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THE LAVENDER STRATHSPEY
(S8x32)
Sue McKinnell (2011)
1- 8
1s set & dance down between 3s, 1s cast up behind 3s & pass LSh to
face 1
st
corners
9-16
1s dance a Gypsy Poussette with 1
st
corners:-
Box setting:
9
All set right, ending with 90°pivot pulling RSh back (1L&2M,
1M&3L BtoB)
10
All set left, ending with 90°pivot pulling RSh back (1L&2M,
1M&3L now facing having changed places)
11
All set right, ending with 90°pivot pulling RSh back (1L&2M,
1M&3L BtoB)
12
All set left, ending with 90°pivot pulling RSh back to places
at end of bar 8
13-16
1s, dancing to their right, ¾ turn 2H, pull RSh back to face
2
nd
corners
17-24
Repeat bars 9-16 with 2
nd
corners, 1s (pulling RSh back) end in middle
BtoB (1M facing up, 1L down)
25-32
1s dance reels of 3 across passing 2
nd
corners RSh, 1s ending 2
nd
place
This dance, by the deviser of Barbara’s Strathspey, has a variation of the “gypsy pousette” or “box setting”
introduced in Terry Glasspool’s Gypsy Dreams. In this new dance the Gypsy Poussette is danced with the corners.
A tune for the dance has been written by Mara Shea.