Dance Craigievar Magic 10057
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Round the room (Progression: ChangePtnr)
- Devised by
- Bill Forbes
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/6666/8888/8888 = 95% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Two couples facing two couples round the room.
From issue 2853: The original notes to this dance contain the …
Two couples facing two couples round the room.
From issue 2853: The original notes to this dance contain the following notations at the bottom:
Repeat 3 more times (Hoping the magic works) P.S. If one person goes wrong, the magic doesn’t work!!
The “magic” Bill Forbes is talking about is that the progression of the dance over four repetitions is somewhat miraculous. The first repetition takes everyone away from their original partner and set, and further repetitions seem to irretrievably scramble things. But, astoundingly, after four repetitions, everyone is back with their original partner in their original set (!). And it works regardless of how many sets are on the floor. Truly amazing when it works. But as pointed out in the notes, if any one person goes wrong, especially early on, it messes up the progression for almost everyone.
Craigievar Magic 4RR · R40
Round the Room Dance 2 couples facing 2 couples
- 1-8
- All circle 8H round & back
- 9-16
- All dance RH across with opposite couple & LH back
- 17-24
- All dance 1/2 R&L with opposite couple, middle couples dance 1/2 R&L
- 25-32
- All dance RSh reels of 4
- 33-40
- All with new partners Adv+Ret for 2 steps & dance on (under/over) to new line
Devisers note: Repeat 3 more times (Hoping the magic works - back with original partner) P.S. If one person goes wrong, the magic doesn’t work!!
Watch on YouTube
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Added on: 2015-05-04 (Zoltán Gräff)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge 2022 - Thursday - High Impact | 2022-07-07 | Cynthia West | July 8, 2022, 5:48 p.m. |
| Budapest SCD Weekend 2015 - dances taught | 2015-04-25 | Zoltán Gräff | April 26, 2015, 8:45 p.m. |
| Hallowe'en 2020 | 2020-10-31 | John Aitken | Oct. 30, 2020, 11:25 a.m. |
| Suggested Atholl Prog | John Nuttall | Jan. 31, 2019, 4:32 p.m. | |
| 2018 SCD Weekend in Nikko | 2018-04-06 | pirokoropin | April 11, 2018, 1:43 p.m. |
| RSCDS Paris Branch - October Weekend with Jim Stott | 2023-10-14 | Nicolas Jeannerod | Oct. 17, 2023, 9:21 p.m. |
| Pawling 2023 Class Dances | 2023-05-20 | Ken Saunders | May 22, 2023, 6:25 p.m. |
| Munich Whitsun Course 2022 | 2022-06-08 | Roland Telle | June 10, 2022, 6:23 a.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2853 | Suggested addition to "Extra Info" tab for Craigievar Magic | Aug. 2, 2022, 8:56 a.m. | Anthea Macdonald | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |