Dance Mell Square 17475
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 3412)
- Devised by
- Gillian Jennings
- Intensity
- 8484/4848/8888/8888 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Reel of three - promenade hold - half (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;HALF;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion - 1/4 (REEL;1/4;R8)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Mell Square 4S · S32
- 1-4
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1s+3s dance 1/2 Fig 8 around nearest side couple (1M+3L round 2s, 1L+3M round 4s) to finish in opp place, taking prom hold with partner (Ladies on Left of Man)
- 5-8
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1s+3s in prom hold dance 1/2 reel of three across (3s pass 4M & 1s pass 2M RSh to start)
- 9-16
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2s and 4s repeat bars 1-8 (2s pass 3L & 4s pass 1L RSh to start reels up/down set). All finish in original positions.
- 17-20
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All set, all dance 2 bars of Schiehallion Reels
- 21-24
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All set with ‘new’ partner & all dance 2 bars of Schiehallion Reels (all now 1 place round anticlockwise with original partner)
- 25-28
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All turn partner RH and turn corner LH
- 29-32
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All turn partner RH into prom hold and dance on one place round anticlockwise to end opposite original place
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Repeat 1 more time from new positions
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Birmingham RSCDS, 2017.
Added on: 2017-04-26 (Nicola Scott)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Birmingham - Spring Ball 2018 | 2018-03-24 | Nicola Scott | Jan. 10, 2018, 1:40 p.m. |
| 20170318 - Knowle SCDC Annual Dance, Hampton in Arden | 2017-03-18 | Zsofia Jozsef | March 14, 2017, 1:09 p.m. |
| Valentine's Dance Delft 2019 | 2019-02-16 | Edwin Werner | Nov. 21, 2019, 10:14 a.m. |
