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| Bars | 1-8: | 1st and 3rd couples dance a double figure of eight around 2nd couple.
To start, 1st couple cross down and 3rd couple cast up. |
|---|---|---|
| 9-16: | 1st and 2nd couples dance the Knot. 1st couple end in the centre,
facing 1st corners. | |
| 17-24: | 1st, 2nd and 3rd couples dance the Millwheel:
17-18: 1st lady and 2nd couple,, and 1st man and 3rd couple, dance right hands
across half way. 19-20: 2nd and 3rd couples dance left hands across half way while 1st couple chase a quarter of the way clockwise round the set. 21-22: 1st, 2nd and 3rd ladies, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd men dance right hands across half way. 23-24: 1st couple turn one and a quarter times giving left hands, to end facing 1st corners. | |
| 25-32: | 1st couple dance "corners pass and turn" with first corners then second corners.
(1st couple dance round first corners and back into the centre while
first corners turn once round giving right hands and return to place. 1st couple
and first corners pass right shoulders to start, and 1st couple pass right
shoulders at the end to face second corners. Repeat with second corners, first
couple passing right shoulders at the end to finish in second place on their own sides.) |
Repeat, having passed a couple.
Devised by Ian Brockbank and published in Dunedin Dances 4.
This dance and 'The Geese in the Bog' came out of the concept of the alternating wheels (sorry, hands across), with 1st couple throwing the others into a muddle in the middle and drifting safely round the outside before taking pity and bringing them back out to place. They were my first Sunday-morning dances.
Bars 17-24 benefit greatly from crisp, accurate phrasing.
The name of the tune "The Old Road to Towie" fits the dance so well, I decided to specify it as the name tune of the dance. When I heard it played for the dance, I realised my mistake, but by then the book had been published. I should have stuck with my original idea - "Milladen" which has 'Mill' in the name, and is a nice tune. It's also easier to come by. Some you lose. Consider Milladen now the original tune.
If you try this dance, please let me know how you get on.
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