Dance: The Dream Catcher

96-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Square

Devised by:
Eileen Orr
Formations:
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Swirl (SWIRL)
Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
Rights and Lefts (R&L)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:
Strathspey setting
Strathspey travel
Published in:
Silver Anniversary Book of Dances [7] *
Book 45 [9]
Recommended Music:
Rosie (Eric Allan)
Sir Henry Daniel of Gooch (Eric Allan)
Recordings (5): Show tunes
Book 45 (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 9  [has sample]
Book 45 (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 12  [has sample]
Special Requests Volume 7 (Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band), track 14 [pace 66.7]
Thank You For Coming (Ceol na h-Alba), track 6 [pace 63.3]
Thank You For Coming (Ceol na h-Alba), track 7 [pace 63.3]

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Crib

Part 1
1-8All Circle8 and back
9-16The Swirl: 1C+3C turn RH into Allemande hold | dance LSh round other C half way ; 1C+3C LHA, on [16] let go and swivel L to face side couples, BtoB with P, 1C below 3C
17-24Parallel RSh Reels4 across, finish as at start
25-96All set | 1M+3W & 3M+1W NHJ dance out between side couple, cross and cast to own places, change place with P RH
Part 2
1-8All set | advance to middle and form circle ; retire with cnr | set
9-161W+4M & 3W+2M R&L, starting across the set
17-241M+2W & 3M+4W R&L, starting across the set
25-96All set | advance to middle and form circle ; retire with P | set
Part 3
1-242C+4C starting, repeat part 1, 9-32 in the other orientation (The Swirl, Reels4 up/dn, return to places)
25-96All Circle8 and back
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

Additional information

There is a lengthy explanation of how to do bars 9-16 on the RSCDS Technique Q&A site, and we're not going to repeat this here. (One may be permitted to wonder why they didn't put that in the book in the first place.)

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