Dance Bob Grant of Edinburgh 20579
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Ian Brockbank (2021)
- Intensity
- 8228/8888/8448/8008 = 72% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Set in line in twos (SETLIN;2P;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- In memory of Bob Grant, 1935–2021. Bob was a renowned teacher in Edinburgh, travelling around the world to teach, and …
In memory of Bob Grant, 1935–2021. Bob was a renowned teacher in Edinburgh, travelling around the world to teach, and was also my mentor for the final part of my Teacher’s Certificate. Muriel’s tune “Bob Grant of Edinburgh” was played during his funeral, and I felt he needed to be honoured with a dance to match.
The set, hands across and twiddle on bars 3–6 evokes the set, turn and twiddle at the start of Bob’s dance “Dancing Forth”.
When I first learned the strathspey poussette, I was taught it in the symmetric way described here, and I still prefer it this way. Bob Grant wrote an article for RSCDS magazine Scottish Country Dancer (issue 13, October 2011) about the strathspey poussette, describing how in books 19 and 20 it was originally described symmetrically and only later was the standard changed to the current recommendation with 1st couple nearer the men’s side and 2nd couple nearer the women’s side at the end of bar one.
Bob received a lot of comment from other dancers wishing for the return of the symmetric poussette. In this dance, the strathspey poussette should be danced the way I first learned it and the way Bob advocated.
Bob Grant of Edinburgh 4/4L · S32
- 1–
- 1c & 4c cast inwards (2c & 3c step out) | 1c+4c set ; 1c+4c RHA ½ pivoting R to face nearest cnrs | all set (2,4x,1x,3)
- 9–
- Intersecting Reels4 (quick ½ LHA in the middle) and face nearest cnrs again (2,4x,1x,3)
- 17–
- All set | turn cnrs EH middle couples through ends ; 4c & 1c ½ Fig8 through ends (2,4,1,3)
- 25–
- 4c+1c Poussette (2,4,1,3)
Deviser’s note : The poussette is deliberately symmetrical, unlike the version currently described in the RSCDS Manual of SCD. Instead of forming a single diagonal line, both couples are in the middle of the set at the end of bars one, four and seven, one above the other.
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-06 Nürnberg Gartenstadt | 2023-11-06 | Roland Ritthaler | Nov. 6, 2023, 11:06 p.m. |
| Advanced Intermediate 1-6-2023 | 2023-01-06 | Terry Harvey | Jan. 7, 2023, 12:07 a.m. |
| Chemnitz_Sa_2023_10 | 2023-10-28 | SCD Chemnitz | Nov. 7, 2023, 11:44 p.m. |
| Chemnitz_Sa_2023_07 | 2023-07-22 | SCD Chemnitz | July 24, 2023, 8:32 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2023-02-13 | 2023-02-13 | Martin McWilliam | Feb. 17, 2023, 10:14 a.m. |
| 10. SCD-Weekend Chemnitz Welcome Dance | 2023-11-17 | SCD Chemnitz | Aug. 11, 2023, 11:25 p.m. |
| Oldenburg PottersPairs Weekend 2023 Saturday | 2023-05-06 | Martin McWilliam | June 11, 2023, 4:19 p.m. |
| Chemnitz_Sa_2023_08 | 2023-08-26 | SCD Chemnitz | Aug. 27, 2023, 10:34 a.m. |
| Social_Ballvorbereitung_29.04.2023 | 2023-04-29 | Cornelia Weidlich | March 21, 2023, 8:26 p.m. |
| Oldenburg PottersPairs Weekend Classes 2023 | 2023-05-07 | Martin McWilliam | June 11, 2023, 4:15 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2023 Ball practice | 2023-02-27 | Martin McWilliam | March 19, 2023, 8:22 p.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2678 | Bob Grant of Edinburgh tune | Jan. 11, 2022, 9:01 a.m. | Ian Brockbank | Roland Telle | Normal | Fixed |