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Taught/practised on:
LAND OF THE HEATHER HILLS (S4x32) 3s & 4s on opp sides
Barry Priddey Capercallie Book
1- 8
1s & 4s set, 1L followed by partner cast to dance Fig of 8 on Ladies
side round 2L+3M & end diagonally facing 2M (partner behind
her) while 4L followed by partner cast to dance Fig of 8 round 3L+2M
& ends diagonally facing 3M (2s & 3s step up/down on bars 7-8)
9-16
1s+4s dance ½ diagonal Alternating Tandem reel of 4 with 1
st
corners,
1s+4s pass LSh (½ turning other partner LH) & dance a ½ Alternating
Tandem reel of 4 with 2
nd
corners & end passing LSh (½ turning other
partner) & face 1
st
corners
17-24
1s+4s repeat above reels, pass LSh & ½ turn other partner to end
singly on opposite sides (from which they started) order 2 (1) 4 (3)
25-32
All dance ½ reels of 4 on sides, 1s+4s do not pass LSh but turn 2H to
(3)(1) 4 2, all set & cross RH0
A 4 couple strathspey, with 2 dancing couples dancing 4 half alternating tandem reels of four!
Once you get the pattern, the turns (more a quarter than a half) always put you in the right place for the next
reel. Think “contra partner” as in The Bees of Maggieknockater or Autumn in Appin .....
Devised by Barry Priddey of Sutton Coldfield RSCDS Branch, it is typical of Barry’s dances in that “(S)He who
stands still is a sissy!”