Ian F Russell writes:

“It would appear that the Aberdeen Dem team have the last 8 bars wrong!!!

The 4 individual arches figures are each 2 bars.

In the dem, the dancers making the arch who are coming out from the middle are actually using 4 bars, except for the last change (2nd cpl and 1st cpl).

In the Dem, dancers coming out from the middle during the first 3 changes use an "extra" 2 bars  for the woman to turn under while the next two cpls do their arch figure (ie it becomes a "meanwhile" for these dancers) 

The last two cpls to change places have to change on the last 2 bars of the dance and so do not have any music to "borrow"!

 

But Jim tells me that all 4 changes should be "complete" (and the women turned under into place) in 2 bars!

Jim writes:

 

The end is in two bar phrases.

5s make an arch 4s go under.  5th lady goes in front of her of her partner under his right arm to 4th place.

4s make an arch 3s go under.  4th lady goes in front of her partner under his arm.

3s Make an arch 2s go under.  3rd lady goes in front of her partner under his arm.

2s make an arch 1s go under.  2nd lady passes in front of her partner under his arm.”
