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AUTUMN IN APPIN
(S4x32)
3s & 4s on opposite sides
John Drewry RSCDS Book 31
1- 8
2s+3s Petronella into centre & set to partner (Men BtoB), 2s+3s
¾ turn partner RH & dance ½RH across to change places & end with
other partner in promenade hold (3L+2M facing Men’s side & 2L+3M
facing Ladies’ side)
9-10
1s & 4s Petronella into centre whilst 2M+3L dance out & up on Men’s
side & 2L+3M dance out & down on Ladies’ side
11-12
1s & 4s set to partner whilst 2M+3L/2L+3M cross to other side passing
between 'gates' (1s & 4s)
13-14
1s & 4s ½ turn RH into prom hold (1s facing Ladies’ side & 4s facing
Men’s side) whilst 2M+3L/2L+3M dance down/up sides
15-16
All Promenade clockwise one place to end in square set: - 1s on
Ladies’ side facing in 4s on Men’s side facing in, 2M+3L in 4
th
place
facing up 2L+3M in 1
st
place facing down
17-24
1s+4s dance ½ Ladies’ Chain, 2s+3s dance ½ Men’s Chain (2s & 3s
ending with Lady on Man’s left)
25-32
All set in square set & circle 8H round to left, dance into centre, turn
right & spiral out to own side lines ending 2 4 1 3
This dance was published by the RSCDS in their Diamond Jubilee Book (1983).
Mrs Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich (in Appin) was a founding member of the (R)SCDS and when Marie Jamieson of
London went to her memorial service, she suggested to John Drewry that “Autumn in Appin” would be a good
title for a dance. It was several years later, in 1982, that her suggestion resulted in this dance.
