Dance: Bonnie Stronshiray

Also known as »Bonnie's Lingerie« (unofficial)

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

Devised by:
Robert M Campbell (1963)
Formations:
Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
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:
Strathspey setting
Strathspey travel
Featured in:
42nd Frankfurt Spring Ball 2010
Published in:
Glasgow Assembly And Other Scottish Dances [28] *
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [17]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [17]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [22]
Full description:
http://www.dancearchives.co.uk/dances/glasgow_assembly/stronshiray.htm
Recommended Music:
Bonnie Stronshiray (Nan Main)
Miss Irene Fidler's Strathspey (Christopher Blair)
Recordings (5): Show tunes
Ghillies on the Golden Gate (Fiddlesticks & Ivory), track 4 [pace 66.1]  [has sample]
Ready...And! (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent), track 8 [pace 60.5]
Special Requests Volume 6 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 16 [pace 61.9]
Domino Five (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 12 [pace 60.0]
To the Laird (David South and his Scottish Dance Band), track 7 [pace 63.2]

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Crib

1-81C+2C turn ¾ BH onto midline, ½ Reel4, turn ¾ BH to (2,1,3)
9-161C set advancing and passing, turn 1cnrs BH to finish between end couples ; repeat with 2cnrs to finish (2,1x,3)
17-242C+1C+3C cross RH (1C face out and corners face in diagonally) | [19-20] corners advance {1} and retire {1} while 1C casts R to finish between end couples ; in lines across all change places RH (up / down) | Repeat [19-20] from new places, 1C finish BtoB facing 4cnr (2cnr persons)
25-321C ½Reel4 with these cnrs, pass LSh round P to face 3cnr (1cnr persons) ; ½Reel4 with these cnrs, at end turn RH to 2pl own sides
A quote: “the key that has always made this dance so wonderful is the flirting that dancing couple can do on bars 9-10 and 13-14 ; <...> if you actually set to your partner, advancing and at the last moment just slipping in BtoB to face and turn the appropriate corner, it’s tremendous fun. The moment is all too rare, as apparently few teachers teach it this way, but it’s a moment I savour.
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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