Dance Daisy and Rebecca 21956
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Chris Ronald (2011)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Rights and Lefts for 3 couples (R&L;3C;)
- Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Extra Info
- The standard Rights and Lefts for Three Couples has a narrow and challenging track for the dancers passing up and …
The standard Rights and Lefts for Three Couples has a narrow and challenging track for the dancers passing up and down the centre as they give left hands. This modification to the formation makes that track safer and more danceable.
I have called this dance ‘Daisy and Rebecca’ because on each repetition two ladies (2nd and 3rd) are left out of the rights and lefts figure. This is compensated by the fact that ladies have much more fun than men in Ladies’ Chains. ‘Two Ladies’ may also be seen as a reference to the two Ladies’ Chains. Daisy and Rebecca are the names of my two grand-daughters.
Daisy and Rebecca 4/4L · R32
1-4: 1s+4s cross RH & cast to middle. 3s+4s step to ends on bars 3-4.
5-16: Diagonal Rights & Lefts for 3 cpls with a difference: All cross diagonally right to begin and repeat every other 2 bars. See notes. Men finish facing out (no polite turns on bar 16.)
17-24: Ladies chains at top and bottom. 1s finish facing down and 4s facing up. (No polite turns).
25-28: 1M+4L & 1L+4M change RH on sides to face in & set.
29-32: 1s+4s circle 4H to left. Finish 24(1)(3).
