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Taught/practised on:
CADDAM WOOD
(R5x32)
John W Mitchell SCD Archives
1- 8
1s+5s
cross
RH,
cast
in
1
place
&
turn
partners
RH
1¼
times
to
end
in
line in the middle Ladies facing down & Men up
9-16
1s+5s
dance
RSh
reel
of
4
in
middle
while
2s+3s+4s
dance
RSh
reels
of 3 on own sides (3L up & 3M down to start)
17-24
2s+1s
also
5s+4s
dance
RH
across
&
LH
back
ending
with
1M
facing
5L
in centre
25-32
1M+5L
turn
RH
1½
times
to
change
places,
then
1L+5L
also
1M+5M
turn
LH
1½
times
to
end
on
own
sides
-
Men’s
side
2
3
4
5
1
and
Ladies’ side 5 1 2 3 4
Repeat with new partners 4 more times
The
vast
majority
of
John
Mitchell’s
dances
use
the
tune
title
as
the
title
of
the
dance
and
this
is
no
exception.
The
tune
“Caddam
Wood”
was
composed
by
Adam
Rennie
who
lived
in
Coupar
Angus,
not
far
from
the
wood
at
Kirriemuir. J.M. Barrie also used Caddam Wood as a setting in his novel “The Little Minister”, published c1890.
As
for
the
dance
itself
........
One
evening
at
a
Summer
School
Ball
in
St.Andrews,
during
one
of
the
reels,
the
band
started
to
play
the
tune
“Caddam
Wood”.
Miss
Jean
Milligan
immediately
stopped
the
dance
and
informed
the
band,
in
no
uncertain
terms,
that
the
tune
was
not
one
which
she
had
selected
for
them
to
play,
and,
furthermore,
that
as
the
tune
was
a
‘Pipe
March’,
it
should
never
be
used
for
country
dancing.
The
following
day
she
complained
in
class
about
the
use
of
pipe
tunes,
modern
dances
in
general
and
five
couple
dances
in
particular.
This
dance
was
devised
and
walked
through
that
very
afternoon
to
commemorate
the
significant
event
which
had
occurred on the previous evening!
