Original Tune: ‘The Graceful Young Woman’ by John Turner © Fiddletree Music1986

Suggested Recordings: Vintage Goldring – 8, “Partnership”

In this dance 1^st & 3^rd couples start on opposite sides of the dance. (FIG. 1)

1 – 8	1^st and 2nd couples birl. (Note it is the two women who set and the men who dance around.) On bars 7 and 8, 1^st couple turn right hand to face traditional 1^st corner positions and 3^rd couple cross right hand. (FIG. 2)
9 - 12	1^st couple set to 1^st corners (bar 9), set to partner across the dance (bar 10), then turn with two hands and pivot right about to finish facing traditional 2^nd corner positions.
13 - 16	1^st couple set to 2^nd corners (bar 13), set to partner up and down the dance (bar 14), then turn partner with left hand to 2^nd place opposite side. (FIG. 3)
17 - 24	1^st and 3^rd couples birl. (Note that again the two women set and the men dance around.) On bars 23 and 24, 2^nd couple cross right hand. (FIG. 4)
25 – 28	Women dance three hands once round to the left. (FIG. 5)
29 – 32	Men dance three left hands across once round. (FIG. 6)

Repeat from new positions.

“The Birl“

This progression takes 8 bars to execute and uses both setting and traveling steps.

The formation begins from the sidelines and involves two couples.

The instructions below refer to standard set notation and not to the positions of dancers in this dance when they execute the formation.

1 – 4

1^st man and 2^nd woman set to each other advancing, turn two hands 5/8 and pivot right about to finish back to back woman facing up, man facing down

WHILE

1^st woman and 2^nd man dance anti-clockwise around partners to face own partner.

5 - 8

1^st and 2^nd couples set to partner and turn right hand to own sideline.

devised by Bob Campbell (c. 1976) (See Glasgow Assembly p.10)