Dance Gillie's Garters 20489
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Lydia Hedge (2019)
- Intensity
- 800/888/844/888 = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
-
- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Corners Pass and Turn (C-P&T)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
-
- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
-
- Further Ado [14]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- M G Hughes’s parents named him ‘Gilbert’ after his mother’s father. Over the years many have shortened it to Gil …
M G Hughes’s parents named him ‘Gilbert’ after his mother’s father. Over the years many have shortened it to Gil or Gillie. So, this title has nothing to do with the lad who follows the Laird.
Gillie's Garters 3/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c set | cast off (2c up) ; dance down between 3c, meet | dance up to 2pl (2,1,3)
- 9–
- All turn P RH ½, face P | cast R to exchanged places (to 2x,1x,3x) ; 2c & 3c repeat [9–12] back to places while{4} 1c turn P RH twice to face 1cnrs
- 17–
- Corners Pass and Turn, cnrs turning with BH (2,1,3)
- 25–
- Circle6 and back (2,1,3)
Gillie's Garters 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1s set, cast (2s step up); 1s dance down between 3s & cast up to 2nd place own side
- 9-16
- 2s+1s+3s 1/2 turn partner RH, pull back RSh & dance out to opp sides; 2s+3s repeat while 1s turn RH twice round to face 1st corners
- 17-24
- 1s dance Corner Pass+Turn with 1st corners, dance Corner Pass+Turn with 2nd corners. 1s pass RSh to 2nd place own sides (corners turn 2H)
- 25-32
- 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back
