Dance The New Fowlis Hall 10819

Description, submitted by the deviser herself:

The New Fowlis Hall: 4x32 bar jig

Bars

1–4 1st couple with 2nd couple and 3rd couple with 4th couple dance right hands across. 2nd and 3rd couples finish on sidelines, 1st and 4th couple stay facing clockwise.

5–8 1st couple and 4th couple chase CW round outside of set half way to finish with 1st couple at bottom on opposite sides facing 3rd couple and 4th couple at top on opposite sides facing 2nd couple.

9–16 Right shoulder reels of four on the side. All finish facing up/down on sides.

17–24 All turn facing person right hand half-way (4L turns 2M; 4M turns 2L; 1L turns 3M; 1M turns 3L); 1st couple and 4th couple dance left hands across in the middle; 4th couple and 1st couple retain hold of partner’s left hand on bar 22, cross left hand to own side of the set to finish 2413.

25–32 Eight hands round and back.

Dance devised by Mary Cant to celebrate the opening of the new Fowlis Easter Village Hall in southwest Angus on June 22nd 2002.

The hall was designed by Iain Dunsire of Battledown Studio, Forgandenny, Perthshire, taking inspiration from paintings of Angus stackyards by the eminent landscape artist James McIntosh Patrick.

The formations in the dance reflect the architecture of the building. The wheels represent the round stacks of corn; the chase represents the passageways outside the main hall; the reel of four represents weaving in and out of the various rooms; and the dance finishes with a celebratory circle representing the main hall, comprised of the two largest stacks.