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ANNA HOLDEN'S STRATHSPEY (S8x32) 2C
John Drewry RSCDS Book 42
1- 4
1s+2s dance RH across
5- 8
1s cross down to 2
nd
place as 2s cast up, 1M+2L turn LH as 1L+2M
turn RH into a line across (1s between 2s) facing down
9-16
1s+2s dance down in line, 1s turn & face up as 2s turn in behind,
dance up, 1s casting to 2
nd
place opposite sides as 2s dance to
1st place own sides
17-24
2M+1L also 2L+1M set, petronella in tandem into centre, set &
petronella in tandem to sides
25-32
1s+2s set, circle 4H round ½ way; 1s turn 2H 1½ times to 2
nd
place
own side
John
Drewry
devised
this
dance
for
Anna
Holden
in
July
1991
as
“a
tribute
to
her
directorship
of
the
60th
Summer
School
at
St
Andrews
in
1991”,
and
it
includes
the
newly-devised
figure
“Petronella
in
tandem”.
The
tune
“The
60
th
Summer School” was composed by Muriel Jouhnstone.
John Drewry also noted:
Some
years
ago
I
attended
a
class
in
San
Francisco
which
was
taught
by
Mark
Post.
He
taught
“The
Braes
of
Mellinish”
with
the
down
and
up
movement
(bars
9-16)
as
in
bars
9-16
of
this
dance,
explaining
that
Miss
Milligan
had
taught
it
this
way
while
he
was
at
St.
Andrews.
I
felt
that
this
was
far
superior
to
the
way
we
now
do
“The
Braes
of
Mellinish”
and
so
have
incorporated
it
in
this
dance.
Anna
Campbell
Holden,
a
member
of
Birmingham
RSCDS
Branch,
was
both
an
examiner
and
a
teacher
of
day
and
weekend schools all over the world, as well as Director of Summer School for several years.