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Central Scotland Circle Dance

Winter Seasonal Dances

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Alunelul

Choreo: Traditional | Teacher: Gill Hazlehurst

Music: Available from CSCD

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Auld Lang Syne

Choreo: Emily Queen | Teacher: Hazel Young

Music: The Cast from 'The Winnowing'

Auld Lang Syne means 'old times since' or 'old times past'. Words are by Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet.

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Auld Lang Syne - Hazel Young

Auld Lang Syne

Choreo & Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: Mairi Campbell - The Winnowing

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Auld Lang Syne - Lilly Sell

Candlelight Carol (Teaching)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Bridget Ovey

Music: Distant Lands - John Rutter / Vocal Christmas version - Aled Jones

Step notes Step notes - long hand

Candlelight Carol (Dance)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Bridget Ovey

Music: Distant Lands - John Rutter / Vocal Christmas version - Aled Jones

Step notes Step notes - long hand

Clog Dance (The)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: La Fille Mal Gardee - Herold/Lanchbery Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Decca 430 196-2

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Clog Dance (The) - Brenda Kelly / Lilly Sell

Cumbia Celtica

Choreo: Jenny Oswald | Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: Wells for Zoe - Water for Life - Salsa Celtica

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Cumbia Celtica - Lilly Sell (Jenny Oswald)

Kol Shana

Choreo & Teacher: Rose Cross

Music: Every year (is a new year) - Jewish celebration song for new year

Original music source unknown

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Le petit garçon (Teaching)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Rose Cross

Music: Nana Mouskouri - The Christmas Album

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Le petit garçon (Dance)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Rose Cross

Music: Nana Mouskouri - The Christmas Album

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Mary's Boy Child (Teaching)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Jenny Collins

Music: Boney M

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Mary's Boy Child (Dance)

Choreo: Brenda Kelly | Teacher: Jenny Collins

Music: Boney M

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Merry Christmas Everyone

Choreo & Teacher: Lesley Laslett

Music: Shakin' Stevens

== variations == can walk into the centre sways, etc

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Namariê

Choreo & Teacher: Guataçara Monteiro e João Paulo Pessoa

Music: Meninos do Morumbi Nome - Meninos do Morumbi

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One Toy Soldier (Teaching)

Choreo: Lesley Laslett | Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: One Toy Soldier - Enya

Step notes Additional step notes Lyrics

One Toy Soldier (Dance)

Choreo & Teacher: Lesley Laslett

Music: One Toy Soldier - Enya

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Toy Soldier - Lesley Laslett

Portsmouth

Choreo & Teacher: Phil Smith

Music: Mike Oldfield

Portsmouth - Phil Smith

Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin (Teaching)

Choreo & Teacher: Pamela Affleck

Music: Alastair McDonald, Song: Robert Burns 'There was a lad',

CD: Honest Poverty

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Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin (Dance)

Choreo & Teacher: Pamela Affleck

Music: Alastair McDonald, Song: Robert Burns 'There was a lad',

CD: Honest Poverty

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Shalom Aleichem (Peace be with you)

Choreo: Alison Jablonko | Teacher: Yvonne Shapiro

Also known as the “Sabbath Evening Dance”, choreographed by Alison Jablonko in the early days of circle dancing, to a tune that is said to come from the Jewish Sabbath evening service.

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Shepherds' Dance

Choreo: Traditional | Teacher: Gill Hazlehurst

Music: Traditional (French)

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Silent Night

Choreo & Teacher: Lesley Laslett

Music: Stille Nacht - Christmas with Emma Kirkby

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Slow Winter

Choreo & Teacher: Joyce McAndrew

Music: Thomas Otten and Stephanie Arcadias

Spirit of Peace

Choreo & Teacher: Stefan Freedman

Music, lyrics, voice and guitar: Pat Mayberry, Canada

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Stardust

Choreo: Nawal Gadalla | Teacher: Bridget Ovey

Music: Merry Widow Waltz - Franz Lehar, arr: Sharron Shannon

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Sussex Carol

Choreo & Teacher: Bridget Ovey

Music: Sussex Carol – On Christmas Night - Kings College Cambridge

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The Angel Gabriel

Choreo & Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: Aled Jones

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The Angel Gabriel - Lilly Sell

Ubi Caritas

Choreo & Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: Taize chant - Music of Unity & Peace

When Charity & Love Prevail

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Un Flambeau Jeanette Isabella

Choreo & Teacher: Phil Smith

Music: Diane Taraz - Hope! Says the Holly

The translation for the title is 'Bring a torch Jeanette & Isabella'. Story goes: Two shepherdesses have found the baby Jesus and his mother in a stable. Torches are a Christmas tradition in Provence, where children dress up as shepherds and milkmaids, carrying torches and candles to Midnight Mass, whilst singing this carol.

When Winter Comes

Choreo: Annick Bailieu | Teacher: Lilly Sell

Music: Chris de Burgh - Road to Freedom

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White is in the Winter Night

Choreo & Teacher: Anne-Lise Kryger

Music: Enya - And Winter Came

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Winter's Tale (Teaching)

Choreo & Teacher: Rose Cross

Music: David Essex (1982)

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Winter's Tale (Dance)

Choreo & Teacher: Rose Cross

Music: David Essex (1982)

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