Dance: Anna Holden's Strathspey

32-bar Strathspey
2 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
John Drewry (1991)
Formations:
Petronella - tandem (PET;TANDEM;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Steps:
Strathspey travel
Strathspey setting
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Published in:
Bankhead Book Part 1 [2] *
Whiteadder Collection [2]
Book 42, to celebrate the 70th Summer School [2]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [6]
Recommended Music:
The 60th Summer School (Muriel A Johnstone)
Recordings (4): Show tunes
Book 42. (Marian Anderson and her Band), track 2
Dancing Fingers 3 (Muriel A Johnstone), track 2 [pace 66.6]
Dancing Forth (Gordon Shand and his Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 64.5]
Quick Here's Anither Yin (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 6 [pace 61.2]

Crib

1-81C+2C RHA (2C face out) ; 1C cross down, while 2C cast up | 1M+2W & 2M+1W Turn ¾ easy hand to line4 across facing down (1C between 2C)
9-16All dance down, on [12] 1C turns in and 2C meets, all NHJ ; 1C+2C dance up, 1C cast off to 2plx, while 2C dance to 1pl
17-24All set | “petronella in tandem” ; repeat (to 1,2x)
25-32All set | ½ Circle4 Left ; 1C turn BH 1½ to 2pl.
(Note: on [16] 2C usually casts into 1pl)
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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