Dance: The Whistling Wind
32-bar Reel
3 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
- Devised by:
- Elizabeth Goosen
(1984)
- Formations:
-
Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
Rights and Lefts - diagonal (R&L;DIAG;)
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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:
- Skip-Change
Pas-de-Basque
Note: This list may be incomplete.
- Published in:
-
Book 36 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 1)
[5]
*
Pocket: Books 36,37,38
[5]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7
[164]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6
[154]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8
[196]
- Recommended Music:
-
Three Times Three
((traditional))
- Recordings (4):
Show tunes
-
Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1
(Alastair Hunter & the Lorne Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 35.9]
Come Forth to the Scottish Country Dance
(The Deirdre Adamson Quartet),
track 10
[pace 35.4]
Clashmadin Volume One
(Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band),
track 4
[pace 35.1]
Book 36. Frae a' the Airts, Vol 1
(Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band),
track 5
[pace 35.2]
Crib
| 1-8 | 1C set | cast {4} to 2pl (2C step up on bars 5-6) | set advancing to 1cnrs |
| 9-16 | 1C ½Reel4 with 1cnrs, pass RSh ; 1C ½Reel4 with 2cnrs finishing BtoB in the middle, 1M facing up, 1W down |
| 17-24 | DTr up / down, finish 2pl own side (3x,1,2x) |
| 25-32 | diagonal R&L (M down, W up) |
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