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The Sunday Class
Taught/practised on: 2019 September 8 th September 29 th
THE BRIGS O’ AYR   (S3x32)  Jean Attwood  Alexander Dances 4  1- 8 All set, turn 2H to face up, dance up & cast to 3 2 1  9-16 3s+1s dance double Fig of 8 round 2s 17-24 1s   dance   in   &   cast   up   to   2 nd    place,   1s   circle   3H   round   to   left   (1L   with 3s at top & 1M with 2s) 25-28 3s   &   2s   make   arches   &   Adv+Ret   while   1s   dance   under   arch   (to   right) & cast to 2 nd  place own side 29-32 1s circle 3H round to right (1M with 3s at top & 1L with 2s)  3 1 2
The Brigs of Ayr is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1786. The   Old   Bridge   of   Ayr   (Auld   Brig   o'   Ayr)   is   a   stone   arch   bridge   that   crosses   the   River   Ayr   with   four   arches, mentioned   in   the   royal   charter   from   the   year   1236.   However,   this   is   not   the   present Auld   Bridge   which   was   built between   1470   and   1525.   As   early   as   1597   the   bridge   condition   was   described   as   ruinous,   and   the   northernmost arch collapsed in 1732. The building has been repaired several times, most recently between 1907 and 1910. Because   this   bridges   was   in   a   poor   condition   a   second   bridge   was   built   in   1788   designed   by   Robert Adam   and   the old bridge became a pedestrian crossing. Robert   Burns’   poem   describes   an   argument   between   the   two   bridges,   with   the Auld   Bridge   predicting   that   it   shall remain   standing   long   after   the   New   Bridge   has   gone,   in   which   Burns   was   proved   right   when   the   New   Bridge   had to be demolished after a storm in 1879 and rebuilt. The Old Bridge of Ayr is still standing.