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THE BONNIE TREE
(S8x32)
Romaine Butterfield RSCDS Book 46
1- 8
1s dance down below 3s & cast up behind 3s, dance up between 2s
& cast to 2nd place
9-16
2s+1s+3s ½ turn partner 2H & twirl to cast into partner’s place, all
circle 6H round to left ¾ way into lines across (Men facing down at
top)
17-20
1s change places RH & cast right to 2nd place own side while (bar
19) 3M+2L change places diagonally RH
21-24
1s cross RH & cast right into middle while (bar 23) 2M+3L change
places RH, all end in lines across (Ladies facing down, Men up)
25-32
All ½ turn partner 2H & cast right to opposite place, all circle 6H
round to left to own sides 2 1 3
Dedicated
to
the
memory
of
Catriona
Budge,
a
dancer
in
Wellington,
New
Zealand
and
a
staunch
environmentalist.
At
Catriona’s
funeral
it
was
suggested
that
those
present
should
each
plant
a
tree
in
her
memory. This is Romaine’s tree.
There was na sic a bonnie tree
In all the country side
From Oh Rowan Tree in Lays from Strathearn by Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne.
The
tune
published
in
Book
46
is
called
Bonnie
Glenfarclas,
composed
by
Frank
Thomson.
Glenfarclas
translates
as
meaning
‘valley
of
the
green
grass’
and
the
Glenfarclas
distillery
is
a
Speyside
whisky
distillery
in
Ballindalloch,
first
licensed
in
1836,
owned
and
run
by
the
Grant
family
since
1865
-
John
Grant,
then
aged
60,
bought
the
distillery
for
£511.19s.0d
and
his
great
great
grandson
is
now
Chairman.
The
distillery
has
six
stills
which
are
the
largest
on
Speyside
and
are
heated
directly
by
gas
burners,
giving
the
distillery
a
production
capacity
of
around
90,000
litres
of
finished
whisky
per
year,
with
normally
four
stills
used
for
production
and
two
kept in reserve.
Glenfarclas
produce
a
traditional
Speyside
malt
with
a
heavy
sherry
influence
and
the
distillery
has
approximately
50,000
casks
maturing
on
site,
in
traditional
dunnage
warehouses.
In
2007
Glenfarclas
launched
The
Family
Casks,
a
collection
of
43
single
cask
bottlings,
with
one
from
every
year
from
1952
to
1994.
In
January 2011 Glenfarclas released a limited edition bottling to mark the distillery's 175th anniversary.
The company was named Distiller of the Year by Whisky Magazine in 2006.