Dance Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa' 11707
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Ian Brockbank (2001)
- Intensity
- 800 888 844 844 = 66% (1 turn), 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Reel of three - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R3;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Comment from the deviser Ian Brockbank in the The Badger Sett, and in similar form in the earlier New Scottland …
Comment from the deviser Ian Brockbank in the The Badger Sett, and in similar form in the earlier New Scottland 60th Anniversary Book:
This is a variant on the dance “The Gloomy Winter” which I gave to Sophia for her 25th birthday and which was published in the New Scotland 50th Anniversary Book. Bars 9–16 didn’t really work when tried with New Scotland and Dunedin – they require too much careful phrasing – so I came up with this modification. However, San Gabriel Valley like the original. Written for Sophia Marriage and presented to her on the occasion of her 30th birthday in December, 2001, with love from Ian Brockbank.
Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa' 3/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1W (1M follows) casts off and crosses to 2plx ; Turn P LH 1½ (2,1,3)
- 9–
- Teapots R ; and L (2c+1W & 1M+3c RHA ; 2c+1M & 1W+3c LHA) (2,1,3)
- 17–
- 1c+1cnrs ½ diag Reel4, 1M passes P Rsh and follows her into ; 1c (Rsh to 3M)+2cnrs ½ diag Reel3
- 25–
- 1c (Rsh to 2M in 3W’s pl)+1cnrs ½ diag Reel3 ; 1W veering R, 1c face 2cnr pos, 1c+2cnrs ½ diag Reel4
In this variant on “The Gloomy Winter” the difficult bars [9–16] have been simplified.
Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa' 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1L followed by 1M casts & dances across to 2nd place opp side (2s step up 3-4); 1s turn 1.3/4 LH
- 9-16
- 1L+2s also 1M+3s dance RH across; 1s pass RSh to dance LH across with other couple
- 17-20
- 1s pass LSh into 1s+1st corners dance 1/2 diag reel of 4, 1s pass RSh & 1M curves round to follow 1L
- 21-24
- 2nd corners+1L+1M in tandem dance 1/2 diag reel of 3 (RSh to 3M)
- 25-28
- 1st corners (pstn)+1L+1M in tandem dance 1/2 diag reel of 3 (RSh to 3L place), 1s separate, 1L curves right to face 2nd corner (pstn)
- 29-32
- 1s+2nd corners (pstn) dance 1/2 diag reel of 4. 1s end in 2nd place own side. 2 1 3
Note: Ian Brockbank devised this modified version of “The Gloomy Winter” (bars 9-16 amended)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg Hogmanay 2019 | 2019-12-31 | Martin McWilliam | Dec. 31, 2019, 12:12 p.m. |
| Binghamton Large Class 2024-3-12 | 2024-03-12 | David Wasson | March 12, 2024, 6:57 a.m. |
| David Wasson, Albany Class, 3/28/21 | David Wasson | March 28, 2021, 5:29 a.m. | |
| David Wasson, Albany Class 2023-4-2 | David Wasson | March 16, 2023, 2:14 a.m. | |
| David Wasson, Albany Class, 5/9/21 | David Wasson | May 5, 2021, 2:38 a.m. | |
| Albany Class - 2024-03-17 | 2024-03-17 | Lydia Hedge | March 14, 2024, 3:12 a.m. |
| David Wasson, Albany Class, 2023-4-2 | David Wasson | March 30, 2023, 2:34 a.m. | |
| David Wasson, Albany Class 2022-4-3 | David Wasson | March 28, 2022, 8:26 p.m. | |
| David Wasson, Albany Class, 11/14/21 | David Wasson | Nov. 3, 2021, 2:07 a.m. | |
| Budapest Local Club 11.01.2018 | 2018-01-11 | Zoltán Gräff | Jan. 11, 2018, 11:29 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2017-02-17 Ski'n Do | 2017-02-17 | Martin McWilliam | Feb. 7, 2017, 1:26 p.m. |
| Oldenburg Hogmanay 2023 | 2023-12-31 | Martin McWilliam | Dec. 30, 2023, 3:07 p.m. |
| RSCDS-LA Zoom Class, 2021-02 February | 2021-02-05 | Tony McQuilkin | May 20, 2023, 6:23 a.m. |
| Kuckucksnest Summer Course 2019: classes | 2019-06-27 | Ian Brockbank | July 22, 2019, 10:58 p.m. |
