Dance Kandahar Reel (original) 14242
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 6
- Devised by
- Cpt. Andy Colquhoun / Lt. Rob Colquhoun
- Intensity
- 840000 883200 848400 888800 = 46% (1 turn), 46% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Snowball Chain (SCHA)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Tulloch turn
- Published in
Kandahar Reel (original) 4/6L · R32
- 1–
- 1c set | turn BH 1½ and face 2c ; 1c set to 2c and turn BH on the side (1x,2,3,4,5,6)
- 9–
- Snowball G-Chain, start 1c RH to 2c, on [4] 1c (in 4plx) + 2c (in 2plx) take “L-Tulloch”hold (Lsh to Lsh, L arms linked, holding P’s R hand behind his back) make 2 or 3 turns, finish facing up (order 3c,2x in middle,4, 1x in middle,5)
- 17–
- 3c+2c & 4c+1c RHA 1½ ; 3c+1c LHA 1½
- 25–
- 2c+1c & 3c+4c RHA 1½ (1,2x,4,3x,5,6) ; all set | 1c+4c cast off as 2c+3c turn 1 ½ moving up (2,1,3,4,5,6)
For second time through, 1c starts anew from 2pl, finish (2,3,1,4,5,6). Next time, 2c starts from 1pl and 1c gallop to the bottom (4c+5c+6c up on [3–4].
Alternative: dance in a 5c set, new couple starts from the top each time.
This version, published in “Dance-on”, issue 45, p. 22–23, is close to the military version
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Added on: 2012-08-25 (Eric Ferguson)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWS 2018 Video Possibilities | Margaret Chambers | Oct. 30, 2018, 5:25 p.m. | |
| SWS 2018 | 2018-01-01 | Margaret Chambers | July 19, 2018, 12:09 p.m. |
| Lesson Plan 13 September2016 | 2015-01-03 | Irene Dracup | Sept. 12, 2016, 9:41 p.m. |
