June

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Noel Chávez taught the class. We had a large class (3 sets!) including a few beginners, so we worked on quicktime and strathspey traveling and setting steps and some basic figures. We also revisited The St Nicholas Boat and after class tried a new dance for cicadas.

Dances done:

1. Trip to Gatlinburg 32J3

2. Those Eyes 32J2

3. Snapdragon 32J2

4. The St Nicholas Boat 48J3

5. The Sheltered Cove 32S2

6. The Deil Amang the Tailors 32R3

7. Sid the Cicada 32R3 (Set)

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, we had a new dancer who found us at the Highland Games, plus returning dancers who’d not been there for a bit. It was a lively group and we mixed easier dances with a couple of interesting new dances from Book 53 and Delaware Valley Gold. We practiced quicktime traveling and setting steps, hands across, turning by the right and left in 4 and 2 bars, rights and lefts, and figures of 8.

Dances done:

1. Alice’s Request 32J2

2. The Glen 32J2

3. The Oban Reel 32R3

4. The Flight of the Falcon 32J3

5. The Selkirk Settlers 40R3 (Set)

6. The Galloping Carousel 32J4 (Set)

7. The Written Examination 32S3 (Set)

8. Abbie’s Twizzle 32R3

Tuesday, June 11, 2024, we had a new dancer, a returning newer dancer, and had fun with dances not from upcoming programs.

Dances done:

1. The Young Lady of Threadneedle Street 32J3

2. The Glen 32J2

3. Katherine Hamilton 32S3

4. The St Nicholas Boat 48J3

5. trial Sue dance 32S3

6. The Flowers of Edinburgh 32R3

Tuesday, June 4, 2024, we finished dancing the remaining more interesting, lesser-known, or not-done-recently dances from the Midwest Scottish Weekend. We also danced The Reel of the 51st Division in honor of the anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk and a couple of other lovely dances.

Dances done:

1. Cabbages and Kings 32J3

2. Long Pond Reel 32R3

3. The Robertson Rant 80S4 (Set)

4. The Reel of the 51st Division 32R3

5. Whistler’s Jig 32J2

6. The Peat Fire Flame 40R3

7. Gang the Same Gate 32S3

8. The Deil Amang the Tailors 32R3