The Braw Fiddler Laddie

for John

Original Tune: ‘Captain Keiller’

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

1 – 8 1^st and 2^nd couples en rond.

9 – 20 2^nd, 1^st and 3^rd couples dance rights & lefts for three couples. 2^nd corners remain facing out at the end of bar 20. Others face the dancer just turned (no polite turns).

21 – 24 1^st couple dance half reels of three in own sideline. 1^st couple give left shoulder to partner’s 1^st corner (the dancer just turned) to begin.

25 – 28 3^rd, 1^st and 2^nd couples set, link for three and finish with 1^st man between 2^nd couple facing down and 1^st woman between 3^rd couple facing up. (Dancers at left end of lines dance in, others cast to link.)

29 - 32 1st man cast round 2^nd woman to 2^nd place on the women’s side and cross to own side

WHILE

1^st woman dances up between 2^nd couple (following her partner) and casts to 2^nd place own side.

Repeat the dance having passed a couple. At the end of the 2^nd repetition, the dancing couple change places left hands on the sides with 4^th couple as the new top couples begin the en rond.

March, 2005

“En Rond”

1 – 2 1st and 2nd women, also 1st and 2nd men, change places left hands on the sides, finishing with polite turns.

3 – 4 All set to partner.

5 – 8 2^nd and 1^st couples dance 4 hands once round to the right to finish on the sidelines.

Condensed from the RSCDS Manual of SCD (1997) p. 6.15

“Rights and Lefts for Three Couples”

1 – 2 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd couples, giving right hand to partner, cross over to change sides.

3 – 4 1^st man and 3^rd woman, giving left hand, change places diagonally.

1^st and 2^nd women, also 2^nd & 3^rd men, giving left hand, change places on the sideline.

5 – 6 All 3 couples giving right hand, cross over to change sides.

7 – 8 2^nd couple, giving left hands, change places diagonally.

3^rd & 1^st couples, giving left hand, change places with partner on the sideline.

9–10 All 3 couples giving right hand, cross over to change sides.

11–12 3rd man & 1st woman, giving left hand, change places diagonally.

1st and 2nd men, also 2nd & 3^rd women, giving left hand, change places on the sideline.

Condensed from the RSCDS Manual of SCD (1997) p. 6.50

“Link for Three”

1 – 2 Dancers at the left ends of the lines of three in the sidelines dance to right ends and curve into place; top dancer in men’s sideline finishes in 3rd man’s place, bottom dancer in women’s sideline finishes in 1st woman’s place.

Other dancers pull right shoulders back and cast clockwise in tandem; middle and bottom dancers in men’s sideline finish in 1^st place (in the centre of the dance and men’s sideline respectively), WHILE top and middle dancers in women’s sideline finish in 3^rd place (in women’s sideline and the centre of the dance respectively).

A figure devised by Milton Levy (See RSCDS Book 36 #4)