We do the dance in Atlanta and agree with all those who say 1C are facing up and down after bar 14,
Becky
Becky Sager
Marietta GA USA
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about
learning how to dance in the rain." Vivian Greene
---------- Original Message ----------
From: arthur mclean <arthurmcl@yahoo.com>
To: strathspey@strathspey.org
Subject: Re: Linnea's Strathspey
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:13:22 -0700 (PDT)
We dance this one in Austin TX, and it is one of our favourites.
The HGB setting is normal up to bar 14; ie the 1s face each other up and down the set. Then instead of doing a petronella turn back to their own side and facing in, the 1s pass each other RIGHT shoulder, curve right to face OUT in 2nd place own side(bars 15-16) ready for the cast right and promenade. Does that make sense now?
Cheers,
Arthur
--- On Tue, 10/16/12, Duncan Brown <duncanqlnbrown@btinternet.com> wrote:
> From: Duncan Brown <duncanqlnbrown@btinternet.com>
> Subject: Linnea's Strathspey
> To: strathspey@strathspey.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 4:36 PM
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I've just today received a copy of the Dunsmuir Dances book
> which contains
> Linnea's Strathspey.� Having seen some performances of
> it on youtube, it
> looks a cracker of dance, that I'm determined to make
> popular in my corner
> of south west England!� However, I have a question of
> where 1st couple
> finish bar 14 (and which way they should be facing).
>
>
>
> Bars 9-14 are Hello Goodbye setting (set to corners and
> partner to give it
> its proper title).� On bars 15-16 the 1st couple pass
> right shoulders to
> face out in 2nd place.
>
>
>
> On the youtube videos it seemed common to finish bar 14
> facing 2nd corner
> (i.e. do both setting steps to 2nd corner), and then
> essentially do cast
> around partner to face out.� However, it is of course
> equally possible to
> finish bar 14 facing up and down and then just dance round
> partner.
>
>
>
> Any help, gratefully received.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Duncan
>
>
>
> Chudleigh
>
> Devon
>
> UK
>
>
>
