I got the dance Le Capitaine from a friend in Quebec who said she danced it
in the Gaspe region. Anyway, I published it in my collection BRANDY.
Pretty much the same as Leslie Gotfrit’s version.
Another dance from Quebec: Le Neuf. The Nine.
Three any gender threes facing up the hall. All lead up the set four steps
and back twice.
Middle person swing right hand partner with right arm hook (crochette
droit) thern swing left hand partner with left arm hook (crochette gauche) then
do that swinging part again. (Encore une fois).
Then, top right hand person and top left hand person, dance down the
outside by themselves to stay at bottom and all the other side persons move up a
place.
The dance is danced unphrased, so you can use crooked French chunes.
Continue as long as you want.
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We seldom get to do any of these odd person out dances because the “ninth’
person is usually outside having Une t’ coupe, a little drink, of Caribou
(whiskey and port chaud).
Dudley
Dudley
& Jacqueline Laufman
PO Box 61, 322 Shaker Rd
Canterbury, NH
03224
www.laufman.org
603-783-4719
jdlaufman@comcast.net
Education
book &
CD
www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/traditional-barn-dances-with-calls--fiddling
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:19 PM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] Re: 9-person dance
Le Capitan Reel
Longways for four couples and extra at top of
set
Couples 1&2, 3&4 dance together
I learned it from
Genticorum
A1. Circle L, Circle R
A2. Star R, Star L,
B1. Le
Capitan picks a side and swings 1X with each person down that side
B2. "Le
Capitan" is called and everyone finds a new partner and leftover person is new
Capitan
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