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I've written a new one recently: The Curse of Scotland.<br>
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See an animation at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#TheCurseOfScotland">http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#TheCurseOfScotland</a>.<br>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 7.5em; color: rgb(34, 34,
34); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
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255);"><label style="display: inline-block; width: 6em;
margin-right: 1em; font-style: italic; vertical-align: top;
position: absolute; left: 1em;">Formation:</label>Longways set
for four couples, plus one person extra in the centre between
couples 2 and 3</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 7.5em; color: rgb(34, 34,
34); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
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255);"><label style="display: inline-block; width: 6em;
margin-right: 1em; font-style: italic; vertical-align: top;
position: absolute; left: 1em;">Music:</label>32 bar reels</p>
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34); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><label style="display: inline-block; width: 6em;
margin-right: 1em; font-style: italic; vertical-align: top;
position: absolute; left: 1em;">Source:</label>Keith Wood
December 2015</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 7.5em; color: rgb(34, 34,
34); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><label style="display: inline-block; width: 6em;
margin-right: 1em; font-style: italic; vertical-align: top;
position: absolute; left: 1em;">Notes:</label>For Anthony
Simon's 60th birthday.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.</p>
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line-height: 22.4px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
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<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">1-4</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">5-8</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">9-16</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">Double figure of eight at
each end, 2nd and 3rd couples cast up/down respectively to
start, 1st and 4th couples cross down/up</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">17-20</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">1st and 2nd couples, and 3rd
and 4th couples, half rights-and-lefts at each end</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">21-24</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">1st and 4th couples half
rights-and-lefts in the middle (around nine-spot), 2nd and
3rd couples swing with ceilidh hold</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">25-28</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">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</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;">
<td class="bars" style="padding: 0.25em 0em; width: 7em;
text-align: center;">29-32</td>
<td style="padding: 0.25em 0em;">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</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
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<pre wrap="">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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