Dance The Physicist's Folly 13822
Strathspey · 128 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Sue McKinnell (2009)
- Intensity
- 80 80 88 80 08 08 88 08 55 55 88 88 66 88 66 88 = 73% (1 turn), 73% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion (REEL;R8;)
- Grand Chain for 8 (GCHAIN;8P;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Eight by Thirty-Two [61]
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- UPDATE 9 November 2009: Wording for bars 9–16 and 73–80 slightly tweaked
UPDATE 9 November 2009: Wording for bars 9–16 and 73–80 slightly tweaked
The Physicist's Folly 4S · S128
- 1–
- 1c+3c L-Chain, end in promhold
- 9–
- 1c+3c passing Lsh exchange places ; set advancing | turn person opposite BH ½ and face side couple
- 17–
- Parallel Reels4 across, finish 1W facing 3W with P behind them
- 25–
- 1c+3c RSh Reel4 up/dn, 1W+3W pass Rsh to start, finish (1,2,3,4)
- 33–64
- 2c+4c repeat [1–32]
- 65–
- All set | all W RHA | dance Lsh round P, to places
- 73–
- All set | all M LHA | turn P RH ¾ to places, W facing out
- 81–96
- Schiehallion Reels, at end W face out
- 97–
- All W dance one place clw | turn that M RH ; dance one place clw | turn that M RH and face him
- 105–
- G-Chain, 1 bar/hand, M finish facing cclw
- 113–
- All M dance one place cclw | turn that W LH ; dance one place cclw | turn P LH into Allemande hold facing cclw
- 121–
- All dance ½ way round to places ; turn W into BtoB in the centre facing P (as in Allemande) | turn P RH putting W in the centre again and honour partner
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015-05-11 | 2015-05-11 | Cord Walter | May 11, 2015, 11:01 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015-06-22 | 2015-06-22 | Cord Walter | June 22, 2015, 10:20 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015-06-29 | 2015-06-29 | Cord Walter | June 29, 2015, 6:51 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2015 | 2015-01-05 | Cord Walter | May 21, 2023, 9:26 p.m. |
| Scottish Flowers Hildesheim 2003 - 2013 | Cord Walter | May 19, 2014, 11:25 p.m. | |
| SF Hildesheim 4 Paare | Cord Walter | Sept. 25, 2023, 9:48 p.m. |
