Dance Birls Allowed 13593
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Alex Taylor (2010)
- Intensity
- 844 888 088 880 = 75% (1 turn), 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Set and Rotate (SETROT;2C;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
-
- Bannockburn 700 [24]
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- Note:- Unofficial Variation (but with ...
Note:- Unofficial Variation (but with the approval of the deviser Alex Taylor) for bars 17-24 :- AS 3s+2s Set & Rotate ALSO 1s full wide graceful RH turn + LH back OR 1s birl RH / then LH. Source: Dance Programme, Stirling Branch Summer Dancing, 10th June 2017. Nicol McLaren.
"Birls Allowed" was issued as a single sheet with music and was given out at a dance run by Stirling Castle Country Dance Club in 2011.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birls Allowed | The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band | Ah'm askin' - Scottish Country Dances | CD | 8 | J32 8 | 4:40 | 35.0 | Mary MacKechnie/Miss Russell of Blackhall's Reel/Dr James Hamilton's Reel/Lady Elizabeth Cole's Reel | |
| Birls Allowed | The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band | Stirling at 90 | CD | 10 | J32 8 | 4:41 | 35.1 |
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Mary MacKechnie/Miss Elizabeth Conder/The Tea Garden/Jane Kerr's Jig |
Birls Allowed 3/4L · J32
- 1–
- 1c cross RH | cast off 2 (2c+3c up) ; ½ mirror Reels3 on opposite side, 1c start inwards (1x,3,2)
- 9–
- 1c cross down into Mirror Reels3 on own side (1,3,2)
- 17–
- 3c+2c Set&Rotate (1,2,3)
- 25–
- 1c+2c ½ R&L ; 1c+2c Turn RH 1½ (2,1,3)
Birls Allowed 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
- 1s cross RH & cast 2 places (3s face down), 1s with 3s+2s dance 1/2 reflection reel of 3 (1s dancing in/up, 3s down/out, 2s in/down to start) (1) 3 2
- 9-16
- 1s cross down to dance full reels of 3 on own sides. 1 3 2
- 17-24
- 3s+2s (bottom 2 couples) Set & Rotate:
- Set, rotate singly & dance on 1 place clockwise, change places RH on sides & dance on 1 place to own sides (3s in 2nd pl). 1 2 3
- 25-32
- 1s+2s dance 1/2 R&L, 2s+1s turn partner 1.1/2 times RH. 2 1 3
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