(Message inbox:1106) Return-Path: strathspey-request:tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.DE Return-path: Envelope-to: jc:trillian.mit.edu Delivery-date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 05:02:13 -0400 Received: from eddie.mit.edu ([18.62.0.6]) by trillian.mit.edu with smtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 12d8B3-000ImG-00 for jc:trillian.mit.edu; Thu, 06 Apr 2000 05:02:13 -0400 Received: from mars.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de by eddie.mit.edu id aa23949; 6 Apr 100 4:58 EDT Received: from list by mars.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de with local id 12d7wc-0003Ut-00; Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:47:18 +0200 Message-ID: From: Ian Brockbank To: "strathspey (E-mail)" Subject: Dance: Nifty Shiftin' Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:42:21 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.996.62 Encoding: 80 TEXT Resent-Message-ID: X-Mailing-List: X-Loop: strathspey:tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de Reply-To: strathspey:tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.DE Precedence: list Resent-Sender: strathspey-request:tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.DE Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:47:18 +0200 Resent-From: strathspey-request:tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.DE Resent-Bcc: Hi All, I tried this out recently at Dunedin, and it seemed to go down quite well, though it did require quick wits. Note dancing couples go across and to the right, alternating whether it's the woman or the man leading. Nifty Shiftin' A 4x32 bar Reel for 4 couples in a 4-couple longwise set Music: Tam Lin. Note: Throughout the description I will refer to "in" and "out". "In" means towards the middle of the dance (ie down from 1st place and up from 4th place) and "out" means away from the middle of the dance (up from 2nd place and down from 3rd place). This dance has two chords. On the second chord, 3rd and 4th couples change sides. 1-4: 1st and 4th couples cross over giving right hands and cast in. 2nd and 3rd couples step out on bars 3 and 4. 5-8: 1st and 4th couples turn half way giving left hands and melt into left hands across half way. Finish in a St. Andrews cross formation, left hands joined in the centre, right hands joined with corners. 9-16: 1st and 4th couples dance a double spoke - set joining hands with each corner in turn, rotating one place anticlockwise each time (2 bars per corner). 17-20: 4th man followed by 4th lady dances out the men's side and casts up while 1st man followed by 1st lady dances out the ladies' side and casts off while 2nd and 3rd couples cross over giving right hands and set. Finish with 4th couple side by side at the top of the dance, facing down, and 1st couple side by side at the bottom, facing up, men on the left of their partners. 21-22: All change place with the facing person giving right hands (2L with 3L, 4L with 1M, 4M with 1L, 2M with 3M). 23-24: 1st lady followed by 1st man cast to their right and off while 4th lady followed by 4th man cast to their right and up while 3rd and 2nd couples set. Finish with (from 1M position) 3L, 4L, 4M, 2L facing 3M, 1M, 1L, 2M. 25-26: All cross with the facing person giving right hands. 27-28: 1st man followed by 1st lady cast up and to their right while 4th man followed by 4th lady cast off and to their right while 3rd and 2nd couples set. Finish with 1st couple side by side at the top of the dance, facing down, and 4th couple side by side at the bottom, facing up, men on the left of their partners. 29-30: All change place with the facing person giving right hands (3M with 2M, 1L with 4M, 1M with 4L, 3L with 2L). 31-32: 4th and 1st couples separate and cast off or up respectively while 2nd and 3rd couples set. Finish in the order 2,4,1,3 ready to start again. Devised by Ian Brockbank. Copyright 5th March 2000. Brian Easst suggested the title to me at the New Scotland Annual Ball at the end of January, 1999, and the tune Tam Lin fitted the name, but it took me more than a year to find the steps to go with them. Enjoy, Ian -- Ian Brockbank, Indigo Active Vision Systems, The Edinburgh Technopole, Bush Loan, Edinburgh EH26 0PJ Tel: 0131-475-7234 Fax: 0131-475-7201 work: ian:indigo-avs.com personal: Ian.Brockbank:bigfoot.com web: ScottishDance:bigfoot.com http://www.scottishdance.net/ Feed the World http://www.hungersite.com/