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Dance The Red Red Rose 5500

Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4   (Progression: 213)

Devised by
John Drewry (1968)
Intensity
888/880/880/866 = 59% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
Published in
Recommended Music
The Red Red Rose 3/4L · S32
1-8

1s+2s+3s petronella turn into centre, set to partners & turn partners RH 1.1/4 times back to place

9-10

1s+2s set

11-16

1s lead down, cross below 3s & cast up to 2nd place opp sides, turn 1/2 RH moving up to original places while 2s cast up, follow 1s leading down, cross below 3s & cast up to 2nd place opp sides

17-24

1s+2s dance “The Whirligig”:

17-18 1s+2s turn RH to line up/down middle, 1s facing Men’s side, 2s facing Ladies’ side, in promenade hold (Men LSh to LSh)

19-22 1s+2s promenade anticlockwise nearly once round, then

23-24 Dropping RH 2M passes 2L across to own side & 2s cast up to 1st place own sides while 1s dance down, drop RH & 1M pass 1L across & 1s dance into 2nd place own sides & face out

25-30

Reels of 3 across: 3M+3L pass RSh as 1M casts down to enter reel while 2L+2M pass RSh as 1L casts up to enter reel

31-32

1s turn RH to end in 2nd place own sides

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Added on: 2020-10-01 (RSCDS Edinburgh)
Quality: Demonstration quality

NameDateOwnerLast changed
RSCDS Atlanta November 2023 Social 2023-11-12 Cynthia West Oct. 19, 2023, 3:21 p.m.

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