I'm going to give this whole blogging thing another go. If I have enough time to waste on watching online television, I should have enough time to publish a blog post a bit more frequently than three times a year. I am going to start with a boring dancing post, though...
Last Thursday was the New Scotland AGM, at which XO finished his second term as New Scotland president. To commemorate, SÖ had organised me to write a dance, and SF to write a tune. I wrote a reel (The Poking Reel) but the music turned out to be a jig (The Poking Jig). Doesn't matter for the dance, and we kept the name because in XO's world, things don't always have to make sense.
The Poking Reel (J 8x32)
1-8: 1C cross down to start a Reel of 3 on opposite sides (2C out and up, 3C in and up). When 1C reach the bottom, they cross back to continue the Reel of 3 on their own sides (i.e. Inveran reels). Finish with 2C in 1st place and 1C facing 1st corners.
9-16: 1C turn 1st corners RH, pass each other RS, turn 2nd corners RH to 2nd place on opposite sides. All set.
17-24: All advance and retire (4 bars). 1C turn RH 1 1/2 to own sides.
25-32: All dance circle, pivot and chase.X:1
T:The Poking Jig
C:S. Ferguson
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:Dmaj
|: A | ddd ABc | ddd fed | efe Bcd | cec A2A |
ddd ABc | ddd fed | eee ABc | dAF D2 :|
|: f/2g/2 | a2f dfa | gbg e2g | fed Bcd | cec A2A |
ddd ABc | ddd fed | eee ABc | dAF D2 :|
The dance was presented to XO on a fluorescent orange hoodie. Because the whole iron-on printing thing didn't work, SÖ had to write it all out by hand, including 32 bars of sheet music!
