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The Cooper's Wife

Volleyballjerry

Volleyballjerry

Nov. 6, 2001, 4:21 a.m. (Message 28055)

I, like Marian Stroh, am eagerly awaiting the resolution of the mystery of 
Ian Brown of Harrogate's «The Cooper's Wife».  My class has been dancing Wee 
Cooper for years, and if there is such a companion dance, I'd likewise be 
most happy to have the instructions.

Since Ian's subject was in fact The Wee Cooper of Fife, I wonder if his 
in-paragraph mention of The Cooper's Wife might just have been an 
unintentional slip of phrase.
(Only you, Ian, can answer that!)  If there is no such dance, then it's 
nonetheless a wonderful play of words, and someone ought to devise one--with 
ten-bar phrases of course--post haste.

Robb Quint
Thousand Oaks, California, USA
e.ferguson

e.ferguson

Nov. 6, 2001, 6:39 p.m. (Message 28057, in reply to message 28055)

DanceData gives the following information:

The Cooper's Wife,  Jig 40 bars. 3 couples. 
Set            Longwise - 4 
Steps:       Skip-Change

Deviser:      Mitchell, John W
Books:       Whetherly Book 16 #3

Notes:       10 bar phrases
Tunes:       The Wee Cooper o' Fife

Happy dancing with both the cooper and his wife,

Eric

Eric T. Ferguson, van Dormaalstraat 15, NL-5624 KH  EINDHOVEN, Netherlands
tel: (+31)(0)40-243 2878 fax:40-246 7036  e-mail: x.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx
ron.mackey

ron.mackey

Nov. 7, 2001, 12:37 p.m. (Message 28071, in reply to message 28055)

> I, like Marian Stroh, am eagerly awaiting the resolution of the mystery of 
> Ian Brown of Harrogate's «The Cooper's Wife».  My class has been dancing Wee 
> Cooper for years, and if there is such a companion dance, I'd likewise be 
> most happy to have the instructions.
> Robb Quint
> Thousand Oaks, California, USA
	
	Hi Robb,
		Herewith the instructions. They are only in my teaching note form 
so if you have any difficulty, give me a bell.

THE 	COOPER'S WIFE                                                 by
John Mitchell
      J40(4x10)-3c                                         
      Whetherly Book No.16 - N666-3
 1-10	1s cast off one pl.   They  dance a fig.8 around 2s & FF C1s
11-20	1s pass RH with C1s   & dance 1/2 way c/w round the set    while
 C1s turn LH  1-1/2 times;     1s pass RH with C1s  &    turn LH to FF
 C2s. 
21-30	1s & C2s repeat 11-20.   1s FF 3rd Corner position. 
31-40	1s dance 1/2 R4 with C1s (RSh start)  & pass RSh to  FF 4th C
pos.
 1s dance 1/2 R4 with C2s.   1s turn LH to fin. in 2nd own.
                        ---------------------------------------------
 
	By the way, to me C1 means Corner 1.  1s means first couple.
Happy Dancing
Cheers  :)

Ron
Ron Mackey.  London Branch

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