Shining Lights
8x32 Strathspey for Three Couples in a Four-Couple Set
Devised by Barbara & Robert McOwen
Source of Dance: Tullochgorum CD
Title Tune: Duke of Athol's Forrest Lodge, Glen Tilt - aka - Ca' the Wethers to the Hill

The Dance: 1s advance & retire (taking RH), turn halfway 2H (finish on opposite sides, facing down, 2s facing up); 1s & 2s advance & retire (taking RH), turn halfway 2H (1s finish between corners).

1s, 2s & 3s advance & retire, all turn partners 2H; 1s cast round 1st corners (W up, M down) (finish in the middle facing 1st corners).

1s set to 1st corners, 1s dance round each other to the R (clockwise) (finish facing 2nd corners); 1s set to 2nd corners, 1s dance round each other to the R (clockwise) (finish in 2nd place, own sides).

1s, 2s & 3s dance Reels of 3 on the sides (1st M gives RS to 2nd M and 1st W gives RS to 3rd W to begin the reels; 1s change sides on bars 3-4, and start the second half-reel on opposite sides on bars 5-6, then cross to own sides on bars 7-8; effectively, the 1s are dancing around a big oval as the others continue their reels).

Dedicated to all those who have gone before - who have taught us to dance and play music - and who have given us the pleasure of their friendship and their inspiration.

Miss Jeanetta McColl
8 x 32 Reel for Three Couples in a 4-Couple Longwise Set
Dance devised by David Queen at Pinewoods Camp
Title Tune: Miss Jeanetta McColl, by David Queen

The Dance:
1 - 8
1st couple set and dance down into 2nd place giving nearer hands, 2nd couple move up on bars 3 & 4. 1st couple dance out behind 3rd couple and up the middle to 2nd place on own sides facing out.

9 - 16
2nd couple dancing in and down, 1st couple out and up, 3rd couple in and up dance mirror reels to finish with the 1st couple back to back facing own sides in 2nd place.

17 - 24
Petronella triangles: 1st couple dance double triangles finishing with the lady facing up and the man facing down, 2nd & 3rd couples set as in double triangles, then with Petronella turns move one place to the right and repeat (set & Petronella).

25 - 28
1st lady dances half a reel of 3 across with the 3rd couple giving right shoulder to 3rd man to begin while 1st man dances half a reel of 3 across with the 2nd couple giving right shoulder to 2nd lady to begin, 1st couple finishing in 2nd place on own sides.

25 - 32
1st lady dances half a reel of 3 on the ladies side giving left shoulder to 2nd lady to begin while 1st man dances half a reel of 3 on the menŐs side giving left shoulder to 3rd man to begin. 2nd & 3rd couples dance loops on the reels where appropriate.

Repeat having passed a couple

This dance and tune, devised as an auction item at Pinewoods camp 2007, is dedicated to Miss Jeanetta McColl who has been central to the life and growth of Boston Branch RSCDS over many years.

Mist on the Mountain
32-bar Waltz Sequence
Devised by Robert McOwen and Margaret Lepley
Source of Dance: Tullochgorum CD
Title Tune: Mist on the Mountain, by Marianne Taylor

The Dance:
Begin in ballroom hold with man's back to the center of the room.
Line of Direction (LOD) is counterclockwise round the room.
Dance is described in 8-bar phrases; one time through the dance is one time through the music.

Chasse in LOD finishing with trailing foot pointed in 2nd, repeat in opposite direction; underarm turn for woman returning to ballroom hold, dance 2 waltz turns finishing again with man's back to center of room.

Repeat Bars 1-6 but finishing close together with right hands joined; balance away from each other with RHs joined, then lift RHs over woman's head to Allemande hold, both turning to face LOD with LF pointed.

Step LF brushing RF to 4th aerial then step RF brushing LF to 4th aerial, 3 steps forward in LOD (pulling right shoulder back to face in opposite direction with RF pointed) (rhythm is: L brush and R brush and L R L pivot point.); repeat Bars 17-20 on opposite foot and moving in opposite direction (finishing again with LF pointed).

Pas de valse derriere (i.e. onto LF taking RF behind) then pas de valse devant (i.e. onto RF closing LF in front), woman pivots right shoulder back for about a full turn and then man dances under RH pulling left shoulder back for about a half turn, finishing in ballroom hold ready to waltz; dance 4 waltz turns finishing again with man's back to center of room, ready to start again.

Marianne never met a tune or a dance she didn't like - she is truly inclusive, catholic, indeed latitudinarian in her tastes. (She loves words too.) She doesn't know why this tune starts out in F minor, "it just came out that way." (She says it's okay to transpose it!) The music was inspired by an early morning mist on the mountain at their bog outside Deerfield, New Hampshire, where Marianne and Capt Don built their home. It sounds like a big ray of sun enters the picture in the second half.