Strip the Willow

Scottish Highland Dance

Strip the Willow

Oh yes, A Scottish dance called "Strip the Willow"

Two lines men and ladies facing each other

The music starts. Harmonium, Fiddle, Drummer

People begin to clap and stamp their feet to the beat

Dom ddi dom did dom

The first two meet and link arms they twirl between the line to the end

Dom didi dom didi dom

At the end they revers linking arms and twirling each person in turn and in between twirl their partner

Like the Greeks Dance hectic twirling; twirling; twirling

Left arm, righr arm left right arm

Dom did dom did dom

reaching the end of the run the turn and dance the same rhythm to the end and form an arch

The line follows the leaders and under the arch

Now there are the new leaders

Twirling; twirling twirling

Dom didod didom did dom

Twirling twirling

Wild Rose

February 2020

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love to dance, and loved this poem....learned to line dance at a wedding...never big on country music or country dancing before that...but it was fun to work together in rhythm as a group...
very cool...and this one had that scottish accent which makes it all the more fun to dance to.
j.

[Wild Rose]

Thanks Jacob I learned at the local Youth Hostel Group meetings
You get country dances at some of the Scottish camping meets > I am out of condition now for such energetic stuff

[light and ashes]

There is a certain poetry in people coming together in celebration and in dancing. Your poem captures this well.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you
We prefer the country dances The intricate moves, weaving in and out changing partners, the lively rhythms

[McEltic]

Today, the youth just stands in one spot and jumps up and down like a jack in the box. :)

[Wild Rose]

They just stand in the corner and watch others jump

[Paul Bell]

This takes me back to the good old school days.
Though I'm sure it was a bit of a shambles to begin with, a bit like the military two-step that I recall.
Prefer the music now.

[Wild Rose]

I learned Scottish dancing at the local YHA group and at various hostels > Eight-some reel: Military two-step.
Then we started camping, where we did coutry dancing in fields wearing walking boots

[Paul Bell]

Got this image in my head now.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you _ that is what I attempt to do,
take my reader with me/ create images for you - with my writing

[AJNJ]

This must not be easy to do. Needs practice plenty and you got to get the spirit of it. Nice. Do they still do this now?

[Wild Rose]

Last time we went to a 'ceilidh' (or 'ceili' Irish) we were fell walkers and on a camping meet (Rally) going to the Edinburgh tattoo
We still got breathless
I began at Youth Hostels (YHA)
My late sis used to go to them in NZ . no reason for them to have stopped