Et voilà !
Medley of 40-bar strathspey and 40-bar reel for four trios in a square set
The persons in the middle of all trios dance left hands accross in the
middle of the square and right hands accross back to original place while
the other persons dance eight hands round to the left and back.
1st and 3rd trios dance a reel of four accross the set. In each trio, the
person in the middle dances in tandem with the person on their right; the
person in the middle has the lead to start, and the lead changes halfway
in the reel. The tandems pass left shoulder to begin.
All trios dance anti-clockwise one place, finishing facing inside the
square.
All trios dance «modified set and link for three»: in each trio, the three
persons set; the person on the left dances in to finish facing out in the
position at the right of the trio; the person in the middle and the person
on the right cast off one place to finish in promenade hold in the
positions at the left and in the middle of the trio.
All dance «Schiehallion reels» all round; the dancers in promenade hold
sticking together as one unit.
Repeat as strathspey and then as reel, twice. All trios progress by one
side of the square each time through as persons in trio get reordered: the
persons on the left, in the middle and on the right becoming the persons
on the right, on the left and in the middle respectively.
Devised by Violaine Eysseric
during the teaching certificate class in weeks 1 and 2 of Summer School 2022
as a gift for Rachel Shankland and George Meikle
.
The candidates devised dances and created “The Doonhamers' Book”. This dance is for twelve dancers as there were twelve of us; it also uses a lot of formations included in the dances of Unit 2 – even if not always in the usual way!