Dance Her Majesty is Welcome 2868
Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Iain Stuart Robertson (1974)
- Intensity
- 8888 8888 8080 8800 8220 8660 8080 8008 = 62% (1 turn), 62% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey travel
- Published in
-
- Four Scottish Country Dances 1978 [4]
- Leaflet Dances 1964-1998 and Other Dances [56]
- Pocket: Books 28,4-for-1978,29 [16]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [79] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [65] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [62] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Majesty is Welcome | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for Ten Scottish Country Dances | LP+ | 4 | M64 4 | 6:16 | 47.0 | |
| Her Majesty is Welcome | Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band | A Fife Fairing | CD | 4 | M64 4 | 6:16 | 47.0 |
Her Majesty is Welcome 4/4L · M64
Strathspey
- 1–
- All A&R {2} twice ; 1c cross RH and cast off while{4} 2c turn RH ½ and lead up crossing to 1pl while{4} 3c+4c turn RH ½ | turn LH ½ (to 2,1x,3,4)
- 9–
- G-Chain, crossing at top and bottom to begin
- 17–
- 1c+3c RHA, LHA
- 25–
- 2c+1c R&L, 1c finish facing 1cnr
Reel
- 33–
- SetH&G
- 41–
- Reels3{6} with the corners. 1c cross to 2pl
- 49–
- 1c+3c advance | join NH with P and retire (1c up, 3c down ; advance | 3c divide and dance to 2pl while{2} 1c dance to 3pl
- 57–
- 1c+4c repeat (to 2,3,4,1)
Her Majesty is Welcome 4/4L · M64
Strathspey
- 1-8
- All Adv+Ret 1 step twice, 1s cross & cast 1 pl as 2s turn 1/2 way RH & lead up 1 pl & cross RH as 3s+4s 1/2 turn RH & 1/2 turn LH
- 9-16
- All dance Grand Chain
- 17-24
- 1s+3s dance RH across & LH back
- 25-32
- 2s+1s dance R&L 1s end facing 1st corners
Reel
- 1-8
- 1s dance ‘Hello-Goodbye’ setting, set to each other ending BtoB (1M facing up & 1L down)
- 9-16
- 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to 2nd corner & cross back to own sides
- 17-24
- 1s+3s Adv+Ret, 1s+3s Adv+Ret up & down & 1s dance between 3s to 3rd place while 3s dance up to 2nd place
- 25-32
- 1s+4s repeat bars 17-24
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)RSCDS Vienna Branch
Added on: 2020-07-17 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCDS 40 years dances: 1981 | 2019-10-19 | John Aitken | Oct. 19, 2019, 12:34 p.m. |
| Book 23 and RSCDS 4/1978 | 2019-01-11 | Ann Murray | Jan. 8, 2019, 7:09 p.m. |
| Vienna Branch Video Project | Felix Hamelbeck | Nov. 27, 2018, 8:34 a.m. | |
| Cambridge Scottish Society Summer Dance | 2022-06-25 | Joanna Camus | April 29, 2022, 10:17 a.m. |
| White Rose Fest 2013 | Christine Grove | Feb. 22, 2013, 1:36 a.m. | |
| 4-couple long | Malcolm Austen | April 7, 2024, 2:12 p.m. |
