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FAREWELL TO HELENSBURGH
(S8x32)
Brian Charlton (June 2003)
Waratah Collection & RSCDS Book 48
1- 2
1M+2L set, while 1L+2M turn LH to finish B-to-B in centre, 1L facing
2L & 2M facing 1L on diagonal
3- 6
1s+2s dance ½ reel of 4
7- 8
1L dances to 1M's place, 1M to 2M's place, 2L to 1L's place and 2M to
2L's place
9-12
1s+2s set on sides & petronella in tandem to finish with 1s facing 2s
in centre
13-16
1s+2s Set&Link to finish in progressed places, with 1s facing out
17-20
2s+1s+3s dance ½ RSh reels of 3 on own side, 1s turn ¾ LH on bar 20
21-24
Continue reels of 3 on sides, 1L giving LSh to 2M (3
rd
place) & 1M
giving LSh to 3L (2
nd
place) (1s on opposite sides), 1s turn ¾ RH on
bar 24 to finish in 2
nd
place on own sides
25-32
2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
The dance was written to celebrate the 18
th
and last annual social of the Helensburgh Scottish Country Dance
Class in 2003.
The small town of Helensburgh (pronounced with no final 'h') at the northern end of the Illawarra region, lies
between Sydney and Wollongong in New South Wales. Originally known as Camp Creek, when coal was discovered
in 1884, a mining town grew up and was named Helensburgh by the founder, Charles Harper, after his daughter
Helen. The coal mine still exists today and is Australia’s oldest working mine.
Coal and the railway ensured the town’s growth until
The Depression in the 1930s but soon the construction
of the Woronora Dam before WWII and post-war
reconstruction reversed any decline. The town has
enjoyed several boom periods since and is no longer
reliant on the mine which had its own business
difficulties in the 1980-90s.
Helensburgh borders the southern end of the Royal
National Park and the western side of the Garawarra
State Conservation Area and enjoys peaceful isolation
bypassed by the Southern Freeway and Princes
Highway.
