He'll Aye Be Welcome Back Again
He'll Aye Be Welcome Back Again is an old Scottish Country Dance. It was devised by Castle Menzies in 1749 and published in The Register of Dances at Castle Menzies, Scotland. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2024. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
The RSCDS calls this this "You'll Aye Be Welcome Back Again".
Quoted from The Register of Dances at Castle Menzies (as transcribed by Jim Healy):
1st man sets to the 2d woman & turns her the 1st woman does the same then the 1st pair dances down two couple & up again (the woman going down the midle the man behind backs, & returning the contrary way) then casts off; then the 1st man turns the 3d woman, then his own partner half round, then turns the 2d woman, the 1st woman does the same on the man's side att the same time; then the 1st pair leads out at the sides
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.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| A1 | 1-4 | M1+W2 set and two hand turn |
| 5-8 | W1+M2 set and two hand turn | |
| A2 | 1-8 | M1 cast below 3s as L1 moves down middle, loop 3s, M1 up middle, L1 up outside to top and cast down as 2s move up |
| B1 | 1-4 | 1s turn 1st corners right, partner left, end facing 2nd corners |
| 5-8 | 1s turn 2nd corners right, end in the middle facing out the women's line | |
| B2 | 1-4 | 1s lead out sides: 1s lead out between inactive women, loop around them back to center and two hand turn half, facing men |
| 5-8 | 1s lead out between inactive men and loop around them back to 2nd place own side |
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