Dance General Murray's Reel 14643
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Aad L M Boode (2010)
- Intensity
- 800 888 888 888 = 83% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands round - 6 - half (HR;6P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Recommended Tune: Duke John, by Niel Gow. Written for John Murray (1729–1774) who became the 3rd Duke of Atholl; he …
Recommended Tune: Duke John, by Niel Gow. Written for John Murray (1729–1774) who became the 3rd Duke of Atholl; he was the eldest son of Lord George Murray.
Devised to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of General Lord George Murray, a Scottish Jacobite general, most noted for his 1745 campaign under Bonnie Prince Charlie into England. Born 4 October 1694, he was the sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl.
After the defeat at Culloden in 1745 he escaped to the European continent where he lived in numerous places. The last few years of his life he lived in Medemblik, Holland where he died on 11 October 1760. He is buried in the Church of St. Boniface in Medemblik.
General Murray's Reel 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c set | 1W casts, 1M following, round 3W, 1W dances up round 3M and 1M dances up the middle to 2pl opposite side facing 2c (2c up on 7–8) (2,1x,3)
- 9–
- Parallel Reels3 on the sides, 1c giving Lsh to 2c, 1c finish in centre facing W side NHJ, 1W on the L, 2M+3M loop to places
- 17–
- 2c+3c cross RH | set ; cross RH | set while{8} 1c dance out, cast and meet in the middle, dance out on M side, and cast to (2,1,3)
- 25–
- All chase clw ½ round ; ½ Circle6 L (2,1,3)
General Murray's Reel 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
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1s set & 1L followed by partner casts 2 places, 1L crosses & dances up behind 3M to 2nd place as 1M dances up middle to 2nd place
- 9-16
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1s dance LSh reels of 3 on opposite sides (LSh to 2s) & 1s end in centre facing Ladies’ side (1L on left) 2M & 3M loop into place
- 17-24
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1s dance out & cast (1L up, 1M down) into middle, dance out Men’s side, cast as before to end in 2nd place own sides
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while 2s+3s cross RH & set, cross back RH & set
- 25-32
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2s+1s+3s chase clockwise 1/2 way & circle 6H 1/2 round to left, back to places
