Lesson Plan for March 26 - Beginner Class

New Figures: Corner, Partner; The Knot

Dances from the Ann Arbor Ball: Miss Gibson's Strathspey

THERE CAM' A YOUNG MAN (J8x32) 3C (4C Set) J Mitchell Whetherly Bk 7
1- 4      1s dance down below 2s & cast up to place,
            1s+2s turn RH into prom hold
9-16     1s+2s Promenade
17-24   1s dance down below 3s, cast up 1 place,
            dance up between 2s & cast to 2nd place
25-32   2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back

'ALLO 'ALLO (R8x32) 3C (4C set) H Rhodes Snowdon Bk 3
1- 8      1s+2s Set+Link, 2s+1s circle 4H round to left
9-16     1s+3s Set+Link, 3s+1s circle 4H round to left
17-24   1s dance up to top, cast to 2nd places & turn LH to face 1st corners
25-32   1s turn 1st corners RH, partner LH, 2nd corners RH &
             partner LH to 2nd places

MISS GIBSON'S STRATHSPEY (S8x32) 3C (4C set) D Haynes RSCDS Leaflet
1- 8      1s+2s set, turn partners 2H opening out into 4H round
9-16     1s+2s dance the Knot, 1s turn LH to end facing 1st corners
17-24   1s turn corners RH, partners LH, 2nd corners RH & partners LH
25-32   1s dance RH across, (1M with 3s & 1L with 2s), pass partner RSh &
             dance LH across with other couple, 1s end in 2nd place

ARTHUR'S SEAT (R8x32) 3C (4C set) SCD 18th century
1- 8      1s+2s dance RH across, 1s cast down 1 place & set
9-16     1s+3s dance LH across, 1s cast down 1 place & set
17-24   1s lead up to top & cast to 2nd place, lead down between 3s &
             cast up & face 1st corners
25-32   1s dance 'Hello-Goodbye' setting, end in centre facing partner,
             set & petronella turn into 2nd place own sides

Dance Information:

Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, viewed from Pollock Halls.

Arthur's Seat is the highest point in Edinburgh and the main peak of the group of hills about a mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. Like the rock on which the castle is built, it was formed by an extinct volcano system, which was eroded by a glacial movement. Arthur's Seat and the adjoining Salisbury Crags helped form the ideas of modern geology, when James Hutton observed that the sedimentary deposition and formation of the igneous rocks must have occurred at different ages and in different ways than the thinking of that time dictated.

ALAN J SMITH (J8x32) 3C (4C Set) A smith RSCDS Bk 45
1- 8      1s set, dance down to face out 2nd place, 1M+3M turn LH
             while 1L+3L turn RH into double triangle positions
9-16     1s dance Double Triangles & end facing 1st corners
17-24   1s turn 1st corner RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH &
             cross RH to 2nd places
25-32   2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back