Dance The Langdon Knot 12996
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Tim Wilson (2006)
- Intensity
- 800/888/888/880 = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Promenade 3 couples (PROM;3C;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- For Susie Langdon Kass on the occasion of her significant birthday. Susie’s husband Sid commissioned the tune by Muriel Johnstone. …
For Susie Langdon Kass on the occasion of her significant birthday. Susie’s husband Sid commissioned the tune by Muriel Johnstone. Susie was my fIrst teacher (as she was for many dancers in the Bay Area) and is a tireless and enthusiastic promoter of Scottish Country Dancing. She is well known for teaching “The Langdon Knot” to any (and all) who have yet to learn this very secure way of tying shoelaces. The fIgure in bars 9–16 reminds me of tying a knot and is evocative of the central fIgure in John McAlpin, one of Susie’s favorite dances. A Ramsay herself, another of Susie’s favorites is Lady Lucy Ramsay, which is the source for the last 8 bars. (Tim Wilson)
The Langdon Knot 3/4L · S32
- 1-
- 1c set | turn RH to face down ; lead below 3c | cast up (2c up) to (2,1,3)
- 9-
- All dance «Dolphin» Fig8: M set while W advance to P & pull RSh back | W followed by P return to W side & all pull LSh back ; M followed by P return to M side & M pull RSh back to face P | all turn RH & face up
- 17-
- 2c+1c+3c progressive promenade (1,2,3)
- 25-
- 1c+2c ½ R&L ; turn P 1½ BH (2,1,3)
The Langdon Knot 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
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1s set, turn RH; lead down below 3s & cast up to 2nd place (2s step up 7-8)
- 9-16
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2s+1s+3s dance “Dolphin” figure:
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9-12 Men set as Ladies Adv, pull back RSh & Ladies followed by partners dance towards Ladies’ side & slightly down set, ll pull back LSh
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13-16 Men followed by partners dance towards Men’s side & slightly down, Men pull back RSh & turn partner RH. All remain in centre facing up
- 17-24
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2s+1s+3s promenade, Bars 23-24: 2s cast to 2nd place as 1s lead up to 1st place. 1 2 3
- 25-32
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1s+2s dance 1/2 R&L (with polite turns); 1s+2s turn partner 1.1/2 RH. 2 1 3
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Mountain View Experienced - 2019 Sep 18 | 2019-09-18 | Rachel Pusey | Sept. 19, 2019, 3:11 a.m. |
RSCDS SF Party - Oct 2019 | 2019-10-05 | Rachel Pusey | Aug. 17, 2019, 12:39 a.m. |
Mountain View 10/05/19 Party | 2019-10-05 | JIAN PENG | Sept. 11, 2019, 5:57 a.m. |
RSCDS SF Party - Dec 2019 | 2019-12-07 | Geoffrey Wood | Sept. 21, 2019, 1:18 a.m. |
SF summer 2019 | Rachel Pusey | July 31, 2019, 5:07 a.m. | |
RSCDS SF Party - Nov 2019 | 2019-11-09 | Rachel Pusey | Aug. 17, 2019, 12:43 a.m. |