Page 2 of 2, Union Quadrilles
A Guide to Fashionable Dancing
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| ID | JSS0496 |
| Title | Page 2 of 2, Union Quadrilles |
| Document Reference | MS 3088 |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Item Description | This excerpt is from a series of notebooks compiled by Skinner and his own dance teacher, William Scott. The notebooks were published under the title, A Guide to Fashionable Dancing. [continued from JSS0495]. 4. Spanish - Waltz chain half round (commencing at corners) - Waltz to places - top and opposite ladies change places - side ladies same - top and opposite gentlemen change places - side gentlemen same - Waltz to places {Repeat. 5. English. Top and oppposite couples right and left - ladies chain, grand square* (see illustration.) [Immediately under this is a diagram of the Grand Square, which illustrates where each couple should place themselves whilst performing the Grand Square formation.] Top and bottom couples ab - cd advance to centre i - chassez to i. - chassez to s, and regain places; the side couples efgh - chassez to o - chassez to p to i and again to places. o at corners means lady, [diamond shape] means Gentlemen. *[Note:] This part of the figure [the Grand Square] is performed by the four couples at the same time. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner and William Scott |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Publisher | Charles Middleton, Keith |
| Time Period | 1870s-1880s |
| Associated Dates: Creation | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Publication | 1884 |
| Relationships | JSS0495 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Dance Notebooks |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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