Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:39:41 -0500
From: Chris1Ronald:aol.com
To: strathspey:strathspey.org
Subject: Default Setting

I devised a dance entitled 'Default Setting?' which I posted  on  the
strathspey list a few months ago.

For easy reference, here it is again:

DEFAULT SETTING?

32 bar jig for three couples

Music       HISCD #8

Bars
1-4
  1st  couple  set (one bar only) dance towards partner briefly, then
  cast to 2nd place and face down.  2nd couple step up on bars 3  and
  4.

5-8
  2nd, 1st and 3rd couples dance half a grand chain.  To  begin,  1st
  and  3rd men, and 1st and 3rd women, change on the sides, while 2nd
  couple change at the top.  Finish with polite turns.

9-16
  1st  couple  set  (one  bar  only),  cast off again, meet below 3rd
  couple dance  up  to  the  top,  cast  to  2nd  place,  and  finish
  back-to-back  in  the  centre  facing partner's 1st corner position
  (own 1st corner person)

17-20
  1st  couple  set  to  1st  corners  (one bar only) and dance half a
  diagonal reel of four.  1st couple passing by left shoulder  finish
  back-to-back  in  the  centre  facing partner's 2nd corner position
  (own 2nd corner person)

21-24
  1st  couple  set  to  2nd  corners  (one bar only) and dance half a
  diagonal reel of four.  1st couple finish in 2nd place on own side.

25-32
  2nd, 1st and 3rd couples taking hands on the side set on right foot
  (one step only) and circle six hands round to the left for 3  bars;
  set on left foot (one step only) and circle to the right, finishing
  on own side.

Devised by Chris Ronald, April 2003.  The name of the dance recalls a
familiar  term  to  computer users, but the figures (with the unusual
setting step) amount to  anything  but  a  'default  setting'  for  a
Scottish country dance.

Notes

1.  After setting on right foot (on bars 1, 9, 17 and 21) dance  skip
change of step leading with left foot.

2.  On bar 9, as they set (on right foot), 1st couple  start  turning
outwards ready to cast.

Chris.