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Wouter Joubert
Aug. 12, 2008, 2:06 p.m. (Message 53367)
I have a question about bar 28. We have been dancing this dance over the last few months after being taught it at our last day school. Are the turns for 1L/4M & 1M/4L clockwise or anti clockwise? My natural inclination has been for clockwise turns but quite a few of our dancers felt that as the pass would have been left shoulder, it would be more natural to turn anti clockwise. Dancing greetings Wouter Joubert Pretoria Suid-Afrika
Hi Wouter Re your question of the turns in bar 28 of Land of the Heather hills - we always turn clockwise. As you dance round the ends of the reel it feels right to flow into the two handed turn as you meet the other person. Actually I can't imagine doing a two handed turn anticlockwise. We like this dance, although we've only done it with our more experienced dancers. Mary Kent UK
Dear Wouter, We also dance the two-hand turn clockwise. Like Mary Quinton, I can not imagine dancing it in any other way. The movement is the same as at the end of the reels of four in "Fifty Years On" - Book 43, # 1. Barry Priddey's original instructions are - ". . . . , but 1C & 4C, instead of passing left at the end, turn with both hands once round, . . . . ". The default for a two-hand turn is clockwise, and, since no other information is given, I would turn clockwise by default. In fact, dancing a two-hand turn counter clockwise feels most awkward. I actually do not know of any dance which specifies a counter clockwise two-hand turn - although some fiend probably has devised one! For those of you who enjoy 'swap-over' reels this is a most enjoyable dance - one of the first dances with such reels. Regards, Iain Boyd Postal Address - P O Box 11-404 Wellington New Zealand Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com