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FIVE PENNY NESS
(J5x32)
Jean Attwood Alexander Leaflet 34
1- 8
1s
&
5s
in
prom
hold
dance
reel
of
3
across
with
2s/4s
ending
in
2
nd
/4
th
place (2s & 4s step up/down)
9-16
1s+3s+5s
circle
6H
round
&
back
while
2s
&
4s
turn
partners
½
way
&
chase clockwise to opposite end of set all on own sides
17-24
4s
&
2s
pass
1s/5s
RSh
on
own
side
&
weave
parallel
back
to
other
end
of
set,
2s
continuing
to
2
nd
place
&
4s
to
4
th
place
(1s
&
5s
step
up/down)
25-32
1s
cross
between
2s,
cast
behind
3s,
cross
between
4s
&
cast
behind
5s to 5
th
place as others step up
Teacher’s Notes:
Bars 1-8:
Try
for
this
reel
in
6
bars
to
give
time
for
the
promenaders
to
get
into
the
middle
in
2
nd
/4
th
places,
while
2s
&
4s
finish
in
1
st
&
5
th
places
Bars 9-16:
For
2s
&
4s
this
is
the
same
movement
as
in
Polharrow
Burn
-
they
are
“the
chasers”
and
need
to
finish
facing
the
way
they
are
going.
The
3
couples
circling
should
ensure
they
finish
in
good
straight
lines.
Bars 17-24:
“The
chasers”
become
“the
weavers”.
All
should
end
in
original
places.
Bars 25-32:
1s
need
to
wake
up
for
their
solo
-
they
are
the
“dancing
couple”
after all!
Fivepenny
(Scottish
Gaelic:
Na
Còig
Peighinnean)
is
one
of
the
many
villages
in
the
district
of
Ness
(Nis
in
Gaelic)
on
the
northern
tip
of
the
Isle
of
Lewis
in
the
Outer
Hebrides.
Fivepenny
is
within
the
parish
of
Barvas,
and
is
situated
on
the
B8014,
between
Port
of
Ness
and
Eoropie.
The
name
refers
to
the
fact
that
it
is
made
up
of
five
pennylands (an old Scottish land measurement).
There
are
two
separate
places
with
this
name,
both
in
the
north-west
of
Lewis.
Furthest
north
in
Ness
the
full
name
of
the
village
there
is
Còig
Peighinnean
Nis,
and
in
the
Borve
area
further
south
of
the
village
there
is
Còig
Peighinnean
Bhuirgh.
Both
are
known
locally
as
Na
Còig
Peighinnean,
the
full
name
only
being
used
to
distinguish
one from the other.
So the dance is named after the northern village - Còig Peighinnean Nis.
The
only
available
recording
for
this
dance
is
on
The
Sunday
Class
Recorded
Highlights
Vol
1
which
is
available
here
.