Best Set in the Hall

Автор:	Helen Greenwood
RSCDS:	RSCDS HQ publication
Сочинен в России:	Нет
Публикация:	Book 46 Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9
Рекомендуемая музыка:	Best Set in the Hall North American Jigs

Тип танца:	Reel
Тип сета:	Longwise set
Размер:	8x32
Формат сета:	4 couples
Танцующие пары:	3

MiniCribs

1-8

1s set & 1L followed by partner casts below 3s. 1L crosses & casts up to face her 1st corner while 1M dances up the middle to face 1st corner

9-12

1s set to 1st corners & dance RSh round each other into 3rd corner (pstn) while 1st corners dance in & turn right about to face their original position

13-16

1s+1st crnr person set & 1st crnr persons dance RSh round each other into diag opp crnrs while 1s dance in & pivot to right to face 2nd crnrs

17-24

1s repeat bars 9-16 with 2nd corners & end passing RSh to 2nd place opposite sides. (3)(1)(2) 25-32 3s+1s+2s chase clockwise 1/2 way & turn partners RH

E-Cribs

1-8

1c set | 1W (1M follows) casts off 2, crosses, W dances up behind M line, and M dances up the middle, 1c face 1cnr (2c up)

9-16

1c set to 1cnr | 1c cast Rsh round each other to 3cnr position while{2} 1cnrs dance into centre, and swivel R to face own cnr ; repeat, 1cnrs finishing in exchanged places, and 1c facing 2cnr

17-24

Repeat with 2cnrs (3x,1x,2x)

25-32

All chase clw ½ round ; all turn RH. (2,1,3)

Заметки

To: Auckland Region President, Campbell MacKay, Nov. 2003.
The characteristic formation of this dance, called “Set to corner and cast away” in SCDDB terminology though often referred to as “Best Set in the Hall formation” or as “Peter White formation”, was first introduced by Alec Hay in 1976 in his dance
Peter White
in Strathspey time.
The formation next occurred in Ron Wallace’s dance
Aberdeen Hunt
, another Strathspey.
Seemingly, the formation experienced a lift-off after it was included in this dance,
Best Set in the Hall
, in Jig time in 2003 by Helen Greenwood and published in RSCDS Book 46.
Now there are many dances of all types (Strathspeys, Jigs, Reels and even a Medley) featuring this formation.

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