Dance: Catch the Wind

32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4

Devised by:
Romaine Butterfield (1983)
Formations:
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
Reel of three - across (REEL;ACROSS;R3;)
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:
Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Published in:
Island Bay Collection [5] *
Island Bay Collection (2nd edition) [5]
Book 45 [5]
Recommended Music:
The Navvie ((traditional))
Recordings (5): Show tunes
Elma's Tunes (Elma Grech), track 5 [pace 34.5]
More Memories of Scottish Weekend (Scottish Weekend Ensemble), track 1 [pace 37.0]
Delaware Valley Spring Ball 2003 (Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith), track 4 [pace 36.0]
Book 45 (Lothian Scottish Dance Band), track 5 [pace 35.5]
Catch the Wind (The Music Makars), track 1 [pace 33.2]

Crib

1-81C set | cast off (2C up) ; ½Fig8 up (2,1x,3)
9-161C set twice, on [11-12] 1W swivels R to face out ; 1W (1M following) casts R round 2M and down middle to finish 1W between 3C facing 3M, and 1M between 2C facing 2M.
17-241M+2C & 1W+3C RSh reels3 across
25-321W (1M following) casts R round 3M and cross to 2pl ; 1C turn RH (2,1,3)
(The original tune is a hornpipe)
Crib was checked by its author · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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