The Auld Blether

Suggested Recordings: Many Happy Returns – 4, A Wee Nothin’

8 x 32J for 3 couples in a 4C set devised by Moira Turner

1-8 1^st and 2^nd couples dance the spiral from own sides:

1 – 4 1^st man and 2^nd woman turn right hand ¾ and balance in line with partners. On bar 4, 1^st woman and 2^nd man pull back left shoulder to face clockwise and rejoin hands.

5 – 6 In a diagonal line, 1^st and 2^nd couples rotate one place clockwise. (2^nd man and 1^st woman have progressed.)

7 – 8 1^st man and 2^nd woman turn right hand ¾ to progressed places on own side.

9-12 1st couple cross passing right shoulder and cast round 1^st corner to finish, 1st woman between 2^nd couple, 1^st man between 3^rd couple, facing 1^st corner.

13-16 1^st corners pass 1^st couple right shoulder and cast round partner to diagonally opposite corner position

WHILE

1^st couple pass 1^st corner right shoulder, then immediately pull back right shoulder to follow corners to 2^nd place own side.

17-20 1^st couple cross passing left shoulder and cast round 2^nd corner to finish, 1st man between 2^nd couple, 1^st woman between 3^rd couple, facing 2^nd corners.

21-24 2nd corners pass 1^st couple left shoulder and cast around partner’s place to diagonally opposite corner position

WHILE

1^st couple pass 2^nd corner left shoulder, then immediately pull back left shoulder to follow corners to 2^nd place own side.

25–28 1^st couple set as 1^st corners set advancing diagonally towards one another, all four dance right hands across half way.

29–32 1^st couple set as 2^nd corners set advancing diagonally towards one another, all four dance left hands across half way.

Repeat the dance having passed a couple.

Note: The execution of bars 9-16 should be a series of continuous, circular, clockwise movements for the dancing couple with no breaks in flow. Bars 17-24 should be likewise, but in an anti-clockwise direction.

March, 2005