The Crooket Horned Ewie ~ RSCDS

The Crocked Horn'd Ewe ~ RSCDS

The Crocked Horn'd Ewe ~ Williams The Crooket Horned Ewie ~ RSCDS

The Crooket Horned Ewie ~ RSCDS or The Crocked Horn'd Ewe ~ RSCDS is a Scottish Country Dance. It was published by David Rutherford in 1758 in Twenty Four Country Dances of the Year 1758, 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.

Rutherford spells this dance as "The Crocked Horn'd Ewe".

Rutherford writes:
The first Cu. Lead thro the 2d. Cu. & cross over into ye. 3d. Cu.s Place The 2d. does the same The 3d. Cu. casts off into their own Place, then the 3 Men turns their Partners & the first Cu. cross over two Cu. Lead up to the Top foot it & cast off Lead thro ye. 3d. Cu. cast up into ye. 2d. Cu.s Place & turn your Partner

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), cast, lead, lead and cast, cross go below (and probably others).

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