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| 1. | Falkland Beauty? ... .uk> To: "Strathspey" <strathspey@strathspey.org> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Falkland Beauty? > Falkland Beauty? > Please can anyone advise me how the dancing couple can set to both corners > and get ... Message 39470 · Jock McVlug · 4 October 2004 23:14:06 |
| 2. | Falkland Beauty? ... actually is easier, but being old fashioned I have always taught it as an RSCDS dance! cheers Angus >Falkland Beauty? >Please can anyone advise me how the dancing couple can set to both corners >and get into ... Message 39475 · Fiona Grant · 5 October 2004 17:51:37 |
| 3. | Falkland Beauty? ... actually is easier, but being old fashioned I have always taught it as an RSCDS dance! cheers Angus >Falkland Beauty? >Please can anyone advise me how the dancing couple can set to both corners >and get into ... Message 39474 · Angus Henry · 5 October 2004 09:01:20 |
| 4. | Falkland Beauty? Falkland Beauty? Please can anyone advise me how the dancing couple can set to both corners and get into position for the advance and retire on bar 5 of this deceptively simple old dance? From RSCDS Book 4 Fiona Bristol Message 39468 · Fiona Grant · 4 October 2004 22:50:59 |
| 5. | Falkland Beauty? Hello Fiona I think this is another RSCDS dance which was put together by a committee in its cups! The way I advised was at it has been taught to me by the old guard at St Andrews, but if anyone comes up with a better interpretation they should write ... Message 39477 · Angus Henry · 6 October 2004 05:37:06 |
| 6. | Falkland Beauty? Fiona: The figure in Book 4 has 1C back to back in a diagonal line of 4 between 1st corners at the end of bar 2. To get there, the dance description tells them to "pass by the right shoulder." If they're actually in the sidelines at the end of bar 2, ... Message 39476 · Norma or Mike Briggs · 5 October 2004 18:12:10 |
| 7. | Falkland Beauty? > Our beloved notes from the RSCDS Manual say "Bar 4 .. 1st couple must use > the pas de basque in order to move into side lines, pulling back the right > shoulder". > Just how much eye contact can one can have with 2nd corner? .... something > less than ... Message 39472 · Ron Mackey · 5 October 2004 01:22:19 |
| 8. | Falkland Beauty? Bars 1-4: Using pdb step, 1C pass each other LS to face 1st corners. Set on bar 3 to 1st corner. Set on bar 4 to 2nd corner, at the same time turning into opposite side ready for advance and retire. TAC Notes on RSCDS dances, 3rd ed. 1986 (slightly ... Message 39469 · Norma or Mike Briggs · 4 October 2004 22:59:58 |
| 9. | "Not Recommended for the faint hearted" ... 10 The Bumkin 3x3 3x96 Jig 2 11 Admiral Nelson 4 64 Reel 19 12 The Falkland Beauty 3 24 Jig 4 13 The Perth Medley 3 32R 32S Medley 2 14 St Patrick' ... Message 12636 · Malcolm & Helen Brown · 15 July 1998 22:59:35 |
