Dance Balmaclellan 371
Jig · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Hugh Foss (1969)
- Intensity
- 8040/8884/8444/4848/8224/8888 = 68% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
Balmaclellan 4/4L · J48
Note: Bars 1–24 have a fugue with one subject: as danced by the 1s this comprises turns RH and then LH, then partners chasing each other down the M side to new places on opposite sides, and then to below the bottom of the set, own sides.
- 1–8
- 1s turn once RH; then turn once LH while the 3s turn RH
- 9–12
- 1M (1L following) casts 2 places and crosses to 3rd place opp. sides WHILE 3L (3M following) casts up 2 places and crosses to 1st place opp. sides AND 2s turn once RH
- 13–16
- 1L (1M following) casts 1 place and crosses to below bottom of set own sides facing each other WHILE 3s reverse their track of Bars 9–12 back to own places (i.e. 3M starts by casting, 3L follows) AND 2s turn once LH AND 4s turn once RH
- 17–24
- 1s turn RH moving up to 3rd places own sides (2s & 3s step up); then 3s & 1s dance LH across once round ending on sides, WHILE 2s & 4s dance halfway clockwise around them to end places opp. sides
- 25–32
- All dance ½ reels of 4 on sides with unusual starts: on L side initial order is 4M, 3L (these two pass RSh), 1L (moving slowly up) & 2M (looping to R), and end order is 1L, 2M, 3L, 4M ; while on M side initial order is 4L (looping to R), 3M (moving slowly down), 1M, 2L (these two pass R Sh), and end order is 2L, 1M, 4L, 3M. Then 2s & 4s turn RH about 1½ to end in orig. places own sides (1M & 3M step up)
- 33–40
- 1s ½ RH across with 2s, ½ LH across with 3s, ½ RH across with 4s, then 4s & 1s cross RH to own sides (order now 2x, 3x, 4, 1)
- 41–48
- 2s part-set (1 pas-de-basque) RF, turn 1½ LH in 6 bars to own sides & dance 1 pas-de-basque LF WHILE 3s set for 2 bars, turn 1½ RH in 6 bars to own sides AND 4s dance 3 pas-de-basques RF, LF, RF, turn once LF in 4 bars to own sides & dance 1 pas-de-basque LF AND 1s set twice (4 bars) & turn once RF to own sides.
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Hugh Foss Dances- 'The Reel' Issue 302 | Elaine Davies | Oct. 13, 2017, 2:15 p.m. | |
half-setting dances | Bruce Herbold | Jan. 28, 2020, 8:18 p.m. |