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Dance Video Orcadian Strip the Willow (Video 1)

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Music changes from traditional to pop (e.g. 500 miles) halfway through.
Dance
Orcadian Strip the Willow (J16, Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance)
Added by
Amy Nicholls (May 6, 2019, 8:25 a.m.) – Source: YouTube
Quality (of the dancing)
Informal/Social (RSCDS) (What does this mean?)
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Music changes from traditional to pop (e.g. 500 miles) halfway through.

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Orcadian Strip the Willow other/-anyL · J16
1–8
1st couple spin RH.
9-
1st couple work down the opposite line (i.e. of the people of the opposite sex) turning side person LH, partner RH, next side person LH, … [2 bars per turn] When 1st couple reach the bottom, they spin to the end of the phrase, then join the side lines.

A new couple starts every 16 bars.

Source: http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#StripTheWillow2

[square backets mark additions by person entering the dance into SCD Database]

(No diagram available.)