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This dance is good to teach to people who believe they’ve seen everything. One fun aspect is that every other three-bar phrase starts on the left foot, which works out reasonably well. Also, the turn-corners-and-partner bit is more relaxed than usual because there are three bars per hand rather than two.
I loved this dance!
Flowing very well!
This is a dance for advance dancers, great flirting though! :-)
This is a very good dance and the recorded music (Muriel Johnstone, Keith Smith, and Jim Lindsay) is superb. The dance stays within the traditional forms but there is some subtle play with the elements that makes the dance stand out from the crowd.
On its own merits this dance deserves to be in the standard repertoire - the music takes it to an even higher level.
When I teach the dance and play this music the room becomes quiet, the dancers lose themselves in it and forget to start dancing. Two thumbs up.
This one is different, in a good way. I got some strange looks when I taught it. I learned it to a set of REELS - (Fire in the Rye 6x32 - Music Makars - Jig for Joy). Liked the dance, loved the music. My class also liked the dance loved the music.
I believe it was created by a primary school teacher and her class in Dunbeg, Scotland. So it’s easy to learn.
Involves the whole set and is fast and not too complex. Nice symmetry, too.
I taught the dance to a set of six advanced dancers with two very raw beginners. They liked it. If you are a technique hound then this dance probably won’t be to your taste, it is pleasant but not spectacular. It is a social, not a show, vehicle.
At first viewing there is little to recommend it - when it is danced well it is very pretty. It is all about timing and finishing the formations almost late. That is when it shines.
This seems to be a good dance!
It is a poor idea to change a published dance. That leads to confusion in classes and at dance events when some have heard of the change and others not. If a dance needs a change, republish with a new name.
The transition 16-17 is awkward. 1c faces out the ends, and then has to give Rsh to 1cnr. Eric