Dance The Braes of Yarrow 755
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Barry Priddey
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8484/8888 = 94% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Tourbillon (TOURB)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Extra Info
- The title is from the poem Yarrow Unvisited by William Wordsworth:
“Whate’er betide, we’ll turn aside,
And see the Braes …
The title is from the poem Yarrow Unvisited by William Wordsworth:
“Whate’er betide, we’ll turn aside,
And see the Braes of Yarrow.”
The Braes of Yarrow 4/4L · S32
- 1–4
- All ½ turn P BH & face up | set
- 5–12
- 1c, others following, dance slightly up & cast to 4pl (4x,3x,2x,1x) ; cross in 4pl (no hands, W in front of P) & dance up own side, 1c & 3c curving to face down (1,2,3,4)
- 13–20
- Mirror Reels4 on sides, 1c & 3c starting in & down, join hands when meeting
- 21–24
- 3c & 1c dance down below 4c & cast up, 3c to 1pl, 1c to 3pl (3,2,1,4)
- 25–32
- 3c+2c & 1c+4c Tourbillon (2,3,4,1)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Twice through as part of a longer demo. …
Added on: 2020-02-20 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
