Flying Scotsman

Music - 32bar jigs or reels

Music - audio/4 x 32 jigs.mp3

Formation - 4 couple longways
A1     Boys join hands along the line          Top boy leads the boys' line through  the top 2 girls and weaves the girl's   line to the bottom and straight back    to place           Girls could raise joined hands to  make arches for the boys to weave through	boys weave the girls line
A2     Girls join hands along the line           Top girl leads girls through the top  2 boys and weaves the boys line to the bottom and straight back to place            Boys could raise joined hands to make arches for the girls to weave through	girls weave the boys line
B1     Top couple join 2 hands and galop down through the bottom of the set (12steps)           Same couple galop back to bottom of the set (4 steps)           (It helps if the remaing couples join  hands as soon as the top couple have passed them on the way down.          This will force the dancing couple to stop at the bottom of the set)	top cpl galops down
B2     All couples (whole set) galops down (8 steps) and back to place (8 steps) NOTE - this is a potentially risky move (if the  leading couple trip and fall over, the following couples will fall over them!)               A safer alternative is for the dancers to join hands along their own line and galop down and back in lines	all cpls galop down & back	alternative galop down
DANCE REPEATS WITH NEW TOP COUPLE       This dance is namded after the famous 'Flying Scotsman' train. The lines represent the trains and       there is, of course a 'mail (male) train!       Some schools do this with the dancers holding the waist of the one in front to form a train