ins_lille
Lille
Kynaston 1710
Interpreted by Andrew Shaw in 2000.
3 cpls. (original: triple minor)
Tune: Lille
A1 1-4 1st man, followed by pen.. cast down outside 2nd man cross through the set between 2nd & 3rd cpls. and go down outside 3rd wo. 1st wo. following into the centre of the set but then going down the middle between 3rd cpl. 1st cpl- finishing below 3rd cpl 1st man on the outside, 1st wo. on the centre line (12 steps) 5-8 1st wo., followed by ptn., cast straight back up the outside behind men’s line to original place and turn R. to face ptn (12 steps) A2 1-4 3rd wo., followed by ptn.. cast up outside 2nd wo., cross chrough the set between 2nd & 1st cpls. and go up outside 1st man, 3rd man following into the centre of the set but then going up the middle between 1st cpl., 3rd cpl. finishing above 1st cpl., 3rd wo. on the outsides 3rd man on the centre line (12 steps). 5-8 3rd man, followed by ptn., cast straight back down the outside behind we.’s line to original place and turn R. to face ptn (12 steps) While . In Al 1-2, 2nd cpl., following 1st wo., go single file anticlockwise 2 places round into 1st place improper, then single file clockwise back to place in bars 7-8 as 1st cpl. rerum to their original places. continuing into, In A2 1-2. 2nd cpl., following 3rd man, gO single file anticlockwise 2 places round into 3rd place improper, then single file clockwise back to place in bars 7-8 as 3rd cpl. return to their original places. B1 1-2 1st cpl. meet (3 steps) and lead down to middle place (3 steps), 2nd cpl. falling back (3 steps) and moving up into 1st place (3 steps) 3-6 Ptns. set R. & L. then turn S. R. (6 steps). 7-8 1st cpl. cross R. and move up the outside into 1st place improper, 2nd cpl. meeting, leading down to middle place and immediately turning towards each other to face back up. B2 1-2 1st cpl. cast down to middle place and clap own hands once on beat 6 turning to face nbr on R.. 2nd cpl. leading up into 1st place and turning out to face down 3-4 1st man & 2nd wo. 1st Wo & 3rd man, gypsy R. 5-8 Ist cpl. 2-hand turn once and a half round (9 steps) then lead down into 3rd place (3 steps), 3rd cpl. moving up the outside into 2nd place in bar 8. Repeat x 2
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5xx8ibkHd4
Note on the dance
The War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713), and especially the part played in it by John
Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, was a rich and enduring source of inspiration for topical
songs and dances, This dance was undoubtedly written to commemorate the capture at the
end of 1708, of the French fortress of Lille after a prolonged siege by the commanders of the
Grand Alliance, Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough. The Marlborough
connection is evident also in the dances Woodstock Park and Blenheim House.
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