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Taught/practised on:
This dance is inscribed for Barbara Cool, leader of the Chicago Branch demonstration team. The tune, by the
same name, was composed by Mady Newfield.
BARBARA’S STRATHSPEY
(S8x32)
Sue McKinnell RSCDS Book 46
1- 4
1s set & cast 1 place, 2s step up on bars 3-4
5- 8
1s dance ½ Fig of 8 (1M up round 2s, 1L down round 3s)
9-16
2s+1s+3s set & 1s cross passing RSh, 2M+1M also 1L+3L turn RH 1½
times on sides
17-24
1s+2s+3s dance 3 couple Bourrel: -
`17-20
1M+3L also 2M+1L set advancing & ¾ turn 2H into line
up/down middle then ½ turn single to face own partners as 3M & 2L
chase anticlockwise to face them
`21-24
All set & turn 2H to own sides 3 1 2
25-32
All chase clockwise ½ way, all ½ turn partners RH & twirl to places
2 1 3
Note:
The figure in bars 17-24 is a variation on that devised by the late
Robert M Campbell of Toronto.
