Dance I Don't Want to be One 10295
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 4123)
- Devised by
- Alan Rintoul
- Intensity
- 0048 0608 8808 8448 = 57% (1 turn), 58% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Extra Info
- Written by a Scottish Country Dance Band player who kept hearing dancers say ‘I don’t want to be one. Will …
Written by a Scottish Country Dance Band player who kept hearing dancers say ‘I don’t want to be one. Will you go first?’ So he devised a dance where the 4C start as the dancing couple and progress to 1st place.
I Don't Want to be One 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- 4c set | cross LH (3c down) to face 3c in line across ; ½ Reel4 across, 3c ends in 4plx while 4c turn ½ LH into the middle own side facing up NHJ
- 9–
- 4c dance up two places and turn 2c EH (to 1,2,4,3x) ; 2c+4c ½ R&L (1,4x,2x,3x)
- 17–
- 1c+4c+2c Mirror Reels3 on the sides, 4c start in and up, and cross down to own side on bar 20 (1,4,2x,3x)
- 25–
- 1c+4c set | ½ RHA ; all set | cross RH (4,1,2,3)
I Don't Want to be One 4/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 4s set, cross LH to face 3s who step down, 3s+4s dance 1/2 reel of 4 across 4s end in middle facing up
- 9-16
- 4s dance up & turn 2s with nearer hand into 3rd place own sides, 2s+4s dance 1/2 R&L 1 (4)(2)(3)
- 17-24
- 1s+4s+2s dance 1/2 reel of 3 on sides (4s in & up between 1s), 4s cross dn between 1s (3rd pl) & dance 1/2 reel other side to end 2nd pl own side
- 25-32
- 1s+4s set & dance 1/2 RH across, all set & cross RH. 4 1 2 3
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inters/Adv Dance | Thomas Rintoul | Feb. 11, 2022, 5:56 p.m. | |
| Branch Class March 2nd 2023 | 2023-03-02 | Alison Stewart Smith | Feb. 26, 2023, 9:29 p.m. |
| Branch Class March 16th 2023 (Copy) | 2023-03-02 | Alison Stewart Smith | March 12, 2023, 8:08 p.m. |
| GOD Gathering - Kirkhill Community Centre - Sun 5th June 2022 | 2022-06-05 | Derek Darnell | May 27, 2022, 10:18 a.m. |
| Saltire SCD Social Dance - 17th June 2023 | 2023-06-17 | Thomas Rintoul | June 6, 2023, 10:35 p.m. |
| Celtic Soc Highland Ball 2023 | 2023-02-25 | Thomas Rintoul | June 30, 2022, 4:31 p.m. |
