strathspey@strathspey.org:29319

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Re: Corstorphine Fair

Jan. 26, 2002, 10:28 a.m. (Message 29319, in reply to message 29256)

Harry wrote:

>Bars17-24  All 4 couples, facing top, slip 4 steps to center of dance, women
>passing in front of men. Join nearer hands or link arms with partners and
>dance 2 steps forward and 2 steps backward (skip change) Then 4 slip steps
>back to sidelines, women again in front of men.

That's interesting.  We always slipped across to the other side of the
set before advancing.  However, having just checked the original
insturctions I find we were wrong.

We used to this dance a lot in the childrens class I went to.  We
danced it to lots of tunes with animal connections (ie 'The animals
went in two by two' and 'Nellie the Elephant') becasue Corstorphine
Hill is home to Edinburgh Zoo.

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