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BURNS BICENTENARY STRATHSPEY (S4x32) 3s & 4s on opposite sides
John Drewry Bankhead Book 6
1- 8
1s+2s also 3s+4s circle 4H to left & Set+Link on sides
9-16
All dance RSh reel of 4 on sides
17-24
1M+4L & 4M+1L dance Ladies’ Chain (end facing in promenade hold)
25-32
1M+4L & 4M+1L Promenade across (Men passing LSh), 4s dance up
between 2s & cast to 2
nd
places while 1s dance down & cast to 3
rd
places
John
Drewry
devised
this
dance,
at
the
request
of
the
Ayr
RSCDS
Branch,
in
November
1995
to
commemorate
the
200
th
anniversary of the death of Robert Burns.
In
the
Bankhead
Book
6
in
which
he
published
it,
he
gives
the
recommended
tune
as
“Of
A’
the
Airts
the
Wind
Can
Blaw”,
and
states
that
3
rd
and
4
th
couples
start
on
opposite
sides.
(John
varied
his
opinion
on
whether
there
should
be
two
chords
to
begin
such
dances,
and
he
certainly
does
not
specify
here
that
two
chords
are
necessary.)
