Dance Video The Hoolet (Video 1)
Tay Dancers, 2022
The original instructions suggest "birl" right hand in bars 21-24. The dancers here do a standard right hand turn.
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- The Hoolet (R32, John Bowie Dickson: Dunedin Dances Book 5)
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- Murrough Landon (March 22, 2022, 12:33 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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The original instructions suggest “birl” right hand in bars 21-24. The dancers here do a standard right hand turn.
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The Hoolet 4/4L · R32
2 chords: 2nd chord 3s & 4s cross to opp sides
- 1-8
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s set facing up/down on sides & Petronella turn into lines of 4 across; all dance 1/2 reels of 4 across
- 9-16
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s set facing across & Petronella turn to other sides (1) (2) 3 4; all dance 1/2 reels of 4 on sides. 4 3 (2) (1)
- 17-24
- 4s+1s (end couples) chase clockwise 1/2 way to opposite ends; 1s & 4s birl giving RH (elbow grip). 1 3 (2) (4)
- 25-32
- All set, 1s+3s (at top) also 2s+4s (at bottom) dance 1/2 RH across; all set & cross RH with partner. 3 1 (4) (2)