The Frank Thomson Band

Snowball Programme

Welcome, Safety and HHCOS intro 7.15pm

Hamper Dinner 7.40pm

1st half 9.00pm

Interval & raffle 10.15pm

2nd half 10.35pm

Auld Lang Syne 11.57pm

Carriages 00.00am

First Half Dances

1. Gay Gordons

2. Dashing White Sergeant

3. Deil Among the Tailors

4. Virginia Reel

5. Hamilton House

6. St Bernard’s Waltz

7. Postie’s Jig

8. The Haddo Snow Ball (a new dance created for our 2020 Ball by Phylis Garden)

Interval & Raffle

Second Half Dances

9. Flying Scotsman or Circassian Circle Progressive

10. Mayfair Quickstep OR your own quickstep

11. Reel of the 51st , Aberdeenshire OR RSCDS version.

12. Eva Three Step

13. The Duke of Perth left OR Strip the Willow right

14. Britannia Two Step

15. Mairi’s Wedding

16. Pride of Erin Waltz

17. Eightsome Reel

Auld Lang Syne

Reserve dances: Shiftin’ Bobbins & Canadian Barn Dance

The dances will be explained and called by our excellent caller Paul McKnight

Haddo Snow Ball Dance

8 x 32 bar reel, longwise set (for 3 or 4 couples)

Bars 1 – 8 1s, 2s and 3s dance Snowball Grand Chain (to finish 1s in 3rd place, 3s in 1st place, 2s in 2nd place. 2s on opposite sides)

Bars 9 – 16 1s and 3s chase anti-clockwise ½ way round (behind the 2s who remain standing), to finish in order 1s, 2s and 3s, all on the opposite sides. All set twice joining hands on the side.

Bars 17 - 24 1s dance down the middle of the set for 3, turn and dance up and cast out round the top into 2nd place, the 2s having stepped up, to finish in order 2s, 1s and 3s (all still on opposite sides).

Bars 25 - 32 All 3 couples, joining hands on the side, advance for 2 steps, retire for 2 steps, then turn their partner both hands (or spin) 1 ½ to finish in the order 2s, 1s and 3s on the correct side.

1s repeat from 2nd position in a 4 couple set, or 1s slip to the bottom in a 3 couple set with a new couple to start.