Semester 1 Week 10

Step Practice

• Pas de basque
• skip change of step
• slip step
• strathspey travelling into setting

Airyhall Delight
32 Jig, RSCDS Book 40

1-4	1,2 set half RA
5-8	1,3 half RL
9-12	3,1 set half LA
13-16	2,1 half RL
17-22	1s lead down 4 steps and up 2 steps
23-24	all set
25-32	6 hands round and back

Turned out to be a nice social dance, works well if you keep the set narrow.

Awkward for 1st lady in first 16 bars.

17-24 are harder than they look on paper.


The Silver Strathspey
32 Strathspey, RSCDS Book 44

1-4	1s set cast 1
5-8	2,1,3 set circle half way left
9-12	1s Xr cast to r while 3,2 set half RA
13-16	1s Xr cast to r while 2,3 set half RA
17-20	1W with 2s, 1M with 3s, half rs reel 3
21-24	1s Tb 1.5
25-32	3,1,2 Knot

A nice dance with lots of technical points in it and covering.


Alan J Smith
32 Jig, RSCDS Book 45

1-4	Set dance down one place
5-8	1M3M Tl while 1W3WTr
9-16	Double Triangles
17-24	CPC Xr
25-32	6 hands round and back

A nice dance with some unusual features.

Announcements

I will be stepping down as the demonstration class teacher at the end of this term. I will be moving to Manchester to take up a new job. Thanks for being a great class and making it enjoyable to teach you.

We will be having a class next week which will be my last class.