Dance Video Mary Stewart Strathspey (Video 1)
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Marjorie McLaughlin writes: There are three mistakes in the video and, as they are done the same way by all of the dancers, I assume it was taught incorrectly, as opposed to a mistake by a single couple.
Bars 1 - 2 the ladies dance a Petronella turn to face partners on a diagonal line. In the video the gentlemen are moving slightly right and left to form a straight line, which is incorrect.
Bars 5-8 the turns are Right Hand turns, not two-hand turns as shown in the video.
Bars 29-32 both couples turn partner Right Hands to face ready for the next repetition, not two-hand turns as shown in the video.
- Dance
- Mary Stewart Strathspey (S32, Mary Shoolbraid Brandon / Stewart Smith: 25th Anniversary 1966-1991 [Los Angeles])
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- Martina Mueller-Franz (Feb. 17, 2015, 10:25 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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Marjorie McLaughlin writes: There are three mistakes in the video and, as they are done the same way by all of the dancers, I assume it was taught incorrectly, as opposed to a mistake by a single couple.
Bars 1 - 2 the ladies dance a Petronella turn to face partners on a diagonal line. In the video the gentlemen are moving slightly right and left to form a straight line, which is incorrect.
Bars 5-8 the turns are Right Hand turns, not two-hand turns as shown in the video.
Bars 29-32 both couples turn partner Right Hands to face ready for the next repetition, not two-hand turns as shown in the video.
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Mary Stewart Strathspey 2RR · S32
Round the Room Dance 2 facing 2
- 1-8
- Ladies petronella turn into centre to face partner & set & turn RH back to places
- 9-16
- Dance ‘R&L’ using 2H (rotate clockwise each time)
- 17-20
- Inner dancers dance out between partners (who dance in & follow them) & cast away from each other to form large circle
- 21-24
- All advance 2 steps & retire
- 25-32
- Each set dances 1/2 RSh reel of 4 & turn partner RH to face next couple