Dance: Middling, Thank You
40-bar Jig
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Button and Whittaker
(1812)
- Formations:
-
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
Turn Corners and Partner (CPCP)
Note: Due to limitations
in the underlying data,
the relative order of formations in this list may be different
from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
- Published in:
-
Book 15
[8]
*
Pocket: Books 13,14,15
[32]
101 Scottish Country Dances
[70]
Scottish Reels are Fun
[40]
Collins Pocket Reference
[147]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[103]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[98]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[122]
- Recommended Music:
-
Middling, Thank You
((traditional))
Oh Tell na Me o' Wind and Rain
((traditional))
- Recordings (4):
Show tunes
-
Book 14/15. Music for Scottish Country Dances (1)
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 3
[pace 34.0]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 1
(Fiddlers Three Plus Two),
track 7
[pace 34.0]
Dances Old, Dances New
(Olympians Scottish Dance Band),
track 9
Book 15
(Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 8
[pace 34.4]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C+2C set twice ; half R&L |
| 9-16 | Repeat [1-8], finish for: |
| 17-24 | 1C+2C Poussette |
| 25-32 | 1C lead down the middle {3} and up to the top {3}, cast off one to face 1cnr |
| 33-40 | Turn CPCP (to 2,1,3) |
| (Note: In 25-32, the way up + cast is long, and a phrasing 2 down, 4 up, cast 2 both looks and feels better). |
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