Suggested Tune: ‘Jarnovich’s Reel’ by Isaac Cooper

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

1 –8 1^st couple dance figures of eight in their own sidelines passing 2^nd couple by the right to begin. 1^st woman remains facing out at the end of bar 8.

9-16 “Twisted Tourbillon”

9 – 10 1^st man with 2^nd man, also 1^st woman with 2^nd woman, half turn right hand, then 2^nd man and 1^st woman lead one place clockwise to finish in the centre of the dance with 1^st couple on the men’s side and 2^nd couple on the women’s side.

11 – 12 Retaining right hands, 1^st and 2^nd couples set across the dance.

13 – 14 Retaining right hands, 1^st man with 2^nd man, also 1^st woman with 2^nd woman, half turn right hand, then 1^st man and 2^nd woman lead one place clockwise. All finish in progressed places on opposite sides.

15 – 16 1^st and 2^nd couples pass partner right shoulder and cross to own sideline.

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17 –24 1^st and 3^rd couples reel of four across the dance, starting from the sidelines. 1^st couple finish facing down, 3^rd couple up.

25 –32 2^nd, 1^st and 3^rd couples grand chain.

Repeat the dance having passed a couple. At the end of the 1^st repetition, 1st couple dance straight from the final left hand change of the grand chain into the figures of eight. On the 2^nd repetition, the dancing couple again dances straight from the final left hand change to pass 4^th couple by the right as the new top couple does the same from 1^st place. 4^th couple steps up in the sideline on the first two bars of the next repetition

February, 2005

Note: The ‘Tourbillon,’ devised by Barry Priddey, was conceived in strathspey time in ‘The Sands of Morar’ [Glasgow Diamond Jubilee: 1983]. The formation has been minimally adapted here for use in reel time. Both pairs (men and women) retain right hands throughout the first six bars.

This dance was originally conceived as Pickle Your Liver to Your Heart’s Content! and depicted the meanderings of one who’d had a dram too many. But it evolved - and took on quite a different character.