Dance Dear Green Place 1596
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Jessie Hamilton
- Intensity
- 844/888/844/888 = 63% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Grand Chain for 6 - half (GCHAIN;6P;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Corners Pass and Turn (C-P&T)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The dances notes say that one explanation for the name ‘Glasgow’ is that at the time of the city’s foundation …
The dances notes say that one explanation for the name ‘Glasgow’ is that at the time of the city’s foundation in the sixth century by Saint Mungo it was known by its Celtic name Glaschu meaning ‘dar green place’.
Dear Green Place 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1s set, cast 1 place, 2s+1s+3s dance 1/2 Grand Chain (3s+1s+2s on opposite sides with 3s+2s facing diagonally in)
- 9-16
- 3s+1s+2 advance 2 steps, 1s turn to right & dance out to sides while 3s+2s set diagonally, 1s cast round 1st corner pstns & dances down/up the middle to face 1st corners while 3s+2s dance LH across for 1/2 way & loop round to right to corner pstns
- 17-24
- 1s dance Pass+Turn with 1st corners & pass RSh to face 2nd corners, dance Pass+Turn with 2nd corners
- 25-32
- 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back