Lady Hamilton's Strathspey Question

rabrown

Sept. 18, 2001, 7:05 p.m. (Message 27415)

Hi,
     I received the instructions for an upcoming ball via an email
attachment, but the formatting got a bit corrupted, and the dance
instructions for Lady Hamilton's Strathspey were a bit unclear.  Can anyone
tell me in bars 9-12, do couples 1 and 3 set and then turn two hands round,
or do they turn two hands round without setting?  Not an RSCDS dance, nor
in Pilling, so I couldn't check my usual sources; I believe it is a J
Drewry dance.
Thanks,
Richard Brown
Conklin, NY

Bruce Hamilton

Sept. 19, 2001, 9:20 a.m. (Message 27446, in reply to message 27415)

Richard Brown <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> ... the dance
> instructions for Lady Hamilton's Strathspey were a bit unclear.  Can anyone
> tell me in bars 9-12, do couples 1 and 3 set and then turn two hands round,
> or do they turn two hands round without setting?

John Drewry wrote it on Ken McFarland's tour to Turkey last October, and
dedicated it to my wife, Jo Hamilton.  I have the directions here :-)

"9-12    1st couple set to each other and then turn with both hands once
round to finish in the middle of the set facing diagonally down towards 2nd
woman. 3rd couple dance similarly to finish facing diagonally up towards 2nd
man."

After you follow the directions above, the 1s will be "improper" (man on R,
lady on L). It feels odd, but you need to have each person nearer their own
side of the set. Then the arches take you to the opposite side, and the
chase brings everyone back to their own side, in 3,2,1 order.

Hope this helps. I admit to being disappointed that the ball directions
didn't give the devisor's name.

  -Bruce
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Norah Link

Sept. 19, 2001, 3:27 p.m. (Message 27454, in reply to message 27415)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Hamilton 
> 
> John Drewry wrote it on Ken McFarland's tour to Turkey last 
> October, and
> dedicated it to my wife, Jo Hamilton.  I have the directions here :-)
> 

Bruce -

Has the dance been published yet?  Do you think John would object to your
putting the full directions out on strathspey?

Norah