[Callers] 9-person dance?

[Richard Fischer via Callers]

Thanks a lot!

Richard

On Jan 23, 2016, at 12:06 AM, Keith Wood via Callers wrote:

> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>> Callers mailing list
>> Callers at lists.sharedweight.net
>> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Callers mailing list
> Callers at lists.sharedweight.net
> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/attachments/20160123/8b16617d/attachment.htm>