1- 8 1s+2s circle 4H round & back
9-16 1s fig of 8 round 2s
17-24 1L+2M turn RH, 1M+2L turn RH
25-32 1s lead down the middle & up to 2nd place
CADGERS IN THE CANONGATE (R8x48) 3C (4C set) Walsh RSCDS Bk 9
1- 8 1s dance parallel reels of 3 on opposite sides
(1M crosses to give RSh to 2L and 1L crosses down giving LSh to 3M)
9-16 1s dance reels of 3 on own sides
(1L crosses to give RSh to 2L and 1M crosses down giving LSh to 3M)
17-24 1s set to 2L, set facing down, set to 2M and back to places
25-32 1s+2s set and dance RH across ½ way, set and dance LH back to places
33-40 1s cross RH, cast 1 place and turn LH 1½ times to own sides
41-48 2s+1s dance R&L
Dance Information:
A cadger was a word for a hired carrier of goods, probably not unlike a porter or perhaps a courier, which later came to mean beggar or bum. The Cannongate is an important street in Edinburgh that runs from the walled town around the castle down to Holyrood.
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| The Cannongate toll booth, via the Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary |
DALKEITH'S STRATHSPEY (S8x32) 3C (4C set) RSCDS Bk 9
1- 8 1s (with nearer hands joined) set to 2L & circle 3H round to the left,
set to 2M & circle 3H round to the left
9-16 1s lead down the middle (2s step up) & back to end between 2s (BtoB) facing opposite partners
17-24 1s+2s dance reel of 4 across, 1s end in middle facing 1st corner
25-32 1s turn 1st corner RH, partner LH, 2nd corner RH & cross LH to own sides
THE LOCH KATRINE JIG (J8x32) 3C (4C Set) J Cosh 22 SCDs
1-4 1st C cross and cast one place
5-8 1st C turn with LH 1 ¾ times to face 1st corners
9-16 Reels of three on the sides. Pass 1st corner with left shoulder.
17-22 Reels of three across the dance. 1st L with 2nd C, 1st M with 3rd C
(each person of the 2nd and 3rd C dances a complete circle on bars 15-18,
i.e., the last 2 steps of the first reel and the first 2 steps of the second reel)
23-24 1st C cross to own side
25-28 2nd, 1st and 3rd Cs dance six hands round to the left with 8 slip steps
29-32 2nd, 1st, and 3rd Cs left hands across to place.
Dance Information:
Loch Katrine is a freshwater lake in the Scottish Stirling district. It is roughly 13 kilometres long by 1 kilometre wide and runs the length of Strath Gartney.
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| Loch Katrine, image via Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary |
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REEL (R5x32) 5C set D Haynes Carnforth Coll 3
1- 8 1s & 3s cross RH & cast down 1 place,
dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round the couples above them & cross to face 1st corners
9-16 1s & 3s turn 1st corners RH & partner LH, turn 2nd corner RH & partner LH
to face 1st corners again
17-24 1s & 3s dance diagonal reels of 4 with 1st corners
25-32 All dance RH across once round (1L with 2s, 1M+3L with 4s & 3M with 5s),
1s & 3s turn ptnrs LH & cast one place
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WHITEADDER JIG (J8x32) 3C (4C set) M Johnstone Whiteadder Coll
1- 8 1s+2s Set+Link and dance RH across once round
9-16 1s set and dance ½ LSh reel of 3 across (Lady with 2s and Man with 3s)
into ½ reels on the sides (1s end 2nd place opposite sides)
17-24 2s+1s+3s Set+Link for 3 once, turn opposite dancer RH (up/down set) once round
25-32 2s+1s+3s Set+Link for 3 once and turn partners RH
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