January 2004
Written for Scottish Country Dance Society of Berlin Burns Night, January 2004. It describes the preparation of a Haggis.
| Music Bars |
Description |
|---|---|
| The stomach | |
| 1-8 | All circle left and back. |
| Chopping meat | |
| 9-12 | Ends advance, clap and retire. |
| 13-16 | Sides advance, clap and retire. |
| Mixing - the big Haggis figure | |
| 17-18 | Ladies left-hand wheel 1/2 round as men dance around 1/4 circle clockwise to next position. |
| 19-20 | Men turn respective ladies right hand 1/2 round. |
| 21-22 | Repeat bars 17-18 with men 1/2 left-hand wheel in centre and ladies 1/4 circle clockwise to next position. |
| 23-24 | Repeat bars 19-20. |
| 25-32 | Repeat bars 17-24; everyone ends on opposite sides. |
| Sewing up | |
| 33-40 | Grand chain 1/2 circle back to place, beginning with right hand with partner. |
| Cut and spill | |
| 41-48 | First couple joins hands and crosses the dance, goes out between third couple, cast left/right respectively and dance behind circle back to place. Repeat three times with each couple dancing the "Cut and spill" figure at the end in turn. |