Willie with his Tartan Trews ~ Williams
Willie with his tartan Trues
Willie with his Tartan Trews ~ Williams or Willie with his tartan Trues is an English Country Dance. It was published by Johnson in 1750 in A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 5th, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2022. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 48 bars.
Johnson published this in his 5th volume of Country Dances (1750), and Rutherford published essentially the same figure in 1759. Both Johnson and Rutherford spell this dance as "Willie with his tartan Trues". The RSCDS credits this dance to Rutherford
Hey Contrary sides Hey on your Own sides Cross over two Couple Lead up to Top, foot it And Cast off Foot it Corners & turn Foot it the Other Corners & turn Lead out Each side & 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.
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 | 1-8 | 1s cross between 2s into mirror heys on the opposite side |
| A2 | 1-8 | 1s cross again into mirror heys on their own sides |
| A3 | 1-8 | 1s cross, go below 3s, and lead up to top |
| B1 | 1-4 | 1s set twice |
| 5-8 | 1s long cast down as 2s lead up, 1s end facing 1st corners | |
| B2 | 1-4 | 1s+1st corners set and turn |
| 5-8 | 1s+2nd corners set and turn (1s end in center facing men's side) | |
| B3 | 1-4 | 1s lead out through through the men's side, cast around nearest corner |
| 5-8 | 1s lead out through the women's side, cast around nearest corner and two hand turn partner back to places |
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