Dance The Merrill Gathering 9166
Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 312)
- Devised by
- Fiona S Miller (1999)
- Intensity
- 811 888 840 848 800 = 61% (1 turn), 46% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Allemande for 3 couples (ALLMND;3C;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- This dance was devised for the 31st annual Asilomar Weekend Workshop of the San Francisco Branch of the RSCDS. It …
This dance was devised for the 31st annual Asilomar Weekend Workshop of the San Francisco Branch of the RSCDS. It is dedicated to all those who gathered in Merrill Hall on Sunday October 31, 1999, where Fiona taught the dance.
The Merrill Gathering 3/3L · R40
- 1–
- 1c cross down | cast behind 3c ; cross up between 3c | cast up behind 2c (on [8] 2c+3c step in) for
- 9–
- 1c+2c+3c Allemande (3,2,1)
- 17–
- 1c set | cross RH ; 1c+2c set | ½ RHA (3,1,2x)
- 25–
- All set and cross RH ; 3c+1c set | ½ RHA (1,3,2)
- 33–
- 1c cross RH | cast off (3c up) ; ½ Fig8 up (3,1,2)
The Merrill Gathering 3/3L · R40
- 1-8
- 1s cross down RH, dance down behind 3s, cross up & dance up behind 2s into centre top place facing up (2s & 3s step in ready for…)
- 9-16
- 1s+2s+3s dance Allemande. 3 2 1
- 17-24
- 1s set & cross RH; 2s+1s set & dance 1/2 RH across. 3 1 (2)
- 25-32
- All set & cross RH; 3s+1s set & dance 1/2 RH across. 1 3 2
- 33-40
- 1s cross RH, cast (3s step up); 1s dance 1/2 Fig 8 up round 3s. End 3 1 2
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Burns Supper, Budapest, 2014. Danced in two sets. …
Added on: 2014-01-26 (Zoltán Gräff)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Asilomar Weekend ~ Celebrating 60 (1968-2018) | Asilomar Weekend | Feb. 27, 2019, 6:38 p.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551 | The Merrill Gathering Notes | Oct. 21, 2018, 7:52 p.m. | Asilomar Weekend | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |