Class Sept. 15, 2026

Warm up /Circle

The Riverside 4x32J 4C (in 2C sets) side by side   “CEILIDH”
1-4   All take hands on the sides and advance and retire;

  5-8   Repeat :all advance and retire, finishing by releasing hands;

  9-12 in each 2some, all right hands across;

13-16 in each 2some, all left hands across, finishing in places;

17-20 all dos-à-dos with dancer up and down on the sides;

21-24 all dos-à-dos with partner across the set, 1s finishing facing down and taking nearer hands, 1LM1MM making an arch over the Mn's side line, 1LL1ML making an arch over the Ls' side line, all others finishing in places;

25-32 2s 3s 4s... face up and dance up three places on the sides under the arches WHILE 1s dance down to the bottom , all finishing facing in.

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REELS: R4, giving RSH/LSH  1) circle with hands+flow, 2) no hands, body angle approach

Dance: R4 up and down lines. 

1-16 Set, cross RH, set cross back with 1s=2s, 3=4s into RSh full reels

Dance R4 across set 1W=1M  2W=2M facing  3W=3M, 4W=4M

1-16 All Adv 2, R2, turn RH 4HX on sides : into (2)  Rsh R4 across the dance

 

The Wild Goose Chase  4x32J4C Set John Drewry Brodie Book
1-8   1L followed by 1M figures of 8 on Ls' side (left shoulder to 2L) WHILE 4M followed by 4L figures of 8 on Men's side (left shoulder to 3M), finishing (on wrong sides) with 1s at top facing down, 4s at foot facing up;

  9-10 1s4s set WHILE 2s dance up and face down (2M1L1M2L in line) WHILE 3s dance down and face up (3M4L4M3L in line);

11-12 all set; in lines, advancing up and down into:

13-16 2M1L4L3M right hands across (on Men's side) WHILE 1M2L3L4M right hands across (on Ls' side) finishing in lines across again; flowing into

17-24 2M1L1M2L 3M4L4M3L Rsh R4, 1s and 4s do not pass by the left at the end but meet taking right hands, finishing 1M1L4M4L in line up and down the set, all facing wrong sides;

25-26 1s4s balance in line;

27-28 1s 4s turn by right ¾;

29-32 1s followed by 4s lead up and cast (finishing 2s4s1s3s).

https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/wild-goose-chase.html

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Dance Notes

1-8   1s 4s must finish in partners' places.

16-17 Flow from hands across on the side into reels of 4 across .handing help to face across

23-24 1s and 4s do not pass by the left at the end of the reels, dance straight into centre men above ladies

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Mirror Reels of 3: commit to direction B1.

AUTUMN LEAVES (S8x32) 3C (4C set) Alec Hay Twenty SCDs 2

1-8 1s dance Mirror reels of 3 on own sides (1s in and down to start, 2s out & up, 3s up and in)
9-16 1s+2s dance ½ R&L, 1s+3s dance ½ R&L
17-24 1s cross RH, cast up to 2nd place and 2s+1s+3s turn RH 4B. (2)(1)(3)
25-32 2s+1s+3s set and petronella turn, set and petronella turn to own sides

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HARRY AND THE HAREM (J3x32) 1 Man and 3 Ladies in WIDE Sq.Set Bev Bayliss Melbourne
Start:
2L     3L

1L      1M       

Top

1-8 1M+1L dance down the middle and back
9-16 All dance RH across, turn right about, dance out and chase clockwise 1 place on
17-24 1M+3L in prom hold dance reel of 3 across (LSh to 1L), 1M leaves 3L in his original place and dances to 2L place as 1L returns to original pl
25-32 All dance ½ R&L and turn opposite person RH.

END:

3W     1W

2W      1M

https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/harry-and-the-harem.html

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CATCH THE WIND (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Romaine Butterfield RSCDS Book 45  Reels 3 Across

1- 8 1s set, cast 1 place and dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s
9-16 1s set twice with 1L pulling back RSh on bars 11-12 to face out, 1L followed by partner casts up and dances down the middle 1L to face 3M while 1M faces 2M
17-24 1s RSh reels of 3 across (1M with 2s and 1L with 3s)
25-32 1L followed by partner dances down cast up round 3M and crosses to end in 2nd place on own sides, 1s turn RH (4 bars)

https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/video/catch-the-wind.html

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