Dance: Portnacraig
32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Linda C Gaul
(1988)
- Formations:
-
Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
Hands round - 6 - half (HR;6P;HALF;)
Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
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:
- Pas-de-Basque
Skip-Change
Slip-Step
- Featured in:
-
42nd Frankfurt Spring Ball 2010
- Published in:
-
Book 36 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 1)
[1]
*
Pocket: Books 36,37,38
[1]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[129]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[120]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[153]
- Recommended Music:
-
The Brown Trout (Muriel A Johnstone)
- Recordings (5):
Show tunes
-
Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1 (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.2]
Scottish Dance Favourites Volume 3 (Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 14
[pace 35.2]
Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1 (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 1
[pace 35.4]
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Domino Five (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band),
track 14
[pace 34.0]
Take Your Partners For Vol 1 (Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band),
track 13
[pace 35.4]
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Portnacraig
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C set (no advance), turn BH ½ into the middle NHJ facing 2C diagonally (then drop hands) ; 1W(1M) sets to 2M(2W) and turns him(her) LH(RH) ½, all finish in the sides (2,1x,3) |
| 9-16 | 2C+1C+3C A&R ; ½circle6 L (3x,1,2x) |
| 17-24 | 1C pass LSh into ½Reel4 with 1cnrs (RSh to 1cnr position), pass LSh into ; ½Reel4 with 2cnrs (RSh to 2cnr position), (to 2,1x,3) |
| 25-32 | 1C ½Fig8 round 3C ; 2C+1C+3C turn RH |
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