The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
The Strathspey Server
Your resource for Scottish country dance and music
| 1. | Strip the Willow (was Obsolete Books - 2) ... system of > classifying difficulty by the number of total beginners a ... easy that a caller outside the set can shout > instructions. In ... a 9/8 dance is the most popular > and common item ... to get beginners through "Strip the Willow"? My experience from helping ... Message 36498 · Ian Brockbank · 9 September 2003 17:02:15 |
| 2. | Strip the Willow ... Gordons, Hebridean Weaving Lilt, Last of the Lairds, Balmoral > Strathspey, a Waltz, Shetland ... the Blackcocks (4x32 Reel) and Strip the > Willow (4x48 Slip Jig). and, ... Blackcocks are kind of specialized, > especially the latter. They might work for other ... Message 2388 · van Maarseveen, Irene x3716 · 31 August 1995 18:17:00 |
| 3. | Strip the Willow ... wrote: > Getting back to Strip the Willow. We always did it as ... I don't think most of the dancers would have noticed had I ... ? After a tough strathspey, Strip the Willow can be just what ... . But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac (1902- ... Message 2369 · David Mostardi · 30 August 1995 04:19:08 |
| 4. | Strip the Willow ... Two weeks ago we danced Strip the Willow to Freeland Barbour's Occasionals band in the student union at University of ... 8 jigs are right quick compelling the dancer to enjoy a great tight ... two steps per bar.) In the northeast of England, concertina player, ... Message 11206 · Susanne Petrov · 9 March 1998 15:40:46 |
| 5. | Alternate names for Strip the Willow? ... " but > no mention of "Strip the Willow". Needless to say, this surprised ... Has there been an evolution in the name of this dance or is "Skip > the Willow" something completely different? Any ... went to with friends. That's the explanation I've always heard ... Message 11191 · Jim and Donna Ferguson · 7 March 1998 01:56:56 |
| 6. | Alternate names for Strip the Willow? ... I was growing up near Edinburgh, the dance was always referred to ... trying to keep up with the music, "Drops of Brandy" is quite an appropriate title. All the best. Eric Oberdan Otto wrote: ... " but > no mention of "Strip the Willow". Needless to say, this ... Message 11194 · Eric Clyde · 7 March 1998 14:38:42 |
| 7. | Canadian Strip the Willow ... have never come across this dance. The only two versions we dance are ... the only dance with 'Canada' in the name I know of. Alasdair ... @paranor.ch> Subject: Canadian Strip the Willow > I have to MC a ... the month and one of the dances to be > done is Canadian ... Message 38776 · Alasdair Graham · 4 July 2004 12:58:07 |
| 8. | Strip the Willow ... To: SCD news and discussion > Subject: Strip the Willow (was: Orcadian version?) > > > Speaking of Strip ... 1 (I make a point of teaching the very traditional > dances > like StW, The ... just great, is > 4x48 > bars where the RSCDS book specifies 4x40 bars. > ... Message 46730 · Wesley Harry · 15 November 2006 09:24:49 |
| 9. | Orcadian Strip the Willow ... /dances.html Orcadian (or Shetland) Strip the Willow Formation: Couples in a long line ... the band. Couples number from nearest the band. Music: 6/8 or 9/8 ... @digital.com Edinburgh, Scotland Grand Chain: The Scottish Dance and Music Resource: ... Message 13097 · Ian Brockbank · 17 September 1998 12:44:07 |
| 10. | Strip the Willow ... more successful when dealing with the natives. When apporaching natives in ... habitat, hang back, observe, learn the social conventions that work as ... music, phrase, of figure. Strip the Willow is a good dance ... you find yourself behind at the end of your music, try ... Message 28550 · Richard Goss · 1 December 2001 01:41:23 |
| 11. | Canadian Strip the Willow ... I've never heard of canadian strip the willow.? There is a Canadian barn dance and Strip the willow. (maybe they mean doing it in ... ' jig time as opposed to the 9/8 jig time, running step as the dance is actually written? (But hardly anyone doing ... Message 38777 · Elainerb · 4 July 2004 14:58:46 |
| 12. | Strip the Willow - two bars ahead ... to turn 1 1/2 at the bottom. > >It looks great on paper ... but I >suppose that, with »Strip the Willow«, insignificant trifles such as >these can hardly matter at all :^) The original tune for a 9/8 ... 2-bar-phrasing - as opposed to the mainly four or eight bar ... Message 29999 · Oliver Thinius · 19 March 2002 10:17:21 |
| 13. | Alternate names for Strip the Willow? ... a mention of a dance called "Skip the Willow" but no mention of "Strip the Willow". Needless to say, this surprised us ... . Has there been an evolution in the name of this dance or is "Skip the Willow" something completely different? Any suggestions ... Message 11188 · Oberdan Otto · 7 March 1998 00:30:47 |
| 14. | Strip the Willow ... to be danced with running steps and elbow grips - the idea of dancing Strip the Willow with precision leaves me cold. I'm ... . Ah well. > > > Jim asks why the Strip the Willow dancers were not using the elbow > > grip. In some areas STW is danced ... Message 11152 · RSCDS SD · 5 March 1998 19:01:51 |
| 15. | Musicians (and Strip the Willow) ... Barbara's general comments on Strip the Willow as >not really an RSCDS ... finishing with a birl until the end. In modern Ceilidh dancing a ... I want to be with the music. I quite enjoy dancing ... bars of 9/8 became the official version. Irene finishes: >A ... Message 2360 · Jim & Marilyn Healy · 29 August 1995 18:01:37 |
| 16. | Strip The Willow (square) Totally Awesome! Never knew about the 5th & 6th time through. Will add ... 1:53 AM Subject: Re: Strip The Willow (square) > Marie Disiewicz wrote: >> We have the pleasure of doing this dance and ... 5th and > 6th times though, all the men (5th) and then all the ... Message 45374 · Marie Disiewicz · 25 May 2006 17:09:01 |
| 17. | Strip The Willow (square) ... but then some dances, such as Balance the Star, have this setting movement in them ... 2006 12:14 PM Subject: RE: Strip The Willow (square) > Hi Tom, > >> Many thanks ... set twice and > spin like in the Eightsome Reel. > > Ian Brockbank > Edinburgh, Scotland ... Message 45301 · James Tween · 16 May 2006 20:03:11 |
| 18. | Strip the Willow ... may want to teach Strip the Willow this week, probably using ... Ltd http://www.indigovision.com/ The Edinburgh Technopole, Bush Loan, Edinburgh ... http://www.scottishdance.net Feed the world: http://www.thehungersite.com ... Message 29983 · Ian Brockbank · 18 March 2002 10:50:47 |
| 19. | Strip the Willow ... other dancers were staying too - the hotel had a ceidlidh on ... a drink and look at the dancing - a rather inebriated gentleman ... 57 AM Subject: Re: Strip the Willow > > > It is exactly when ... a restaurant -- heaven knows what the public > will be !), so fervently ... Message 28485 · Pia Walker · 29 November 2001 09:39:02 |
| 20. | Strip the Willow ... one uses precise phrasing that > the dance has a chance of ... from dancing this comes when the > turns are EXACTLY timed. If ... get at a public event. The best thing about dancing to a ... class, dance a phrased Strip the willow without hands... Adam Cambridge, ... Message 28459 · Adam Hughes · 28 November 2001 14:06:58 |
