Glenmore Rant
A progressive dance for eleven dancers.
1-4 1st man, 1st lady and 3rd lady; 2nd man, 4th lady and 6th lady;
3rd man, 5th lady and 7th lady; three hands across giving right hands.
5-8 1st man, 2nd lady and 4th lady; 2nd man, 3rd lady and 5th lady;
3rd man, 6th lady and 8th lady; three hands across giving left hands.
9-12 1st man, 1st lady and 4th lady; 2nd man, 3rd lady and 6th lady;
3rd man, 5th lady and 8th lady; half reels of three.
13-16 1st man, 2nd lady and 6th lady; 2nd man, 1st lady and 8th lady;
3rd man, 3rd lady and 7th lady; half reels of three.
17-20 1st man giving hands to 6th and 8th ladies; 2nd man with 2nd and 1st ladies; 3rd man with 7th and 5th ladies; set and pass through ladies' lines.
21-24 2nd, 4th, 7th and 5th ladies dance half rights and lefts
25-28 Men dance in through gaps and dance one-third of a 3 handed
wheel (2 bars)
29-32 3rd man, 6th and 8th ladies; 1st man and 7th and 1st ladies; 2nd man, 2nd and 4th ladies; set as in double triangles, men turn about with pas-de-bas to finish
33-36 The three triads dance down hall while 3rd and 4th ladies dance
up to top under arches.
37-40 The triads dance up to 2nd, 3rd, 4th place
41-44 The triads dance half reels of three across while 3rd and 4th
ladies cross over covering lines
45-48 Men set in line facing up and dance up to places to restart
Note: on 3rd and 4th time through on bars 25-28, it is a left hand wheel, while on 25-28 on 1st and 2nd time through it is a right hand wheel - to make progression work.
Green Lochan - Robert Donald