Dance "Deer" Friends 12508

Also known as “Deer Friends” (spelling).

Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Bob Anderson (2000)

Intensity

800/844/844/888 = 50% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
Set and Link for three (SETLNK;3P;)

Steps

Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel

Published in

The Saint Martin Coll. of New Scottish Country Dances vol. 1 [6]

Recommended Music

The Birks of Invermay (Charles McLean)

Extra info: For Una Lennam to teach ...

For Una Lennam to teach at a workshop in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip	Tunes
Deer Friends	Jim Lindsay and his Band	The Sunday Class Recorded Highlights Volume 1	CD	14	S32 8	8:20	62.5		Lord Brownlow's Strathspey/Stewart Smith Strathspey/Seafield Strathspey/Walter Rutherford/The Windlestrae Ceilidh

"Deer" Friends 3/4L · S32

1--: 1c cross down RH (2c up), cast behind 3c, cross RH and cast up | turn P LH and join RH with 3cnr into diagonal line
9--: 1c+3cnrs set R (change hands with cnr) {1}, 1c+3cnrs turn LH ½, 1c joining RH in middle {1} | 3cnrs set along the diagonal while{2} 1c set R {1} and turn LH ½ to face 3cnr {1} ; ½ Reel4 on 1diag, finish on 2diag, 1c LHJ to P and RHJ to 4cnr
17--: Repeat [9-16] with 4cnrs, 1c at the end crossing LH to (3x,1x,2x)
25--: All S&Link3 twice (2,1,3)

E-cribs

"Deer" Friends 3/4L · S32

1-8: 1s cross down RH, cast behind 3s, cross RH, cast up 1 place, turn 3/4 LH to join RH with 3rd corners in a diagonal line
9-12: Balance in Line figure:
: 9 All set 1 step Right, change hands so that 1s and 3rd corners take LH
: 10 1s and 3rd corners 1/2 turn LH, retain LH and 1s join RH in middle of line
: 11 All set 1 step R, 1s join LH & drop hands with corners
: 12 1s 1/2 turn LH to face 3rd corners while corners set 1 step Left turning to face diagonally in
13-16: 1s dance1/2 diagonal reel of 4 with 3rd corners, finish facing 4th corners
17-24: Repeat bars 9-16 with 4th corners, 1s crossing LH to finish in 2nd place opp sides End (3)(1)(2)
25-32: Set and link for 3 couples twice to finish 213 on own sides

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Combined View

Jacmel Dent
Added on: Jan. 29, 2019, 11:34 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality

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Dora Dempster
Added on: Oct. 26, 2015, 1:37 a.m.
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Roland Telle
Added on: July 3, 2019, 7:34 a.m.
Quality: Reasonable

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The "slither"

Jeremy Dent · May 18, 2016, 4:22 a.m.

We've named the setting and crossing the "slither" and it's an elegant movement merging into diagonal reels of four. It's a feelgood Strathspey.