Dance Video Kandahar Reel (original) (Video 1)
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- Kandahar Reel (original) (R32, Cpt. Andy Colquhoun / Lt. Rob Colquhoun: The Kandahar Reel)
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- Eric Ferguson (Aug. 25, 2012, 11:21 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
- Quality (of the dancing)
- Informal/Social (RSCDS) (What does this mean?)
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From the web; shows how the dance can look in a non-RSCDS environment.
The Kandahar reel was written by two officers of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland to mark the Battalion’s operational tour in Afghanistan. Soldiers of The Black Watch made frequent use of Chinook Helicopters with their signature double rotor blades and they were often supported by American Army Black Hawk helicopters with a single rotor. The dance reproduces the use of these workhorses of the sky upon which the Army relies in Afghanistan. The rotors go 1 1/2 times round, to symbolize the “150% commitment” expected.
The reel is danced to Mr Jamie Forrester’s Kandahar Reel or the Auld Reekie Band’s Speed the Plough.
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Kandahar Reel (original) 4/6L · R32
- 1–
- 1c set | turn BH 1½ and face 2c ; 1c set to 2c and turn BH on the side (1x,2,3,4,5,6)
- 9–
- Snowball G-Chain, start 1c RH to 2c, on [4] 1c (in 4plx) + 2c (in 2plx) take “L-Tulloch”hold (Lsh to Lsh, L arms linked, holding P’s R hand behind his back) make 2 or 3 turns, finish facing up (order 3c,2x in middle,4, 1x in middle,5)
- 17–
- 3c+2c & 4c+1c RHA 1½ ; 3c+1c LHA 1½
- 25–
- 2c+1c & 3c+4c RHA 1½ (1,2x,4,3x,5,6) ; all set | 1c+4c cast off as 2c+3c turn 1 ½ moving up (2,1,3,4,5,6)
For second time through, 1c starts anew from 2pl, finish (2,3,1,4,5,6). Next time, 2c starts from 1pl and 1c gallop to the bottom (4c+5c+6c up on [3–4].
Alternative: dance in a 5c set, new couple starts from the top each time.
This version, published in “Dance-on”, issue 45, p. 22–23, is close to the military version