Dance Lucy of Lammermoor 3988
Strathspey · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Hugh Foss
- Intensity
- 8000/8800/0086/8008/0880/8888 = 53% (1 turn), 53% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Waverley Fugues [8]
- Recommended Music
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- The Auld Toon o' Ayr (Traditional) [played AABAAB]
- Charles Leslie of Findassie's Strathspey (David Grant) [played AABAAB]
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy of Lammermoor | Peter White and his Scottish Dance Band | Garple Burn and 7 other SCD by Hugh Foss | LP | 3 | S48 4 | 6:12 | 62.0 |
Lucy of Lammermoor 4/4L · S48
- 1–
- 1c cross down RH between 2c | cast behind 3c ; lead to top | cross and cast to 2pl (2c up) (2,1,3,4)
- 9–
- 2c+1c cross down | cast behind 3pl/4pl while{2} 3c+4c step up ; lead up to 1pl/2pl | cross and cast off 2 to 3pl/4pl while{2} 3c+4c step up (3,4,2,1)
- 17–
- 3c repeat [1–8] while{8} 4c wait{2} | cross RH ; follow 3c, end on own side in 1pl (4,3,2,1)
- 25–
- 1c+4c (“ends”) ½RHA (3c+2c step to “ends”) | 1c cast up round 3c while{2} 4c cast down round 2c ; 4c+1c dance in into ½LHA (to 3,4,1,2)
- 33–
- Repeat from new positions (4,3,2,1)
- 41–
- 1c lead to top while{2} 4c+3c+2c dance down 1 place, join P RH and face up | 1c (other C following) cross at top and dance down the sides (2x,3x,4x,1x) | All cross RH to new places (2,3,4,1)
(This dance is a “fugue”, the pattern of 1c in [1–8] is repeated in [9–16] and [17–24]
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FSCDC Fugues etc. 2 July 2022 | 2022-07-02 | Anselm Lingnau | July 5, 2022, 5:14 p.m. |
| Scottish Sleuth | Mary Olszowka | March 30, 2017, 12:07 a.m. |
