Lochiel's Rant ~ Williams
Lochiel's Rant ~ Williams is an English Country Dance. It was published by David Rutherford in 1756 in Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 1. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2024. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 24 bars.
On page 64 Rutherford writes:
The first Man sets to the 2d Wo. & turns her with his right Hand & his partner with his Left First Wo. does the same Lead down between the 2d Cou. & without Side the 3d. turn your Partner, lead up to the Top, foot it & cast off foot it Corners & turn foot it ye other Corners & turn yr. own Partner class="udot2">··
The music consists of a four bar strain and an eight bar one. They both need to be played at four counts per bar to fit in all the movements.
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 | 1-2 | M1 set forward to W2 and right turn her |
| 3-4 | 1s set forward and left hand turn | |
| A2 | 1-2 | L1 set forward to M2 and left turn him |
| 3-4 | 1s set forward and right hand turn | |
| B1 | 1-2 | 1s lead down between 2s, go outside 3s and loop around them |
| 3-4 | 1s two hand turn end facing up | |
| 5-6 | 1s lead to top | |
| 7-7 | 1s set | |
| 8-8 | 1s cast down to 1st corners as 2s lead up | |
| B2 | 1-2 | 1s+1st corners set and two hand turn |
| 3-4 | 1s+2nd corners set and two hand turn | |
| 5-8 | 1s meet and two hand turn to proper |
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2024 by George Williams. And is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2024 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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