Dance The Trysting Place 6756

Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)

Devised by

Iain Boyd (1985)

Intensity

88 88 88 88 = 100% (1 turn), 69% (whole dance)

Formations

Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Poussette Highland Schottische (POUSS;HS;)

Steps

Highland Schottische, Strathspey travel

Published in

Book 35 Scottish Country Dances [6]
Scottish Country Dances Books 31 to 38 (Combined A5 edition) [54]
Pocket: Books 33,34,35 [22]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [181] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [190] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [159] (diagram only)
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [148] (diagram only)

Recommended Music

The Duchess of Gordon's New Strathspey (Robert Mackintosh)

Extra Info

Notes from Book 35

The dance was devised by Iain Boyd, New Zealand, in 1985, and inscribed to Mary Murray …

Notes from Book 35

The dance was devised by Iain Boyd, New Zealand, in 1985, and inscribed to Mary Murray of Vancouver B.C.

Mary’s former home in Falkirk, and still that of her parents, is in Tryst Road, opposite the traditional site of the Falkirk Tryst where cattle drovers from the Highlands, Lowlands and the north of England met to buy and sell their livestock and produce.

The Highland Schottische poussette was created by Jackie Johnstone of Dumfries and was first used in his dance “S. S. Johnstone” (Loreburn Set Volume II). In that dance, the men start back to back in the middle of the line and so progression been modified for use in “Trysting Place”.

Notes extracted from elsewhere

The “Falkirk Tryst” was one of the largest livestock markets in Scotland with farmers and buyers gathering from all over Scotland and beyond. At its height times as many as 150,000 cattle, sheep and horses were droved there. The tryst was held up to three times a year in August, September and October. With the arrival of the railroad, numbers declined until the late 19th century. Nowadays, you still have the annual Falkirk tryst fun fair here.

For more also historical information on the Falkirk Tryst see Falkirk Local History Society, Our Stories Falkirk, Falkirk Herold and Wikipedia.

Pronuncation

The Scots pronuncation of “tryst”, according to the Dictionaries of the Scots Language is /trəist/. Don’t let yourself be confused by English dictionaries online which usually specify /trɪst/.

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Trysting Place	Jim MacLeod and his Band	Book 35. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	LP+	6	S32 8	8:34	64.2
The Trysting Place	Neil Copland and his Scottish Dance Band	Book 35. Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances	CD	6	S32 8	8:25	63.1
The Trysting Place	Chris Duncan & Catherine Strutt	Carriages at Midnight	CD	6	S32 8	8:51	66.4

The Trysting Place 2/4L · S32

1–: 1c+2c S&Link, repeat
9–: 1M+2W change places RH and set while 2W+1M set and change places ; repeat
17–: 1c+2c RHA ; LHA into:
25–: 1c+2c (in centre, women above P) H.Schottische Poussette.

E-cribs

The Trysting Place 2/4L · S32

1-8: 1s+2s Set+Link, Set+Link again back to original places
9-16: 1M & 2L cross RH & set while 1L & 2M set & cross RH, repeat back to places
17-24: 1s+2s dance RH across & LH back to end in line of 4 in middle facing partners (Ladies facing down & Men up)
25-32: 1s+2s dance Highland Schottische Poussette:; 1s set HS step with both hands joined dancing out to Men’s side while 2s set & dance out to Ladies side ending with a 1/4 turn to right; 1s dance HS down Men’s side & 2s up Ladies side ending with a 1/4 turn to right; 1s+2s dance HS into centre to reform line of 4 in middle with couples having changed places, Men facing down, Ladies facing up; 2s+1s 3/4 turn partners 2H to own sides, 1s ending in 2nd place own side

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