Dance A Frolic in the Poppy Field 12401
Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Sue Ayland (1998)
- Intensity
- 844/844/844/844/888 = 55% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Set as in Double.Triangles (SET_DT)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
A Frolic in the Poppy Field 3/4L · R40
- 1–8
- 1C TRH & cast 1 pl. 1M ½ fig 8 rnd 3C pos & 1W ½ fig 8 rnd 2C pos as 2+3C ½ rts & lfts - on side first.
- 9–12
- 1M+2C LHA, (down) 1W+3C LHA (up).
- 13–16
- 1C ½ Turn & Twirl (face out)
- 17–24
- 1C cast R, come into centre back to back, M face up, W down. Set in Crown Triangles pos, move ¼ rnd & set again. (finish facing 1st cnr pos)
- 25–32
- ½ diag reel with 1st cnrs & pass RS to ½ reel with 2nd cnrs, pass RS to own side.
- 33–40
- 6 hands rnd & back.
A Frolic in the Poppy Field 3/4L · R40
- 1-8
- 1s turn RH & cast 1 place, 1s dance 1/2 Figs of 8 (1L round 2s, 1M round 3s) while 2s+3s dance 1/2 R&L (RH on sides to start)
- 9-16
- 1s dance LH across (1M with 2s, 1L with 3s), 1s 1/2 turn RH & twirl to own sides
- 17-24
- 1s cast round 3rd corners into middle BtoB (1M facing up, 1L down) & set as Crown Triangles, rotate 1/4 clockwise & set ending facing 1st corners
- 25-32
- 1s dance 1/2 reel of 4 with 1st corners & pass RSh to face 2nd corners, 1s dance 1/2 reel of 4 with 2nd corner & pass RSh to2nd place own sides
- 33-40
- 2s+1s+3s circle 6H round & back