[Callers] 9-person dance?

[Keith Wood via Callers]

I've written a new one recently: The Curse of Scotland.

See an animation at 
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#TheCurseOfScotland.

Formation:Longways set for four couples, plus one person extra in the 
centre between couples 2 and 3

Music:32 bar reels

Source:Keith Wood December 2015

Notes:For Anthony Simon's 60th birthday.

The 9 of Diamonds playing card is nicknamed the Curse of Scotland, 
supposedly because every 9th Scottish king (with diamonds in their 
crowns) was a tyrant. This dance is in the formation of the nine spots 
on the card.

The extra person is the nine-spot. If the nine-spot is a woman, then the 
stars are done left hand at the ends and right hand in the centre, with 
the nine-spot leading the 1st woman and finishing in her place.

1-4 	Nine-spot with 2nd couple arch over 1st couple (who don't move), 
nine-spot and 2nd man arch over 2nd woman to invert the line, and arch 
back down over 1st couple, 3rd and 4th couples circle left once around
5-8 	Nine-spot with 3rd couple arch over 4th couple (who don't move), 
nine-spot and 3rd woman arch over 3rd man to invert the line, and arch 
back up over 4th couple, 1st and 2nd couples circle left once around
9-16 	Double figure of eight at each end, 2nd and 3rd couples cast 
up/down respectively to start, 1st and 4th couples cross down/up
17-20 	1st and 2nd couples, and 3rd and 4th couples, half 
rights-and-lefts at each end
21-24 	1st and 4th couples half rights-and-lefts in the middle (around 
nine-spot), 2nd and 3rd couples swing with ceilidh hold
25-28 	1st and 3rd couples with nine-spot star right once around at the 
bottom (nine-spot in front of 1st man), 2nd and 4th couples star right 
at the top
29-32 	1st and 4th couples with nine-spot star left once around in the 
middle (nine-spot in front of 1st man), finishing with 1st man in the 
centre of the set as the new nine-spot, and the nine-spot opposite 1st 
woman, 2nd and 3rd couples swing with ceilidh hold


Cheers

Keith

> Can anyone suggest a 9-person dance?  I'm aware of the traditional Nine-Pin, and Monkey in the Middle by Sherry Nevins.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Richard Fischer
>
> Princeton, NJ
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