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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
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info
Devised by Hugh Porteous and the Caledonian Society of Sheffield Dance Class for the ASCDS Festival at Ollerton on 9th …

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]

NameArtistAlbumMediaTrkTypeTimePaceClip
The Cooper Children Neil Barron and his Scottish Dance Band The Leeds Golden Collection CD 10 J40 85:52 35.2
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

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Added on: 2014-03-11 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Informal/Social (RSCDS)

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Edwin Werner · Oct. 14, 2014, 8:47 a.m.

A LH turn on bars 19-20 is the way it was described in the first version of the dance (leaflet).

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