Dance The Dancing Years 1549

Reel · 88 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by

Roy Goldring (1992)

Intensity

44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 84 48 88 = 59% (1 turn), 59% (whole dance)

Formations

Steps

Published in

Recommended Music

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace
The Dancing Years	Muriel Johnstone's Band	Barmkin. The Dancing Years & other Leeds' Branch Dances	MC	11	R88	0:00	0.0
The Dancing Years	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Silver Tassie and other Favourite Dances	CD	10	R88 1	1:48	39.3
The Dancing Years	Muriel Johnstone and Friends	Auld Friends Meet	CD	29	R88 1	1:46	38.5

1–: All M advance to centre | set pivoting R to face out ; dance out and cast clw to next M place
9–: All W advance to centre | set pivoting L to face out ; dance out and cast cclw to next W place (all now face P across the set)
17–: The W on the sides (1W+3W) Turn RH 1¼ ; ½LHA with top/bottom pairs | cast 1 place cclw round the set while{2} these couples Turn LH ½ (all finish as they started)
25–: The M on the sides (1M+3M) Turn LH 1¼ ; ½RHA with top/bottom pairs | cast 1 place clw round the set while{2} these couples Turn RH ½ (all finish as they started)
33–64: repeat [1–32] from new positions (side couples leading in [49–64] as before). Finish (3,4,1,2)
65–: 1c+3c ½ R&L ; All change places RH with cnr | set to next person
73–: 2c+4c (now facing P up/dn) repeat (finish 1,2,3,4)
81–: All Circle8 and back.

E-cribs

1-8: Men dance in, set, turn right about & dance out to next place clockwise passing behind corner person
9-16: Ladies dance in, set, turn left about & dance out to next place anticlockwise passing behind corner person
17-24: 1L+3L turn RH 1.1/4 times, dance LH across 1/2 way (1L with couple in 1st place, 3L with couple in 3rd place) & chase anticlockwise back to ‘new’ places while couples in 1st & 3rd places 1/2 turn LH
25-32: 1M+3M turn LH 1.1/4 times, dance RH across 1/2 way (1M with couple in 1st place, 3M with couple in 3rd place) & chase clockwise back to ‘new’ places while couples in 1st & 3rd places 1/2 turn RH
33-40: Men repeat bars 1-8
41-48: Ladies repeat bars 9-16 & all end with own partners in opposite original places
49-56: 2L+4L repeat bars 17-24
57-64: 2M+4M repeat bars 25-32
65-72: 1s+3s dance 1/2 R&L to end facing corner person, change places with corner RH & set then face in
73-80: 2s+4s dance 1/2 R&L to end facing corner person, change places with corner RH to meet own partner & set then face in
81-88: All dance 8H round & back

MiniCribs

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Cober Hill Weekend - Friday	2023-04-07	Andrew Locke	Feb. 27, 2023, 6:40 p.m.

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