Midnight Oil – 29 July

1-8     1s & 3s lead down & 3/4 turn RH to L facing down & M up, retaining hold of RH set & L turns under ptnrs Rt arm to dance up (Men follow prtnr)

9-16     1s & 3s dance RH across with 2L/4L, 1s & 3s dance LH across with 4M/5M to end facing 1st corners

17-24     1s also 3s dance Pass+Turn with 1st corners & pass RSh to face 2nd corners, dance Pass+Turn with 2nd corners & into centre facing partner (L facing down M up)

25-32     1s+3s dance reel of 4 up & down centre of dance & end in centre holding partners nearer hand (1s face Ladies side & 3s face Men’s side)

33-40     1s also 3s dance out sides & cast, dance in to meet ptnr (1M & 3L pass LSh) to dance out other side & cast back to middle (1M & 3L pass RSh & face each other)

41-48     1L also 3M set twice while 1M+3L turn RH, 1s & 3s turn partner LH & cast down 1 place on own sides. End 2 4 1 5 3

 

 

The First Rain of Spring – 22 July

1-8     1s dance down, cast up round 3s, meet, dance up to 1st place facing out. 1s+2s 1/2 turn (Men LH, Ladies RH)

9-16     2s+1s dance double Figs 8 (1s cross up, 2s cast to start)

17-20     1s+3s 3/4 turn RH into line up/down in middle facing partner & set

21-28     1s+3s dance 1/2 Celtic Reel:

21-22     1s+3s pass partner RSh

23-24     1M+3L dance clockwise while 1L+3M dance 3/4 round each other LSh to face partners in line across

25-26     1s+3s pass partner RSh

27-28     1L+3M dance clockwise while 1M+3L dance 3/4 round each other LSh to face partners in line up/down

29-32     3s+1s 3/4 turn partners RH to sidelines & 2s+3s+1s set

 

The Cranberry Tart – 15 July

1-8     1M sets & casts 1 place, sets & petronella turns between 3s facing up while 1L stands for 2 bars then sets, casts 1 place & sets

9-16     1M sets in line with 3s & all 3 Adv+Ret then 1M advances to partner while 1L petronella turns between 2s & sets in line with 2s then all 3 Adv+Ret, 1L pulling back RSh (bar 16) to face 2L

17-24     1L followed by partner dances tandem reel of 3 across with 2s (RSh to 2L) to end in 2nd place own sides

25-32     1s dance RSh reels of 3 on sides giving RSh to 3s. 2 1 3

 

 

8th July

Come What May (J)

An Autumn Posy (S)

Ian Powrie’s Farewell to Auchterarder (J)

Bruce’s Men (S)

The Provost Wynd (R) 

Scotland’s Gardens (R)

The Fireworks Reel (R) 

The Fireworks Reel – 8 July

1-8     1s cross RH & cast 1 place, 1s dance 1/2 figures of 8 (1L round 2s, 1M round 3s) & end facing 1st corners

9-12     1s set moving out between corners (as in Hello-Goodbye setting) & 1s turn LH to face 1st corners

13-16     1s dance 1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 1st corners & end facing 2nd corners

17-24     1s repeat bars 9-16 with 2nd corners & end 2nd place opposite sides (3)(1)(2)

25-32     1s dance 1/2 reel of 3 on opposite sides (1M in & down, 1L in & up), 1s dance 1/2 reel of 3 across (1M with 2s & 1L with 3s)

 

1st July

The Auld Grey Cat (R)

The Dancing Bees (R)

MacDonald of Keppoch (M)

A Capital Jig (J)

Come What May (R) 

Flowers of Edinburgh | Wind on the Heath (R)

The Mercat Cross (S) 

De’il Amang the Tailors (R)

The Mercat Cross (S) – 01 July

(This dance may be walked through quickly on Monday)

 

1-4     1C+3C set, petronella turn into line up/down.

5-8     1C+3C 1/2 reels of 4.

9-12   1M+2C+3W LHA while 1W+3M chase clw to change places.

13-20 Repeat bars 5-12 (1/2 reel of 4, LHA or chase halfway).

21-24  1C+3C 1&1/4 turn RH, 1C finishing NHJ & 3C in original place. 2C step in & face up.

24-32  1C+2C Rondel, but on 29-32 3C set advancing, make arch and dance to 2nd place as 1C dance to 3rd place.