Dance The Lost Ship 21576
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 312)
- Devised by
- Deirdre MacCuish Bark (2023)
- Intensity
- 844/888/888/888 = 92% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Arandel (ARNDL;3C;)
- 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
- Extra Info
- The notes explain that “HMY Iolaire was an Admiralty Yacht that sank at the entrance to Stornoway harbour on 1 …
The notes explain that “HMY Iolaire was an Admiralty Yacht that sank at the entrance to Stornoway harbour on 1 January 1919, with the loss of at least 201 men out of the 283 on board. The vessel was filled with seamen returning from WW1. They lost their lives on the rocks known as the Beasts of Holm.”
The Lost Ship 3/3L · S32
- 1–
- 1c+2c mirror S&Link with 1c casting as 2c dance up ; 1c+3c repeat & 3c face out (2,3,1)
- 9–
- 2c set while{2} 3c cast off while{2} 1c cross up to 2pl & face out (2,1x,3) | ½ Reels3 on side, 1c start up & out, then on [13-14] cross down (3,1,2) | all set
- 17–
- 3c+1c+2c Arandel: all cross RH | 3M & 2W set while{2} others change LH on sides ; repeat (3,1,2)
- 25–
- 3c+1c+2c Circle6 to L & back (3,1,2)
