Dance: The Elephant's Stampede

48-bar Jig
4 couples
Set shape: Square

Devised by:: Macdonald, Lorna & Mackintosh, Gillian (1995)
Formations:: Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
Reel of eight (REEL;R8;)
Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
Steps:: Skip-Change
Slip-Step
Note: This list may be incomplete.
Published in:: Aurora 10th Anniversary Book of SCD [3] *

Crib

1-8	All circle8 and back
9-16	1C+3C advance NHJ \| take corner with free hand and retire into longwise set across ; ½Reels4 on sides
17-24	½ R&L at each end ; forming pairs (not with partner) at the ends and on each sideline, turn RH 1½ to form a square set, (ends to 2pl/4pl, middles to 1pl/3pl, W on M’s right)
25-32	All W petronella one place cclw \| all set ; repeat, finishing next to partner facing out (2,3,4,1)
33-48	Schiehallion reels (to 2,3,4,1)

Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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