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Dance The Queen's Quadrille 11370

Reel · 128 bars · 4 couples · Square   (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by
Alan Macpherson (2002)
Formations
Steps
  • Skip-Change, Slip-Step
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
The Queen's Quadrille 4S · R128

8 Bar intro - All bow & curtsey to partners, all bow & curtsey to corners

1-8
All circle 8H round & back
9-16
All with partners set, advance, acknowledge opposite couple & turning inwards dance out to places
17-24
1s+3s set, advance turning right cast & dance clockwise behind 2s/4s, Men dance on to opposite places while Ladies dance between side couples into centre to form line of 4 up/down facing opposite partner
25-32
1s+3s dance RSh reel of 4 & end in prom hold with ‘new’ partner facing clockwise (Ladies end reel passing RSh)
33-40
All promenade round clockwise
41-48
2s+4s set, advance turning left cast & dance anticlockwise behind standing couples, Ladies dance on to opposite places while Men dance between standing couples into centre to form line of 4 across facing opposite partner
49-56
2s+4s dance LSh reel of 4 & end in prom hold with other partner facing anticlockwise (Men end reel passing LSh)
57-64
All promenade round anticlockwise
65-72
All Ladies dance LH across 1/2 way, turn own partners RH, dance LH across 1/2 way & turn ‘new’ partner RH
73-80
1s+3s dance 1/2 Men’s Chain, 2s+4s dance 1/2 Ladies’ Chain (all back to original pstns)
81-88
1M+3M dance RSh round partners while 2L+4L dance LSh round partners to face corner person & pivot turn (waist hold) 3 times round with corners to end in diagonal lines of 4 facing 4
89-96
All Adv+Ret & turn partners LH to end in original places
97-112
2s+4s repeat bars 81-96 forming lines on other diagonal
113-120
All repeat bars 9-16
121-128
All repeat bars 1- 8

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Added on: 2020-02-28 (Murrough Landon)
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Nearly the whole dance is walked, not danced …

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Heathermix dancers, Ribble Valley, 2023

Added on: 2023-04-27 (Murrough Landon)
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Youth group in Omsk

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Quality: Reasonable

NameDateOwnerLast changed
Minibal Jubilee 2022-06-24 Raphaelle orgeret May 22, 2022, 6:14 p.m.
CGB Summer Course Kuckucksnest 2022 - Dances taught 2022-07-03 Angelika Schmidkonz June 12, 2023, 4:54 p.m.
2023-November-KKN 2023-12-04 Jona Kutsche Dec. 4, 2023, 1:40 p.m.
Kuckucksnest 2023-11-22 2023-11-22 Murrough Landon Dec. 1, 2023, 12:37 p.m.
CGB Summer Course Kuckucksnest 2022 - Evening Programmes 2022-06-29 Angelika Schmidkonz June 12, 2023, 4:59 p.m.
Chemnitz_Friday SCD Chemnitz Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m.

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Oleynikov Pavel · Feb. 22, 2022, 6:40 a.m.

Pretty unusual, could look overwhelming on first glance, but in fact nicely structured and easy to remember.

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