'Cheat Sheet' (PDF)

RSCD@UMD Halloween Party
St. Mary’s Hall Multipurpose Room
Friday, October 30, 2009
8:00pm
Gay Gordons 16 bar march for multiple couples
1-4
5-8
9-12
13-16
Couples should be around the room in a
circle facing clockwise with woman on the
right
Take allemande hold and walk
counterclockwise for 4 steps; swivel
towards right side so you are facing
clockwise and walk backwards for 4 steps
Repeat above steps in other direction
M dances 8 steps forward while W
advances and swivels right under man’s
right arm
take ballroom hold and polka around the
room ready to begin again
Ferla Mor continued
9-16
17-24
25-28
29-32
1C dance right shoulder reel of 3 with their
1 st corners, with the reel ending with 1W
facing 2 nd corner and 1M behind her
1C dance right should reel with 2 nd corners;
On last two steps 1W dances down the
center and pulls back left shoulder to face
partner; 1C turn by left hand to face 1 st
corners
1C turn 1 st corners with RH and pass right
shoulders to face 2 nd corners
1C turn 2 nd corners with RH passing right
shoulders to 2 nd place on own side
Jubilee Jig 8X32J3 Leaflet First Couple Says Strathspey
1-8
9-16
17-24
25-32
1M cast down one place (2M step up bars
1-2), and set to 3W; 1M and 3W turn with
RH
1W cast down one place (2W step up bars
9-10), and set to 3M; 1W and 3M turn
with LH
1M with 3C and 1W with 2C dance RA; 1C
meet in the center, join LH, set, and
dance out to opposite sides
1M with 2C and 1W with 3C dance RA; 1C
meet in the center, join LH, set, and
dance out to own sides
Ferla Mor 8X32R3 Drewry, Deeside Book, Part 1
1-8 1C set to one another and turn with RH
halfway round, moving down to finish in
2 nd place facing one another in the center
of the dance(with 2C moving up
immediately); 1C set and turn with RH
once so that 1W finishes facing 1 st corner
and partner immediately behind in the
dame direction
1-8
9-16
17-24
25-32
This dance will be a make up as you go along!
The first couple in each set will tell the other
couples what to do during the dance! Be
creative ☺
Drunken Sailor
8X32R3 E Werner Leaflet
1C set and cross with RH casting 1 place; set
advance and turn about to face opposite
sides
1C dance double triangles and end facing
opposite side
1W cast up around 2M and dance figure of 8
around 2C while 1M casts down around 3W
and dance figure of 8 around 3C; 1C end
facing 3 rd corners
1C “hello-goodbye” setting; turn ¾ LH to end
in 2 nd place
** INTERMISSION**
Skip change Contest
Costume Contest Voting
Piñata
Blue Bonnets Blindfolded*
Australian Ladies Ceilidh*

Catch the Wind 32H3 Book 45 Excuse Me Dance
1-8
9-16
17-24
25-28
29-32
1C set, cast 1 place and dance ½ figure of
8 aound 2C (2C step up on 3-4)
1C set twice; on bars 11-12, 1W pulls back
rght shoulder to finish facing out;
followed by prtner casts up and dances
down the middle; 1W finish facing 3M,
1M facing 2M
1C, 2C, 3C reel across (1M with 2C and
1W with 3C), 1C passing right shoulders
with 2M, 3M to begin
1W followed by partner dances down,
cast up round 3M and crosses to 2 nd place
on own sides
1C turn RH once round to finish in 2 nd place
on own sides
The Piper and the Penguin 88R4 Sq Set Scotia Suite
1-8 Ladies dance RSh round their corners and
dance RH across, ending in the center
9-16 Ladies dance Lsh round their partners,
dance LH across to places
17-24 Men dance Rsh round their partner and
dance RH across, ending in the center
25-32 Men dance Lsh round corners and dance
LH across to places
33-40 1C, 3C turn partners RH 1 1/4, men
followed by partners dance out between
couple on their right and back to places (1C
41-48
49-64
65-72
73-80
81-88
1-4
5-8
through 4C, 3C through 2C)
1C, 3C dance rights and lefts
2C, 4C repeat bars 33-48, 2C dancing
through 1C, 4C through 3C
Ladies dance in, turn right about,
“waddle” out, cast clockwise and dance
to opposite ladies place
Men dance in, turn left about, waddle”
out cast anticlockwise to opposite man’s
place
All turn partners RH 1 ¼ times into
promenade hold, promenade
anticlockwise ½ round to original places
Ladies s Fancy 8X32J3 RSCDS 13-12
1M turn 2W with RH and back to place
1M turn 1W with LH 1 ½ times to finish
facing down the dance with 1W on his
right and 2W on his left (2W step up on
bars 7-8)
9-16 1M lead them down the middle and back; 1M
17-24
25- 32
1-8
9-12
13-16
17-18
19-22
23-24
25-32
1-2
3-4
5-6
7-8
9-16
17-24
25-32
hands 1W in front of him to finish on own sides
at the top
1C and 2C four hands across and back
1C and 2C pousette
Alma Mater Strathspey 32S3 Tabisz, Kocerha leaflet
1C and 2C dance the knot
1C petronella, 1W finishing between 2C facing
down, 1M finishing between 3C facing up, 1C
turn 2 hands ¾ turn to 2 nd place on opposite
sides, face 1 st corners (on sidelines)
Alma Mater setting: 2C and 3C set up and down
the set WHILE 1C set to the right to meet each
other in center of set, pivoting right about to
turn toward each other at the end of bar 13. On
bar 14, 1C set to the left to finish on the opposite
sideline. 1M ends facing up to 2M, 1W finishes
facing down to 2W repeat turning right
about at the end of bar (turning away from each
other). 1C finishes on opposite sides. 1W
crosses above 1M in both directions. All finishing
facing in.
2C, 1C, 3C turn partners 2H halfway to opposite
sides. 1M finishes on his side facing up to 2W,
1W on her side facing down to 3M
Repeat bars 13-16, BUT 1M crosses above 1W
in both directions, all finish facing in
2C, 3C turn 2H half way to own sides while 1C set
to each other across the set
1C and 3C pousette
Reel of the Royal Scots 32R3 RSCDS Leaflet, No7
1W and 2W turn with LH while 1M and 2M turn
with RH, 1C ending back to back in center of dance
in 2 nd place
All three couples set as double triangles
1W and 3W change place with RH while 1M and
3M change place with LH
All three couples set as in double triangles
1C followed by 3C dance up between 2C and cast
off; they then dance down to 3 rd place and cast up
to 2 nd place, 3C ending in original places
1C turn 1 st couple with RH, pass partner by right,
turn 2 nd corner with RH, and cross to own side,
passing right shoulders
Six hands round and back
**WALTZ**