She's Ower Young to Marry Yet ~ RSCDS
She's Ower Young to Marry Yet ~ RSCDS is a Scottish Country Dance. It was published by Thompson in about 1757 in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol I, London. It was interpreted by RSCDS in 1947 and published in RSCDS Book 14. It is S8×32 3C/4C, a proper Triple Minor dance. St32.
Thompson writes:
The 1st. Cu. Foot it to the 2nd Wo. hands three round Foot it to the 2nd Man hands all four round lead down two Cu. and the 2nd. and 3rd. follows cross over and turn your Partner
Rutherford published an earlier version of this dance:
Foot it all four & Hands across quite Round Foot it and the same back again Gallop down the Middle & up again & Cast off Right Hand & Left
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), set, circle, cast, lead, cross go below (and probably others).
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