Dance The Ropemakers' Strathspey 11181
Strathspey · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Sarah Prone (2002)
- Intensity
- 4444/8888/8888/8440/8448 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Allemande for 4 couples (ALLMND;4C;)
- Spurtle (SPURT)
- Petronella - quarter (4 bars) (PET;QUART;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- 1–8 Represents stretching the flax.
9–16 Represents spinning the flax into cord.
17–24 Represents walking the ropes (setting up the …
1–8 Represents stretching the flax.
9–16 Represents spinning the flax into cord.
17–24 Represents walking the ropes (setting up the cord on a ropewalk).
25–32 Represents twisting the cords into ropes/hawsers.
33–40 Represents the finished rope/hawser.
Devised by Sarah Prone Ashby (formerly Prone) to commemorate the rope-making tradition in the town of Bridport, Dorset, home of Bridport Scottish Country Dancers.
The Ropemakers' Strathspey 4/4L · S40
- 1–
- 1M+3W & 2M+4W turn BH 1½ ; 1W+3M & 2W+4M turn BH 1½ (3x,4x,1x,2x)
- 9–
- 3c+4c & 1c+2c RHA 1½ (to 4,3,2,1) | all set advancing and meet P in centre
- 17–
- 4C Allemande. On [23–24] 1c turn P RH ending RSh to P between 2c facing opposite sides
- 25–36
- 12 bars of The Spurtle (2x,3x,4x,1x)
- 37–40
- All turn P RH ¾ to midline | Petronella turn (2,3,4,1)
