Dance The Cuckoo Clock 1465
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Ian Barbour (1991)
- Intensity
- 888 880 888 888 = 91% (1 turn), 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Muirland Willie Formation (MuWi)
- Set and Link for three (SETLNK;3P;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Dance and Celebration [2]
- Repeat Prescription [11]
- Repeat Prescription (PDF) [1]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [40] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams, Supplement to the 8th Edition [5] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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The Cuckoo Clock | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | Repeat Prescription | CD+ | 11 | R32 8 | 4:30 | 33.8 |
The Cuckoo Clock 3/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c+2c+3c mirror Reels3 on the sides (2c start out and up)
- 9–
- 1c+2c DblFig8 (1c start crossing down)
- 17–
- 1c cross down to 3plx & cast up to 2plx while{4} 2c set+cross down to 3plx while{4} 3c cast up to 1pl and cross ; all turn RH (3x,1x,2x)
- 25–
- 3c+1c+2c S&Link twice
The Cuckoo Clock 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
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1s+2s+3s dance reels on own sides 1s dancing in & down, 2s dance out & up, 3s in & up to start
- 9-16
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1s+2s dance double Fig of 8
- 17-20
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“Muirland Wille” figure:
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1s dance down middle, cross over & cast up to 2nd place on opposite
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while 2s set & cross RH to 3rd place on opposite side
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while 3s cast up to 1st place & cross RH to opposite side
- 21-24
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3s+1s+2s turn partners RH once round
- 25-32
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3s+1s+2s Set+Link for 3 twice
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