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THE NONDESCRIPT CARPET COURT
or A TRIBUTE TO FRED DeMARSE
(R8x32)
Duncan Brown (2008)
1- 8
1s cross RH, cast off 2 places, dance up to top NHJ & cast off 1 place
(2s step up 3-4)
9-14
Chain Rights & Lefts for 6 bars:-
` 9-10
1M+2M, 1L+3L change RH
`11-12
2M+3M, 3L+2L change LH
`13-14
1M+3M, 1L+2L change RH
15-16
1s turn ¾ RH to face 2
nd
corner position while 2s & 3s cross RH
17-20
1s dance ½ reel of 4 with 2
nd
corners, 1s turn LH to face 1
st
corner
position
21-24
1s dance ½ reel of 4 with 1
st
corners, finishing in 2
nd
place own sides
25-32
2s+1s+3s circle 6H round and back
This dance was devised by Duncan Brown ‘sometime in 2008’ and named in tribute to Fred DeMarse's great
teaching of the Highland Class at the 2008 RSCDS Summer School.
The alternative title - The Nondescript Carpet Court - refers to an article in the Nov 2008 RSCDS San Francisco
Branch Newsletter 'The Reel and Strathspeyper' where Donna Weidenfeller had told of the demise of the
chequered carpet tiles of the Chequered Court in University Hall in St Andrews, which have been replaced by
nondescript carpeting.
