Dance: Tempete, La
48-bar Reel
4 couples
Set shape: Round the room
- Devised by:
- (unknown)
- Formations:
-
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Clap (CLAP)
Arches (ARCHES)
- Steps:
- Pas-de-Basque
Skip-Change
Slip-Step
- Published in:
-
Book 2
[1]
*
Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3
[13]
Collins Pocket Reference
[138]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[80]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[76]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[98]
- Recommended Music:
-
Tempete, La ((traditional))
- Recordings (9):
Show tunes
-
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 33.7]
Book 2. Music for Eleven Traditional Dances +1 (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 33.7]
A Scottish Celebration (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 14
[pace 33.7]
A Scottish Fancy (Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 11
[pace 33.3]
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Scotland Dances to Alasdair Downie and his Scottish Band (The Alastair Downie Band),
track 1
Jimmy's Fancy (Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 4
[pace 31.3]
Scotland's Own Jimmy Shand (Jimmy Shand and his Band),
track 9
[pace 31.3]
Dance to Bobby Crowe's Band (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 10
The Happy Meeting (The Glendaruel Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
Crib
| (1C with 2C on their L, facing 3C with 4C on their R) |
| 1-8 | 1C+4C RHA ; LHA |
| 9-16 | 2C+3C RHA ; LHA |
| 17-24 | All set twice to P ; turn P BH |
| 25-32 | All C BHJ slip across (M pass BtoB) ; and back (W pass BtoB) |
| 33-40 | 1C+3C & 2C+4C circle4 to L ; LHA |
| 41-48 | All A{2}&R{1}, (3 claps) ; 2C+1C progress under arches made by 4C+3C to meet next 2 couples |
| (If at the end of the room, couples face about, M on left of W) |
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