Dance The Cooper Children 15041
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Hugh Porteous (2009)
- Intensity
- 10,8,6/10,4,4/10,8,8/10,10,10 = 81% (1 turn), 61% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Snowball Chain (SCHA)
- Turn Corners (C-TRN)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- Devised by Hugh Porteous and ...
Devised by Hugh Porteous and the Caledonian Society of Sheffield Dance Class for the ASCDS Festival at Ollerton on 9th May 2009.
10 bar phrases
Note: Eric's Crib shows the current version. In an earlier version the deviser, for [19-20], wrote “turn their partner by the left hand to finish in the middle of the dance with the man below the woman”. In another variant, 1c turn LH 1½ for [25-26]
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
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The Cooper Children | Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band | The Leeds Golden Collection | CD | 10 | J40 8 | 5:52 | 35.2 |
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The Wee Cooper o' Fife/The Kingdom/The Five Bar Gate/High Pressure/Ali's Rusty Nails/Last May a Braw Wooer/O Wha's at the Window |
The Cooper Children 3/4L · J40
- 1-10
- Snowball Gr-Ch (5 hands), 1c cross to start (3x,1,2x), 1W no polite turn
- 11-20
- 1c turn LH to face 3cnr (pos!) | turn cnr RH (cnrs dance {4}) | pass Rsh | turn 4cnr RH | pass Rsh into
- 21-30
- 3c+1W & 1M+2c RHA {4} | 1c turn LH ½ | 3c+1M & 1W+2c RHA {4} (to 3x,1x,2x)
- 31-38
- 2c+3c set to P | cross RH | set up/down | change RH | while{8} 1c cross RH | cast clw to midline | change RH up/down | cast clw to 2pl
- 39-40
- All Set (2,1,3)
Note: In an earlier version, for [19-20], 1c turn P LH to finish M below W. In another variant, 1c turn LH 1½ for [25-26]
The Cooper Children 3/4L · J40
- 1-10
- All dance 10 bar Snowball Chain:
- 1s cross RH & change places LH on side with 2s
- 1s change places RH with 3s while 2s cross over RH
- 1s cross LH while 2s & 3s change places LH.
- 1s change places RH with 2s while 3s cross over RH. (3) 1 (2)
- 11-20
- 1s turn LH, 1s turn 3rd corners (pstns) RH, pass RSh,1s turn 4th corners (pstns) RH, pass RSh to face 1st corner (pstn)
- 21-24
- 1M dances RH across with 2s as 1L dances RH across with 3s
- 25-26
- 1s 1/2 turn LH
- 27-30
- 1M dances RH across with 3s as 1L dances RH across with 2s. 1s end 2nd place opposite sides.
- 31-38
- 1s cross RH & cast to right as 3s & 2s set & cross RH, 1s cross RH up/down centre & cast to 2nd places as 3s & 2s set on sides & change places RH
- 39-40
- All set

Martina Mueller-Franz
Added on: March 11, 2014, 3:28 p.m.
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)
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Oldenburg 2014-12-15 | 2014-12-20 | Martin McWilliam | Dec. 16, 2014, 2:28 p.m. |
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