strathspey@strathspey.org:27917

Priscilla M. Burrage

Re: Help with An' thou wert my only Dear

Oct. 17, 2001, 7:21 p.m. (Message 27917, in reply to message 27915)

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Malcolm Brown wrote:

> Try teaching "Tibbie Fowler......." first - it is a Strathspey that has the
> same "simultaneous turns". Whatever you do, do not practice one couple at a
> time turning in the middle - the turns can only take place on the sides! So
> on the setting the 1st lady dances down diagonally while 2nd man advances up
> the side, 2nd lady moves in slightly while 1 man dances across - then the RH
> turns allow the 1st lady to dance across the top into place while ! man
> dances up diagonally from 2nd lady's place. (We spent two sessions on this
> dance in the teacher's class at St Andrews one year, and one of the major
> problems was caused by the teacher making us practice the turns
> independently in the middle!)

It was a certificate dance in my day. . .
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