32-bar strathspey for 3 couples in a 4-couple longwise set
Bars | Figures |
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1-4 | 1C set and cast down one place. 2C step up on bars 3-4. |
5-8 | 1C turn BH about 1 3/4 and turn away from each other to face first corners. |
9-16 | 1C set to first corners and turn them with BH once around, ending facing second corners. Set to second corners and turn them with BH once around. |
17-20 | 1C circle three hands round to the left with both corners. On bar 20, 1C pull right shoulders back to face each other across the center of the set. |
21-24 | 1C turn BH around once in the middle of the set and then set advancing to pass left shoulders and end back-to-back, facing partner’s corners. |
25-28 | 1C circle three hands round to the left with partner’s corners. On bar 28, 1C pull right shoulders back to face each other across the center of the set. |
29-32 | 1C turn BH once around and then pull riguth shoulders back and curve into second place on own sides. |
Suggested Music: “Kettle River Strathspey,” by Sherry Wohlers Ladig (published with the dance in New Friends)
Devised by Lara Friedman-Shedlov, 1998, to evoke the swirling motion of the Kettle River, near Sandstone, Minnesota. Published by the RSCDS Twin Cities Branch in New Friends.