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REBECCA SAGER

A dance looking for dancers

March 12, 1998, 6:04 a.m. (Message 11237)

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Throwing this little dance out there to see if anyone is interested in 
trying it out. I believe it can be done somewhat better than we managed 
to do it on Monday night. I could modify the second half to be more 
conventional, but I sort of like having the action coming in from the 1st 
man's and 4th woman's corners, echoing the skewed nature of the rights 
and lefts.

Becky
-- 
Becky Sager,
Marietta GA USA
http://www.mindspring.com/~atlbrnch

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                     A STORMY RUSH-HOUR

A 32 bar Strathspey for four couples, devised by Becky Sager

Suggested music: "The Strathspey King", from the Music Makars CD

Bars:
1-2:      All, taking hands on the side, set.

3-8:      1st, 2nd and 3rd men, with 2nd, 3rd and 4th women,
          dance rights and lefts for three couples on the
          diagonal, as in *"Monday Madness", one bar per hand.
          2nd woman and 3rd man finish facing out, 1st man
          facing 2nd man, 3rd woman facing 4th woman.

9-16:     Reels of four on the sides, passing left shoulders to
          begin. Finish facing as if to continue.

17-18:    All turn facing person once round with left hand, so
          that 2s and 3s are turned into the center, where they
          join right hands across.

19-24:    1s and 4s switch neatly to hold nearer hands with the
          person they have just turned and all dance once
          round in a "star". All finish by flowing out to own
          sides, holding nearer hands until the sideline is
          reached. Order should be 1,2,4,3 on the men's side,
          2,1,3,4 on the women's side.

25:       1st and 2nd men, 4th and 3rd women change places
          with right hands (no polite turn)

26-28:    1st and 4th men and 4th and 1st women turn by the left
          hand one and one half times to change places, (no
          polite turn). 4th man and 1st woman should start
          dancing with left feet!

29-32:    2s with 4s, 1s with 3s, circle four hands round to the
          right.
          Finish in order 2,4,1,3.

Repeat from new positions.

Rights and lefts for three couples may not_always_ take 12
bars. Reels of four _sometimes_ begin with left shoulders.

Composed in my head, March 6th, 1998 between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m.
while driving on I-285 in a thunderstorm. (I did reach work
safely, notwithstanding!)

*"Monday Madness" is a 4x40 Reel by Ted Blaschke of Atlanta. It
is published in the collection "Gretchen's Fancy".

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