Auberge Willow Place Inn

Sights, sounds and impressions from the terrace on Lac des Deux Montagnes, Hudson QC

Original Tune:

Suggested Recording:

8 x 32S for 3 couples in a 4C set devised by Moira Turner & Stella Fogg

Como-Oka Ferry

1^st woman and 3^rd man represent the two ferries making the crossing simultaneously from opposite banks, then waiting to load; the other dancers represent the cars waiting, then loading on to the ferries.

1 – 4 1^st woman and 3^rd man change places passing left shoulder, slip into each other’s place, then set to one another

WHILE

1^st and 2^nd men, also 2^nd and 3^rd women, set and link.

5 – 8 All 3 couples repeat bars 1-4 back to original places.

Anglo-Franco Melange – the progression

9 – 16 1^st and 2^nd couples turn partner two hands (2 bars) to finish ready for a rondel. 1^st and 2^nd couples dance the first 4 bars of a rondel, then 1^st couple turn 2^nd couple two hands once round on the sideline.

Herons in Flight

17 – 18 2^nd man, 1^st woman and 3^rd man advance 1 step, joining hands momentarily in triangular formation, then retire 1 step to place.

19 – 20 2^nd woman, 1^st man and 3^rd woman repeat bars 17 - 18.

21 – 22 2^nd man, 1^st woman and 3^rd man repeat bars 17 – 18 as 2^nd woman, 1^st man and 3^rd woman repeat bars 19 - 20.

23 – 24 All 3 couples ½ turn partner right hand to finish facing up in the centre of the set.

The Willow That Is No More …

25 –28    2^nd couple, followed by 1^st and 3^rd couples, lead up, cross at the top of the set, cast round 1^st place and dance down behind own sideline to 3^rd place. (3C, 1C, 2C.)

Ghosts above Room 6

29 - 32   All 3 couples “Set and Link Around.”

29-30 All 3 couples set in the sideline.

31-32 3^rd woman casts to 3^rd place, 2^nd woman dances up and round by the right into 1^st place

WHILE

2^nd man casts up to 1^st place, 3^rd man dances down and round by the right into 3^rd place

AND

1^st couple continues to set.

Paraphrased from the RSCDS Manual of SCD (1997) p. 6.53

Repeat the dance having passed a couple. At the end of the 2^nd repetition, 3^rd couple link into 3^rd place in the set as the dancing couple steps down to 4^th place on the last 2 bars.

June, 2005