Dance Coates Crescent 1251
Strathspey · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Dorothy Bell
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/4444/8000 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Hands round - 8 (HR;8P;)
- Allemande for 4 couples (ALLMND;4C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
Coates Crescent 4/4L · S40
- 1–
- Circle8 & back (retain hds at sides)
- 9–
- »The Crescent«: Retaining hds, 4W leads other W up M's side while 4M leads other M up W's side (going outside W's crescent) ; all S | all ½ turn R to finish in the middle facing up
- 17–
- Allemande (4 couples)
- 25–
- »The Doorways and Gateways«: 1W+2W & 3W+4W join NH, dance across between ptrs, cast behind ptrs and back to places ; 1M+2M & 3M+4M R going outside ptrs to begin [on 32, 1M&3M turn R about, 2M&4M L about]
- 33–
- 1c cross R ; cast off [2c up] | 1c cross down L [3c up] ; 1c cast off round 4c [4c up]
Coates Crescent 4/4L · S40
- 1-8
- All circle 8H round & back. Ladies join NH, Men join NH
- 9-16
- The Crescent:
- 9-12 4L leads other Ladies up Men's side while 4M leads Men up Ladies' side. Men dance outside Ladies' crescent. All on opp sidelines.
- 13-16 All set & 1/2 turn partner RH to finish in middles ready for …
- 17-24
- All dance Allemande
- 25-32
- The Doorways & Gateways:
- 25-28 1L+2L NHJ also 3L+4L NHJ dance between partners & cast behind partners & dance back to places
- 29-32 1M+2M dance similar but going out partners to start, then between partners back to places.
- Bar 32 1M & 3M turn right about, 2M & 4M turn left about
- 33-40
- 1s cross RH, cast 1 place, cross down below 3s & cast to 4th place. 2 3 4 1
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th FSCDC/CGB Tea Dance “The 90th Birthday – Let's Celebrate the Society” | 2013-01-20 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 25, 2019, 3:51 p.m. |
