Dance Video Silver Roses (Video 2)
Heathermix dancers, Ribble Valley, 2023
A good view, but only the first 32 bars (of 40) in strathspey as the middle part of a longer demo. The last 8 are replaced to lead into the next dance and are not included in this clip.
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- Silver Roses (M40, Ken Martlew: The Berkhamsted Diamond Collection)
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- Murrough Landon (April 27, 2023, 11:19 p.m.) – Source: YouTube
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A good view, but only the first 32 bars (of 40) in strathspey as the middle part of a longer demo. The last 8 are replaced to lead into the next dance and are not included in this clip.
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Silver Roses 4S · M40
Strathspey
- 1–
- All W RHA ¾ to face new M ; set | all pairs turn RH
- 9–
- All M LHA ¾ to face new W ; set | all pairs turn LH (all new pairs face P across the set)
- 17–
- 2c+4c cross RH with P | both new pairs (W leading) cast ¼ clw outside the set ; dance into centre, the W round the standing pair and the M between them | meet own P and turn BH ½, breaking (M leading) to finish 2c in 1pl and 4c in 3pl (“Tourbillon turns”)
- 25–
- 1c+3c (= side pairs) repeat figure (to 2,3,4,1)
- 33–
- Circle8 and back
Dance twice as Strathspey, twice as Reel. In the Reel the Tourbillon turns are danced in skip-change.