T: The Long and Short of It
R: 4x32 Strathspey + 4x32 Reel
C: Bruce Herbold <Bherbold:aol.com> San Francisco Branch
S: Bruce Herbold <Bherbold:aol.com> strathspey 2003-4-16
N: I am rather proud of a medley I wrote for the (New Year's  Day  2002)
N: wedding  of  two  dancers  here  in the San Francisco Bay Area, David
N: Newitt and Heather MacKay.
N:
N: It is replete with symbolism:

1-8
    1s lead down the middle and back to face first corners
    WHILE the 2s cast off for 4 bars and turn inwards to dance
    back to the top.  As much as possible they form a line of
    four across the dance.
__  Thus, the wedding march down the aisle with the best man and maid of honor

9-14
    Hello and goodbye setting
-- Thus, the reception of the guests

15-16
    1s turn by right into promenade and 3s and 4s pdB in

17-24
    Promenade for 1s 3s and 4s
-- Thus, the wedding party

25-30
    1s cast and 4s cross up to dance 3/4 figure 8 round standing 3s
31-32
    1s cross into 4th place while 4s cast into 3rd place while 3s step up.
-- Thus, the newlyweds depart.

Each couple dances the strathspey and then  each  couple  dances  the
same  figures  in  reel  time.   Unfortunately there appears to be no
proper recorded music available, but with live music it was rather  a
hit, I thought.