Dance: S-Locomotion

32-bar Strathspey
4 couples
Set shape: Longwise - 4
Progression: 2341

Devised by:
Ken Jones (1998)
Formations:
Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
Reel of three - half (REEL;HALF;R3;)
Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
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:
Strathspey travel
Published in:
Book 41, The Millennium Dances [8] *
Pocket: Books 39,40,41 [27]
Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [168]
Recommended Music:
Forbes Morrison (James Scott Skinner)
Recordings (3): Show tunes
Book 41. The Millennium Dances (David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band), track 8 [pace 65.0]  [has sample]
Quick Here's Anither Yin (Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band), track 3 [pace 60.5]  [has sample]
A Birl Roond Forfar (The Deirdre Adamson Quartet), track 11 [pace 62.0]

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Crib

1-81W+2W & 3M+4M cross LSh to P | cast two Left to each other’s places ; all M (top) and W (bottom) LHA
9-161M+2M & 3W+4W cross RSh to person opposite | cast two R ; 3C+4C (top) & 1C+2C (bottom) RHA (to 3x,4x,1x,2x)
17-24½Reels4 on the sides ; 2C waits in 1plx while the others continue in ½Reel3 (to 2x,3x,4x,1x)
25-32All Set, cross RH, 2C+3C & 4C+1C circle4 left
Crib needs checked · Source: Eric T. Ferguson ·

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