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Dance Tom's Friends 7980

Strathspey · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square   (Progression: OnceOnly)

Devised by
Roy Goldring
Intensity
8080/8080/0808/0808/4444/4444/4444/4444/8484/4848/8888/8888 = 62% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
Published in
Online Sources
Recommended Music
Extra Info
Dedicated to the memory of Tom Steele who died in December 1992.

Dedicated to the memory of Tom Steele who died in December 1992.

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
Tom's Friends Muriel Johnstone's Band Haste Ye Back CD 14 S32 33:19 66.3
Tom's Friends Green Ginger 75th Anniversary of London Branch CD 6 S96 13:18 66.0
Tom's Friends 4S · S96
1-8
1s+3s 3/4 turn RH, Ladies pass LSh into reel of 4 & Men end back-to-back facing partners
9-16
1s+3s set, turn 2H into circle for 4H round to left ending in original places
17-32
2s+4s repeat bars 1-16
33-40
All Ladies dance in (1 step), cast round partner RSh, dance clockwise, round next Man RSh to end in opposite places
41-48
Men repeat but dancing anticlockwise
49-64
Ladies repeat & Men repeat back to original places
65-72
1s+3s Adv+Ret & turn corners with nearer hand 1.1/2 times
73-80
Couples at top & bottom (2s+4s) Adv+Ret & turn corners 1.1/2 times to face own partners
81-88
All set to partners, petronella turn, set & turn RH into prom hold facing anticlockwise
89-96
All Promenade round & turn partners into centre for bow & curtsey

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Beautiful dancing but the choreography is heavily modified …

Added on: 2012-12-17 (YouTube Automatic Downloader)
Quality: Demonstration quality

NameDateOwnerLast changed
Roy Goldring dances 2017-12-23 Atsuko Clement Dec. 23, 2017, 4:23 p.m.

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