No 10 - Strathspey Poussette

Question: When are the dancers supposed to be in a diagonal line when dancing a Strathspey Poussette? (And has this been changed recently?)

Answer: The dancers form a diagonal line at the end of bar 1, and again at the end of bar 4.

As they dance bars 3 and 6, they pass through the diagonal from 1st ladies' place to 2nd man's place, but they dance the turns during bars 4 and 7 in the middle of the set.

This is as described in both editions of the Manual, and has not been changed for many years.

Note: The Poussette in New Park does not contain these diagonals, as the couples are in the centre of the set at the end of bars 1 & 4.