Issue 1800: The New Shepherd's Crook

Object

The New Shepherd's Crook (Dance)

Submitter

Iain Ross

Assigned to

Murrough Landon

Priority

Normal

Disposition

Fixed

Description

You currently don’t have any instructions for The New Shepherd’s Crook, although you have an entry for it. Here are the long words, from the pdf on http://www.bstk.hu/book2/ The New Shepherd’s Crook 40 bar strathspey for 3 couples in a 3 couple longwise set Bars Description 1-8 1st couple set to each other lead down, cross over below 3rd couple and cast up to 2nd place opposite side, 2nd couple step up on bars 7-8. 9-16 1st man with 2nd and 3rd woman, and 1st woman with 2nd and 3rd man dance the “shepherd’s crook” as follows: all set on the sidelines, the person on the right of 1st couple dances under the arch made by 1st couple and the person on their left, 1st couple follows under the arch while the left hand person turns under his/her own right arm. Repeat with the dancer on the left of 1st couple leading. 17-20 1st couple dance a half reel of three on the sidelines, giving right shoulder to person on their right to begin. 21-24 3rd couple turn both hands once round, while 1st couple turn both hand one and a half times to finish in a diagonal line. 25-32 3rd and 1st couple dance a half poussette followed by 3rd and 2nd couple dancing a half poussette finishing in order 1, 2, 3. 33-40 All three couples dance six hands right round to the left for 6 bars finishing in order 1,2,3 in the middle facing up. On the last 2 bars 1st couple cast down 2 places, while 2nd and 3rd couple dance up finishing in order 2, 3, 1.

Devised by Zsolt Molnár for David Hall on the occasion of a "rather special birthday” May 2018. Dave was the mentor and "shepherd” during Zsolt’s SCD teaching certificate.

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