Page 1 of 2, Union Quadrilles
| ID | JSS0495 |
| Title | Page 1 of 2, Union Quadrilles |
| Document Reference | MS 3088 |
| Format | 165 x 256 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten Manuscript |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Dance, Union |
| 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. Each figure has a 'nationality'. Union. 1. Scotch. First and fourth ladies change places - second and third ladies same - first and fourth gents change places - second and third gentlemen same - first and fourth couples, and second and third couples advance at corners, retire and promenade to places. Set to partners - and turn - promenade - [Repeat. 2. French - Four ladies advance to centre and turn - four gentlemen same - repeat - hands eight half round - ladies turn - gentlemen turn - first and second couples return to places, first couple leading through the second - third and fourth couples same, third couple leading through the fourth - Hands eight round. [Repeat. 3. Irish [The top and third couples face eachother, and the second and fourth couples face each other.] Right and left all round figure, till in your places - top and opposite couples advance - retire - advance - and hands four all round - ladies across and back - chassez into partners places and back again. [Repeat. [Note:] In press and speedily will be published 'The Union Quadrilles', on National Airs, by J. Scott Skinner specially arranged for this favourite and unknown [replaced with] neglected set. [Continued at JSS0496]. |
| 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 | JSS0496 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Dance Notebooks |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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