Monday 'Beginners, Basics & Improvers' Class - details 2023
What we did :-
Class 1 - 30th Jan 2023
Steps - Slip Step; Skip Change of Step (Used for Jigs & Reels)
Dances - Dunnet Head; Borrowdale Exchange; A Highland Welcome; Cumberland Square (adapted)
Formations used - Hands Round and back (aka Circle); Advance & Retire; Chase; Dancing down; DoSiDo (aka Back to Back); Right Hands Across; Left Hands Across; Turning partner; Rights & Lefts, Stepping up.
Class 1 - 30th Jan 2023
Steps - Slip Step; Skip Change of Step (Used for Jigs & Reels)
Dances - Dunnet Head; Borrowdale Exchange; A Highland Welcome; Cumberland Square (adapted)
Formations used - Hands Round and back (aka Circle); Advance & Retire; Chase; Dancing down; DoSiDo (aka Back to Back); Right Hands Across; Left Hands Across; Turning partner; Rights & Lefts, Stepping up.
Class 2 - 6th Feb 2023
Steps - Strathspey Travelling Step (Used for Strathspeys)
Dances - Dunnet Head (as a warm up dance); Crooket Horned Ewie; the Alyth Promenade (adapted from a Jig - danced to Marion Anderson's music for Broadway); The Birks of Invermay
Formations used - Leading down; Dancing down; Casting; Two Hand Turns; Crossing giving Right Hands ; Turning partner; Promenade for 3 couples, Stepping up. Hands Round and Back (aka Circle).
Steps - Strathspey Travelling Step (Used for Strathspeys)
Dances - Dunnet Head (as a warm up dance); Crooket Horned Ewie; the Alyth Promenade (adapted from a Jig - danced to Marion Anderson's music for Broadway); The Birks of Invermay
Formations used - Leading down; Dancing down; Casting; Two Hand Turns; Crossing giving Right Hands ; Turning partner; Promenade for 3 couples, Stepping up. Hands Round and Back (aka Circle).
Class 3 - 13th Feb 2023
Steps - Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Waratah Weaver (Jig)(as a warm up dance); Hamilton House (Jig); The Wind on Loch Fyne (Strathspey); The Reel of the 51st Division(Reel)
Formations used - Figures of 8; Turning partner with R or L or 2 hands. Slipping down dance, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Setting in lines, Balancing in lines, Setting to & turning corners. Stepping up. Interlocking reels of 4;
Steps - Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Waratah Weaver (Jig)(as a warm up dance); Hamilton House (Jig); The Wind on Loch Fyne (Strathspey); The Reel of the 51st Division(Reel)
Formations used - Figures of 8; Turning partner with R or L or 2 hands. Slipping down dance, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Setting in lines, Balancing in lines, Setting to & turning corners. Stepping up. Interlocking reels of 4;
Class 4 - 20th Feb 2023
Steps - Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Waratah Weaver (Jig)(as a warm up dance); The Dashing White Sergeant (Reel); Domino 5 (Jig), The Fisherman's Reel (Reel), The Wind on Loch Fyne (Strathspey).
Formations used - Figures of 8; Turning partner with R or L or 2 hands. Slipping down dance, Casting, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Reels of 3, Advance and Retire (Adv & Ret), Stepping up. Interlocking reels of 4.
Steps - Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Waratah Weaver (Jig)(as a warm up dance); The Dashing White Sergeant (Reel); Domino 5 (Jig), The Fisherman's Reel (Reel), The Wind on Loch Fyne (Strathspey).
Formations used - Figures of 8; Turning partner with R or L or 2 hands. Slipping down dance, Casting, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Reels of 3, Advance and Retire (Adv & Ret), Stepping up. Interlocking reels of 4.
Class 5 - 6th March 2023 (28th Feb 2023 cancelled)
Steps - Strathspey Setting Step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Good Hearted Glasgow(Reel)(as a warm up dance); The Dream Catcher (strathspey)
Formations used - Turning partner with R hands, L hands 1 1/2 + Right hands into allemande hold, Casting, leading down the middle & back, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Reels of 4, 'the swirl', rights & lefts
Steps - Strathspey Setting Step, Strathspey travelling step.
Dances - Good Hearted Glasgow(Reel)(as a warm up dance); The Dream Catcher (strathspey)
Formations used - Turning partner with R hands, L hands 1 1/2 + Right hands into allemande hold, Casting, leading down the middle & back, Hands round and back, Hands across (AKA 'Teapots'), Reels of 4, 'the swirl', rights & lefts
Class 6 - 13th March 2023
Steps - 'Country dancing' waltz steps, Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting and Travelling Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step
Dances - Waltz Country Dance; The Dream Catcher; Postie's Jig; The Ring of Brodgar; De'il Amang the Tailors.
Formations used - As previous classes + 2 couple allemande
Steps - 'Country dancing' waltz steps, Pas-de-basque (Used in Jigs & Reels for setting & travelling small distances), Strathspey Setting and Travelling Step (Used for Strathspeys). Slip step, Skip change of step
Dances - Waltz Country Dance; The Dream Catcher; Postie's Jig; The Ring of Brodgar; De'il Amang the Tailors.
Formations used - As previous classes + 2 couple allemande