The Red Dance

This dance is suitable for experienced dancers only. You need to be an independent dancer with the ability to dance an unfamiliar dance.

This dance may occasionally be walked once or twice as needed.

• Ian Powrie’s Farewell To Auchterarder (J) – 29 September

  1 – 8

  All circle 8H round to the left & back

  9 – 24

  Ladies dance in front of ptnr & behind next Man, into RH across, in front of Man opp own ptnr & behind next Man, into RH across & back to place

  25 – 32

  All Promenade clockwise

  33 – 40

  1s & 3s dance cl’wise behind next couple & Men dance past cpl as Ladies dance in between cpl & both turn R to face cpl, all set & turn RH

  41 – 48

  All dance parallel reels of 4

  49 – 56

  1s & 3s dance a full Fig of 8 round the standing 2s/4s

  57 – 64

  1s & 3s dance LH across, 1s & 3s dance back to places (Men round & Ladies through the standing 2s & 4s)

  65 – 96

  2s & 4s repeat bars 33-64

  97 – 104

  All Promenade anticlockwise

  105 – 120

  Men dance in front of ptnr & behind next Lady, into LH across, dance in front of Lady opp own partner & behind next L into LH across & back to pl

  121 – 128

  All circle 8H round to the right & back (popular variation – 8 hands all the way round to right)

   

  First Video