Dance Uncle Isaac 8368
See also: Uncle Isaac (S32, 3/4L, McKinnell)
Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1996)
- Intensity
- 84/88/88/84 = 60% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Men's Chain (MCHAIN)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Bankhead Book Part 6 [26]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The dance notes have the following story to explain the title:
My father’s mother claimed to have a family connection …
The dance notes have the following story to explain the title:
My father’s mother claimed to have a family connection with Sir Isaac Newton. We have no proof of this connection. but they both came from the same part of Lincolnshire. An interesting parallel is that I was sitting one day under a haggis tree and a haggis fell off onto my head. This made me gravitate to Scottish Country Dancing! Someone in the “Big Apple” actually believed this story which proves that if one tells a big enough lie it may become established truth!
One of my father’s cousins took her mother, my grandmother and another aunt to a restaurant in London. Wishing to impress the other diners, the aunt said in a loud voice, “Of course we are all descended from Sir Isaac Newton”. She was promptly kicked under the table because Uncle Isaac was a bachelor, and, in those days, single parents were not even mentioned in polite circles.
Uncle Isaac 2/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round 2s, 1s+2s Adv+Ret
- 9-16
- 1s+2s 1/2 turn partner RH, twirl & dance out, 1s+2s dance RH across once round
- 17-24
- 1s+2s dance Men’s Chain
- 25-32
- 1M+2L & 1L+2M in prom hold change places (Men passing LSh) & turn to left to face in, 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 round 2s to end in 2nd places
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