strathspey@strathspey.org:27915

mlbrown

Re: Help with An' thou wert my only Dear

Oct. 17, 2001, 1:38 p.m. (Message 27915, in reply to message 27905)

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!)

Malcolm