November

Tuesday, November 26, 2024, we celebrated Thanksgiving by dancing several themed dances plus dances that encourage thinking about how figures flow from one to the other.

Dances done:

1. Come What May 32J2

2. Miss Gibson’s Strathspey 32S3

3. Rest and Be Thankful 32R3

4. Golden Eccles Cakes 32J3

5. Pecan Pie 32S3 (new Sue dance)

6. Pumpkin Pie 32J3

7. An Autumn Posy 32S2

8. The Cup-of-Gold Vine 32J3

9. Turkey Trot 32R3

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, we danced 3 dances from the Dance Around the World list, a couple more November birthday dances with 3-couple bourrels, and a few other fun dances. We worked on how figures flow from one to the other.

Dances done:

1. The Glen 32J2

2. The Swan and the Tay 32S3 (Set)

3. Dancing in the Street 32R4 (Set)

4. The Laird of Milton’s Daughter 32J3

5. (I Can’t) Let It Go 40S3 (new Sue dance)

6. Salute to Ann Arbor 32R3

7. 73 Is the Perfect Number 32S3

8. The Montgomeries’ Rant 32R3

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Noel Chávez taught the basics class and worked on skip-change, pas-de-basque, and strathspey traveling step, transitioning from pas-de-basque into skip-change and back, grand chain in a longways set, and the allemande.

Dances done:

1. First Love 32S3 (Set) as a jig

2. The White Cockade 32R3

3. Lady Auckland’s Reel 32S2

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, we tried Wouter Joubert’s newest dance, danced a dance celebrating Barry’s birthday and another celebrating Scorpio birthdays, a dance from the Ann Arbor program, and few other fun dances. We worked on how in many dances figures flow from one to the other and how to think about that while dancing and worked on the 3-couple bourrel. We also danced a dance with the basics class.

Dances done:

1. Granville Market 32J3

2. The Sparkling Loch 32R3 (Set)

3. Barry’s Birthday Bourrel 32S3

4. The Garden City Jig 32J3

5. A Golden Milestone 32M4 (Set) (Wouter’s new dance)

6. Scorpio Season 32S3 (new Sue dance)

7. The Reel of the Royal Scots 32R3

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, Noel Chávez taught the basics class and worked on quicktime setting, mirror reels of 3, and strathspey traveling.

Dances done:

1. The Dashing White Sergeant 32R RR

2. The White Cockade 32R3

3. The Sparkling Loch 32R3 (Set)

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, we reviewed 6 dances from the Fall Dance program, tried 2 dances from the Ann Arbor program, and tried a potential dance for the Midwinter Ball. (The Basics class did not meet this week.)

Dances done:

1. The Lady Wynd 32J3

2. Tom McLeod’s Strathspey 32S3

3. Kilt Swing 32R3

4. It Came with a Pool 32S3 (Set)

5. Blue Bonnets 32J2

6. Chicago Sapphire 32S3 (new Sue dance)

7. The Galloping Carousel 32J4 (Set)

8. Triple Happiness 32S3 (Set)

9. Toast to the Mousies 32R3