AUCHINDRAIN
A 32-bar Reel for three couples in a four-couple longwise set.
1 - 4 First couple set, cross down one place. Second couple move up.
5 - 8 First couple dance down behind third couple and dance up (near hands joined) to finish back to back in the center of the dance facing corners ready for…
9 -16 Double Triangles. First couple end back to back in the middle facing corners as before.
17-24 First couple turn first corners with the right hand, pass one another by the right shoulder in the middle; turn second corners with right hands and, passing one another by right shoulders, cross back to own sides and face out in second place. Corners dance for four bars.
25-32 Second, first and third couples dance right shoulder reels of three on the sides. To begin: Second couple dance in and down; first man dances out and up; first woman dances out and down; third couple dance in and up.
Repeat from second place.
Tune: Auchindrain (© Nigel Gatherer)
Dance devised 28 November 2007and © 2007 by Peter M. Price (peter.price1672 [at] gmail.com). All rights reserved. Permission is granted for verbatim reproduction and non-profit distribution of this leaflet provided that this notice remains intact.
Posted by ldfs at February 1, 2008 01:54 PM | TrackBackA nice simple dance but interesting.
Posted by: Marion Young at February 3, 2008 09:39 AMWe did this last night and it is a "keeper". Nice flow. The copy I have indicates corners turn for 4 bars. Corners can't remember to do this so a 2 bar turn seemed to worked better.
Posted by: wendy loberg at February 22, 2008 01:53 PM