Dance The Code Breaker 10944
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (2002)
- Intensity
- 8642/8888/8448/8448 = 78% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Extra Info
- A dance to the memory of HUGH FOSS who worked at Bletchley with Alan Turing during the 1940’s and helped …
A dance to the memory of HUGH FOSS who worked at Bletchley with Alan Turing during the 1940’s and helped in breaking the Enigma Code.
The initial movements in this dance are similar to those in Hugh’s dance Caller Herrin'.
The Code Breaker 4/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s dance down round 4s, cast back to places & 1/2 turn 2H to face down while 2s stand for 2 bars & dance down round 4s & cast to place while 3s stand for 4 bars & dance down round 4s & cast to place while 4s stand for 6 bars & 1/2 turn 2H to face up [similar to “square set”]
- 9-16
- All circle 8H round & back. Finish as at end of bar 8
- 17-24
- 1M+2L & 3M+4L turn LH 1.1/4 times while 1L+2M & 3L+4M turn RH 1.1/4 times [all now on sides 2 (1)(4) 3], 1s+4s dance 1/2 R&L to end 2 4 1 3
- 25-32
- 2s+4s also 1s+3s dance RH across, 4s+1s dance LH across
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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17 07 22 Moulsecoomb | 2017-07-01 | Chris & Lee Pratt | May 14, 2017, 11 p.m. |
17 07 01 Goring 17 07 22 Moulsecoomb | 2017-07-01 | Chris & Lee Pratt | May 14, 2017, 10:48 p.m. |
2 Ocy 2018 HSCDC | 2018-10-02 | Lesley Cashell | Sept. 30, 2018, 4:23 p.m. |
MKRSCDS AUTUMN FLING 2023 | 2023-11-27 | Sarah Kelsall-Patel | Oct. 12, 2023, 10:06 p.m. |
18 10 06 Tunbridge Wells & Crowborough | 2018-10-06 | Chris & Lee Pratt | July 16, 2018, 11:31 a.m. |
Milton Keynes RSCDS Ruby | Jan Jones | Feb. 27, 2019, 12:16 p.m. | |
Leicester RSCDS ASCDS practice - Wed 27 Mar | 2024-03-27 | Margaret Spence | March 25, 2024, 6:24 p.m. |
Drewry Workshop Utrecht | 2016-11-12 | Truus de Ceuster | Nov. 14, 2016, 9:19 p.m. |
16 11 05 Sevenoaks Reel Club | 2016-11-05 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Sept. 14, 2016, 9:25 p.m. |
151214 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2015-12-14 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 24, 2016, 5:02 p.m. |
190318 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2019-03-18 | Peter Dixon | Feb. 24, 2019, 12:23 p.m. |
15 07 25 Brighton and Hove | 2015-07-25 | Chris & Lee Pratt | April 26, 2015, 10:25 a.m. |
150615 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2015-06-15 | Peter Dixon | Nov. 24, 2016, 4:58 p.m. |
15 10 03 Tunbridge Wells & Crowborough | 2015-10-03 | Maddy Coelho | Sept. 25, 2015, 5:13 p.m. |
19 07 06 Moulsecoomb | 2019-07-06 | Chris & Lee Pratt | May 19, 2019, 11:33 a.m. |
16 02 27 Brighton & Hove | 2016-02-27 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Jan. 10, 2016, 6:27 p.m. |
The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2021-12-26 | 2021-12-26 | Amanda Peart | Dec. 28, 2021, 11:59 p.m. |