially better dance.

Bruce Herbold
San Francisco

On 4/1/09, Musicians <Musicians@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have sheet music for the tune: Paul & Wendy Ridley <
> http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/> or Paul
> and Wendy Ridley? <
> http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tfquery/Paul%20%26%20Wendy%20Ridley/>
>
> JC's Database doesn't seem to have it. It is the lead tune for Morrison
> Measure, a 5x32R, that we've been asked to play this Sunday.
> Thanks,
> Mary Morrisson Abdill, NY, NY
>
>
>

--
Bruce Herbold

Aye! Just rock to one side and then the other and clap!

Tom Mungall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <collin@mondenet.com>
To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: pas de basque

> Close but not quite.
>
> I think it is a ploy to keep older members!
>
> I my experience, it is experienced dancers that most use the two-beat pdb.
>
> Perhaps the three-beat pdb for new members, and then to progress to the
> Intermediate of Advanced level, the dancer would do a short test on the
> two-beat version.
>
> Chris Collin
> Ottawa, Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pia" <pia@intamail.com>
> To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:46 AM
> Subject: pas de basque
>
>
>>
>> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
>> pdb
>> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
>> Strathspey thinks of this.
>>
>> Pia
>> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>>
>

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But reels in 5/4 would be so much fun... ;-)

- Stasa, Seattle, WA, USA

We would just have to revise the figures to get a good 5/4 reel. After all
there are plenty of 5/4 marches.
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA

"5/4 reels fun"
Reminds me of a skit at St Andrews when the UK went metric, everything
went from binary to base ten.

"5/4 reels fun"
Reminds me of a skit at St Andrews when the UK went metric, everything
went from binary to base ten.

Just in case there was any doubt:

THE DEMISE OF THE THREE-BEAT PAS DE BASQUE WAS GREATLY EXAGGERATED :>)

April Fool

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas G. Mungall, III [mailto:atheling@cox.net]
Sent: 01 April 2009 21:06
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: pas de basque

Aye! Just rock to one side and then the other and clap!

Tom Mungall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <collin@mondenet.com>
To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: pas de basque

> Close but not quite.
>
> I think it is a ploy to keep older members!
>
> I my experience, it is experienced dancers that most use the two-beat pdb.
>
> Perhaps the three-beat pdb for new members, and then to progress to the
> Intermediate of Advanced level, the dancer would do a short test on the
> two-beat version.
>
> Chris Collin
> Ottawa, Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pia" <pia@intamail.com>
> To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:46 AM
> Subject: pas de basque
>
>
>>
>> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
>> pdb
>> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
>> Strathspey thinks of this.
>>
>> Pia
>> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>>
>

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Just in case there was any doubt:

THE DEMISE OF THE THREE-BEAT PAS DE BASQUE WAS GREATLY EXAGGERATED :>)

April Fool

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas G. Mungall, III [mailto:atheling@cox.net]
Sent: 01 April 2009 21:06
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: pas de basque

Aye! Just rock to one side and then the other and clap!

Tom Mungall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <collin@mondenet.com>
To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: pas de basque

> Close but not quite.
>
> I think it is a ploy to keep older members!
>
> I my experience, it is experienced dancers that most use the two-beat pdb.
>
> Perhaps the three-beat pdb for new members, and then to progress to the
> Intermediate of Advanced level, the dancer would do a short test on the
> two-beat version.
>
> Chris Collin
> Ottawa, Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pia" <pia@intamail.com>
> To: <strathspey@strathspey.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:46 AM
> Subject: pas de basque
>
>
>>
>> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
>> pdb
>> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
>> Strathspey thinks of this.
>>
>> Pia
>> Cupar, Fife, Scotland
>>
>

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I'm not sure what this 2 beat PDB would look like. I assume it would be a
penguin rock much akin to what reelers do when they set? I for one would
hope that RSCDS would not dumb down the footwork. Oh wait! This is an April
Fool's joke? DANG! You sure got me! ROTFLOL!

Tom Mungall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pia" <pia@intamail.com>>
> I have today heard that the RSCDS is considering a move to the two-beat
> pdb
> in order to attract more members. It would be interesting to hear what
> Strathspey thinks of this.
>
> Pia
> Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Phill,

For Cranberry Tart Terry Glasspool suggests using a "set of jigs" from
McBain's Band - tunes are The Drunken Parson/Pretty Jane/The Cobbler/Davies
Brae.

The first 16 bars of the dance is fugal: and the dancers are setting for 2,
then moving for 2, 1L starting the sequence 2 bars behind 1M.

*1M* *1L*
set wait
cast set
set cast
petronella set
set petronella
advance set
retire advance
advance retire

Peter Price
New Haven

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Phill Jones <phill@squeezypiano.co.uk>wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Dances with no set tune (can someone confirm this is right, please)
> -----------------------
>
> Cranberry Tart, The (8x32J)
> Crossing the Line (6x32R)
> Fire in the Rye (6x32R)
> Lady Peak's Strathspey (8x32S)
> Silver Penny Farthing, The (3x32R)
> Sueno's Stone (8x32R)
>
>
>
> Dances I know the tune for but can't find
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Nessie's Neuk (8x40R) Nessie's Neuk
> Red Ghillies (4x40R) Raisin' a Stour
> Sloane Square (64S) Howard Steventon's Strathspey
>
>
>
> Dances I cannot even find in DanceData so have no idea whether they have
> tunes
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Blue Footed Boobies, The (4x32S)
> Pump Rooms, The (8x32R)
> Senior Citizen's Reel, The (5x32R)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to anyone who is able to help.
>
> Kind regards,
> Phill
> Ely, UK
>
> p.s. to settle any doubt that might still exist around whether dancers
> notice when the band changes tunes at the wrong time... RSCDS York & N.
> Humberside Branch do! Every single one of the seemed to notice from where I
> was sat going wrong! Thanks Malcolm, Helen & co. ;o)
>
>