September 27 class

Welcome new dancers to the Ardbrae introductory class.

The class will run from 7:30-9:30 at the Glashan Public School, 28 Arlington Avenue. Use the entrance in the south east corner of the school.

Tonight we will cover the following dances
The “Atholl” Reel
A 32 bar reel for 2 couples
John Trew, LAD

1-4     1st man and 2nd woman advance toward each other (2 steps) and retire (2 steps).
5-8    1st woman and 2nd man advance toward each other (2 steps) and retire (2 steps).
9-16    1st and 2nd couples dance clockwise round in a square formation (2 bars to each side)
17-24    1st couple followed by 2nd couple lead down the middle and 2nd couple lead up to finish 2nd couple in 1st place and 1st couple in 2nd place
25-32    2nd and 1st couples dance rights and lefts



The Glen       
(32 J 2C), Susie Langdon Kass, Let’s All Dance,
1 – 8    1C & 2C dance RH across & LH across back to place
9 – 16    1C & 2C turn partners RH then LH
17 – 24    1C lead down middle & up to 2nd place (2C step up on 17-18)
25 – 32    2C & 1C dance 4-H round and back.

ANTARCTICA BOUND
(J4x32)  4C Set     R Goldring  Scotia Suite
 1- 8    1s+2s cross RH, cast down 2 places, cross RH & cast up to places
 9-16    3s+4s cross RH, cast up 2 places, cross RH & cast back to places
17-24    1s+4s Adv+Ret (diagonally), 1s cast bottom as others step up
25-32    All circle 8H round & back

Hope to see you out tonight

Welcome to the Ardbrae Basic Class

I would like to welcome people to try the Scottish Country Dancing with the Ardbrae Dancers of Ottawa www.ardbrae.org

This blog will be used to post information on what will be covered in the class. I will also try to post links to resources online.

Happy Dancing