Dance Video The Weathercock (Video 7)
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Red Thistle Dancers, Pleasanton Highland Games, 2011.
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- The Weathercock (J32, Veronica Hughes: A Second Book of Graded Scottish Country Dances)
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Red Thistle Dancers, Pleasanton Highland Games, 2011.
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The Weathercock 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- Parallel Reels4 on the sides
- 9–
- 1c+3c set advancing to midline and join RH with P, LH in middle | BiL (2c+4c up) ; 1c+2c & 3c+4c RHA
- 17–
- 1W+3M turn LH ¾ while{2} 1M+3W dance round clw ¼ to meet P in line across | BiL ; repeat
- 25–
- 3c+2c & 1c+4c RHA ; 1c+3c turn person ahead (“corner”) RH to finish (2,3,4,1) (M turn once and a bit, W turn 1½ and a bit)
Note: the set tends to move upwards; ease down gently in the turns to end in the right positions