Dance Video The Birling Dervishes (Video 1)
London Gay Gordons and friends, 2019.
There is one wrong shoulder pass in the reels (3rd repeat).
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- The Birling Dervishes (R32, Murrough Landon)
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- Murrough Landon (Aug. 28, 2019, 5:55 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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There is one wrong shoulder pass in the reels (3rd repeat).
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The Birling Dervishes 3/4L · R32
- 1-
- 1c dance below 3c | cast up (2c up) ; turn LH (or birl) to face 1cnr
- 9-
- 1c+1st cnrs ½ RSh diag Reel4, 1c pass LSh ; 1c+2nd cnrs ½ RSh diag Reel4, 1c pass LSh to 3cnr [pos]
- 17-
- 1c “Corners Pass and Back to Back” with 3cnrs: 1c normal “Pass and Turn”, pass RSh to 4cnr [pos] while{4} 3cnrs dance BtoB ; repeat with 4cnrs (3x,1,2x)
- 25-
- 1c turn 1½ RH (or birl) & face out in 2plx while{4} 3c+2c chase ½ way clw (2,1x,3) ;
1c chase ½ way clw while{4} 2c & 3c adv&ret diagonally (2,1,3)
After their 2nd turn, 1c wait 4 bars in 3pl & step down on [5–6] of the next repeat.