Dance The Valentine 13582
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Linda C Gaul (2008)
- Intensity
- 800 880 888 888 = 75% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Lead/Dance down and cast up (DWN;CBL)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Set to Corners (C-SET)
- Set in line in threes (SETLIN;3P;)
- Steps
- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- Written for Fiona Mackie on ...
Written for Fiona Mackie on St Valentine's Day, 14 February 2008.
Linda Gaul, responding to queries about [25-28], wrote:
"The original instructions for bars 25-26 state “3rd, 1st and 2nd couples, giving right hands, turn half way round and remain in the middle”. That is correct. The only error was that the “all facing up” instruction got put at the end of bars 25-26 instead of 27-28.
I often say to my class that at the end of bar 28, you can get a kiss in, if you wish. You couldn’t do that if you were setting near the sidelines! If the dancers in the videos are shown near the sidelines they are wrong!
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Valentine | Keith Smith and James Gray | Book 17 plus 3 Dances for 2009 | CD | 14 | S32 8 | 8:33 | 64.1 |
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Fiona's Valentine/The Old Clarsach/Miss Anne Hughes/Gwen's Passed |
| The Valentine | Keith Smith and James Gray | Magazine Dances 2005-2009 | CD | 16 | S32 8 | 8:33 | 64.1 |
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Fiona's Valentine/The Old Clarsach/Miss Anne Hughes/Gwen's Passed |
| The Valentine | Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band | Take Your Partners For Vol 4 | CD | 12 | S32 8 | 8:12 | 61.5 | Fiona's Valentine/Kenneth MacGregor Holden/Bill Zobel/Torf's "Choon" |
The Valentine 3/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c set | Turn BH and face down, NHJ ; dance to bottom and cast up (2c up) to (2,1,3)
- 9–
- 2c+1c DblFig8 (1c cross up), 1c finish facing 1cnr
- 17-20
- 1c+1cnrs set while{2} 2cnrs set diagonally | 1c dance round P by the R to face 1cnr position again while{2} all cnrs chase 1 place clw ;
- 21-24
- 1c+facing corners set while{2} other corners set diagonally | 1c dance round P by the R to 2plx while{2} all cnrs chase 1 place clw (3x,1x,2x)
- 25–
- All C turn RH ½ and face P close by | set in lines of 3 (join H) and all face up; all C dance to top, casting off (2c looping) into (2,1,3)
The Valentine 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1s set & turn 2H to face down, 1s dance down below 3s & cast up to 2nd place
- 9-16
- 2s+1s dance double Fig of 8 (1s cross up to start) & 1s end facing 1st corners
- 17-20
- 1s set to 1st corners as 2nd corners set diagonally & dance RSh round each other to face 1st corner (pstn) again as 2s+3s dance clockwise 1 place
- 21-24
- 1s set to corners as 2s set diagonally & dance RSh round each other to 2nd place opposites as 2s+3s dance clockwise 1 place. (3)(1)(2)
- 25-32
- 3s+1s+2s 1/2 turn RH & face partners. All set in lines of 3 to finish facing up NHJ, 3s followed by 1s+2s dance up & cast to new positions. 2 1 3
Truus de Ceuster
Added on: March 17, 2014, 5:17 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality
Martina Mueller-Franz
Added on: Feb. 12, 2017, 8:12 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality
Anselm Lingnau
Added on: Feb. 7, 2012, 12:16 p.m.
Quality: Informal/Social
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-02-29 | 2016-02-29 | Cord Walter | March 1, 2016, 11:04 p.m. |
| Dresden 23.02.2015 | 2015-02-23 | Keith Paterson | Feb. 23, 2015, 2:49 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 8. Mai 2017 (DA) | 2017-05-08 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | March 16, 2017, 6:13 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 15.12.2015 - mini ball | 2015-12-15 | Zsofia Jozsef | Nov. 18, 2015, 10:34 p.m. |
| Winter Wednesday 2016 | 2016-02-17 | Dec. 2, 2015, 4:17 p.m. | |
| Northwich Highland Ball - 14 Feb 2015 | 2015-02-14 | Christine Grove | Jan. 5, 2015, 11:24 p.m. |
| 2017-02-11 Valentijnsbal Delft | 2017-02-11 | Truus de Ceuster | Jan. 13, 2017, 11:13 p.m. |
| Münster Christmas Ball 2009 | 2009-12-19 | Edwin Werner | Sept. 30, 2016, 10:34 a.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-02-22 | 2016-02-22 | Cord Walter | Feb. 22, 2016, 7 p.m. |
| Cologne Ball 2011 - A Year and a Day | 2011-09-24 | Anja Breest | Oct. 2, 2015, 10:47 a.m. |
| London Winter Wednesday February 2016 | 2016-02-17 | Jane Rose | Dec. 3, 2015, 3:39 p.m. |
| Nunspeet Ball Programme 2016 | 2016-02-06 | Margaret Lambourne | Nov. 19, 2015, 12:57 a.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 26.02.2015 | 2015-02-26 | Zoltán Gräff | Feb. 27, 2015, 5:49 p.m. |
| Summer school 2013 weeks 3 and 4 | Truus de Ceuster | Aug. 7, 2013, 9:44 a.m. | |
| RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 17 January 2017 | 2017-01-17 | Andrew Locke | Jan. 15, 2017, 11:56 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016-03-14 | 2016-03-14 | Cord Walter | March 15, 2016, 12:01 a.m. |
| LHC Annual Ball 04/02/2017. Pont Street. | 2017-02-04 | Feb. 3, 2017, 7:11 p.m. | |
| Newcastle 2017 | Raphaelle orgeret | Nov. 11, 2016, 10:32 a.m. | |
| Budapest Local Club 24.11.2015 | 2015-11-24 | Zsofia Jozsef | Nov. 24, 2015, 10:40 p.m. |
| Darmstadt_2017_02_06 | 2017-02-06 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | Feb. 2, 2017, 1:55 p.m. |
| Budapest Local Club 06.03.2014 | 2014-03-06 | Zoltán Gräff | March 6, 2014, 9:58 p.m. |
| RSCDS Dundee 2015 June 22 | Stella Phillips | March 19, 2015, 11:46 p.m. | |
| 150818 w4 - St Andrews Br. Summer Dance | 2015-08-18 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 18, 2015, 12:09 p.m. |
| Bude - Friday 2nd October 2015 | 2015-10-02 | Brian Rose | Aug. 28, 2015, 10:55 p.m. |
| 130217 Nürnberg | 2017-02-13 | Annette Lotz | March 19, 2017, 4:36 p.m. |
| Darmstadt_2017_03_20 | 2017-03-20 | OnYourToes Darmstadt | March 17, 2017, 12:18 a.m. |
| GASP - Feb 05 2016 | 2016-02-05 | John Bottriell | Feb. 26, 2016, 4:11 p.m. |
| 160804 w3 Thursday - Common Room - St Andrews | 2016-08-04 | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 6, 2016, 3:26 p.m. |
| MSA 170614M | 2017-06-14 | Michael Däther | June 7, 2017, 11 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 3. Februar 2017 (MZ) | 2017-02-03 | Narhalla Dancers | Jan. 26, 2017, 12:20 p.m. |
| Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 7. März 2017 (F) | 2017-02-07 | Anselm Lingnau | March 4, 2017, 1:52 p.m. |
| Munich St. Andrew's Dance 2013 | Angelika Schmidkonz | March 6, 2017, 6:03 p.m. | |
| FSCDC 31 January 2017 | 2017-01-31 | Anselm Lingnau | Feb. 3, 2017, 7:25 p.m. |
| St Columba's 15th February 2016 | Jan. 17, 2016, 6:40 p.m. | ||
| FSCDC 14 February 2012 | 2012-02-14 | Anselm Lingnau | Feb. 14, 2012, 11:06 p.m. |
| Saturday 26th November | Raphaelle orgeret | Sept. 13, 2016, 6:19 p.m. | |
| 160804 w3 Thursday - Younger Hall - St A | 2016-08-04 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 17, 2016, 8:49 p.m. |
| Mini bal 4 novembre | Raphaelle orgeret | Oct. 15, 2016, 11:16 a.m. | |
| RSCDS Wirral - Visitors' Night | 2017-02-14 | Andrew Locke | Jan. 11, 2017, 6:42 p.m. |
| Leeds Scottish Country Dance Club 28 November 2015 | 2015-11-02 | Irene Dracup | Nov. 28, 2015, 3:50 p.m. |
| RSCDS Winter School 2015 – 24 Feb (Social) Pitlochry | 2015-02-24 | Stuart Kreloff | Feb. 15, 2015, 9:24 p.m. |
| Bal 12 Novembre | Raphaelle orgeret | Sept. 28, 2016, 6:07 p.m. | |
| 15 06 19 Dumfries | 2015-06-19 | Chris Pratt | April 8, 2015, 8:35 p.m. |
| 15-10-17 Eindhoven Ball | 2015-10-17 | Truus de Ceuster | Aug. 25, 2015, 11:09 p.m. |
| Berkhamsted Highland Ball | 2015-02-14 | Jane Rose | Jan. 25, 2015, 5:47 p.m. |
| ZA 2015-02-16 Fish Hoek Love to Dance Class | 2015-02-16 | Heather McBurnie | March 24, 2015, 11:45 a.m. |
| Ruhrball_2016 | Verl Girl | Aug. 5, 2016, 12:30 p.m. | |
| Torquay 2014 | Truus de Ceuster | Feb. 18, 2014, 7:07 p.m. | |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2016 | 2016-01-01 | Cord Walter | Aug. 17, 2016, 11:31 p.m. |
| Summer school 2013 weeks 3 and 4 | Truus de Ceuster | Aug. 7, 2013, 9:44 a.m. | |
| Rhein-Main Mini Social: Dances | Anselm Lingnau | Feb. 19, 2017, 11:45 a.m. | |
| SF Hildesheim 4 Paare | Cord Walter | Oct. 19, 2015, 11:32 p.m. |
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