Catriona Joan Stewart


32 bar Strathspey for 3 couples

Tune: Abercorn (commisioned to mark the 50th birthday of Alan Mair) by Muriel Johnstone.
 
 

1 - 2 First couple turn each other with both hands.
3 - 4 First couple cast to 2nd place (2nd couple move up).
5 - 8 First couple turn each other with both hands once round and pass each other by the right shoulder to finish facing 1st corners.
9 - 12 First couple dance a half reel of four with first corners passing left shoulder on bar 12 to finish again facing first corners.
13 - 16 First couple turn first corner by the right hand to finish each facing partner's second corner (first corners dance 4 steps).
17 - 20 First couple dance a half reel of four with second corners to finish again facing partner's second corner.
21 - 24 First couple turn partner's second corner by the right hand to finish back to back in the centre of the dance, first woman facing down, first man facing up.
25 - 28 First woman with second couple and first man with third couple dance three hands round, first woman / second man and first man / third woman releasing hands on bar 28.
29 - 32 First woman joining hands with third woman and first man joining hands with second man, third first and second couples dance six hands round half way to own sides.

Repeat from second place.

Dance devised by Christine Mair in 1994 and dedicated to Alan Mair in memory of their niece, Catriona Joan Stewart.