Dance The Swilcan 6420
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- James B Cosh
- Intensity
- 8448/8888/8448/6082 = 75% (1 turn), 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Balance in Line (BALNCE)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 23 [8]
- Pocket: Books Five for 1965,23,24 [13]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 19 to 24 (Combined A5 edition) [67]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [174] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [184] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [154] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [143] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
The Swilcan
Swilcan Burn, that hazard to golfers playing the 1st and 18th holes of the Old Course at St. Andrews, is a stream that, after meandering about the links, empties into St. Andrews Bay at the West Sands. The rule for golfers is that shots trapped in Swilcan Burn can be lifted out and dropped as near as possible to the point of entry into the water but on the side furthest from the hole, with the penalty of one stroke.
For over eight hundred years Swilcan Bridge over the burn has marked the pathway that led from the old ecclesiastical town to the safe harbour at the estuary of the River Eden. The burn and its banks were once used by the townspeople as a place to wash and bleach their clothing.
The Swilcan 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c join RH on side and Balance in Lines across | Hold RH and BiL on own side (2,1,4,3) ; the middle pairs (1M+4M & 1W+4W) hold LH and BiL across | hold LH and BiL on sides (2,4,1,3)
- 9–
- Reels4 on the sides
- 17–
- 2c+4c & 1c+3c Circle4 ; 4c+1c LHA (2,4,1,3)
- 25–
- 1c+3c ½ R&L ; 3c+1c cross RH , 4c+3c change places on side LH (2,3,4,1)
The Swilcan 4/4L · J32
- 1-4
- 1s+2s & 3s+4s 1/4 turn RH on sides to form line of 4 across & Bal-in-Line, drop LH & 1/4 turn RH to all Bal-in-Line on own sides
- 5-8
- 1s 1/4 turn 4s LH to Bal-in-Line across, drop RH & 1/4 LH turn to all Bal-in-Line on own sides ending 2 4 1 3
- 9-16
- All dance RSh reels of 4 on own side. 1s+4s pass LSh at end
- 17-24
- 2s+4s & 1s+3s circle 4H round once to left; 4s+1s only (centre couples) dance LH across
- 25-32
- 1s+3s (bottom couples) dance 1/2 R&L & cross RH with partner to own side; 4s & 3s (centre couples) change places LH on side. 2 3 4 1
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