Dance The Dancing Bees 1535

See also: The Dancing Bees (3/4L, Boehmer: Cameo 7)

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Roy Goldring

Intensity

800 880 808 844 = 58% (1 turn), 44% (whole dance)

Formations

Reel of three - promenade hold (REEL;PRMHLD;R3;)
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Steps

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Published in

Graded and Social Dances 1 - 24 Dances [10]

Recommended Music

Redheugh (Muriel A Johnstone)

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Tunes
The Dancing Bees	Muriel Johnstone's Band	Barmkin. The Dancing Years & other Leeds' Branch Dances	MC	9	R32 8	0:00	0.0	Redheugh/The Reversal/The Balmedie Lasses/David Finlay
The Dancing Bees	Willie McRobert's SCDB	Live in Moffat	CD	14	R32 8	4:49	36.1	Mr Marshall's Compliments to Niel Gow/Traditional Air/Forgan Bank
The Dancing Bees/More Bees A-Dancing	Muriel Johnstone & Keith Smith	Todlen Hame and other Favourite Dances	CD	3	R32 8	4:51	36.4	Redheugh/The Reel Fred DeMarse/Anna Mairi Lumsden/Marjorie Easton McLaughlin

The Dancing Bees 3/4L · R32

1–: 1c lead down the middle (2c up) ; turn inward and lead up to face 2W in promhold
9–: 1c in promhold Rsh Reel3 across with 2c
17–: 1c Reel3 across with 3c (Lsh to 3W), finish on midline facing P, M above W
25–: 1c set, petronella to 2pl ; All C turn RH

E-cribs

The Dancing Bees 3/4L · R32

1-8: 1s lead down the middle & back to face 2L in prom hold
9-16: 1s dance reel of 3 across with 2s (giving RSh to 2L)
17-24: 1s dance reel of 3 across with 3s (LSh to 3L) ending in the middle (Man facing down & Lady facing up to partner)
25-32: 1s set in middle, petronella to 2nd place own sides & 2s+1s+3s turn RH (4 bars)

MiniCribs

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Combined View

Truus de Ceuster
Added on: March 16, 2017, 4:18 p.m.
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Murrough Landon
Added on: Oct. 30, 2018, 10:43 p.m.
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Patricia Reesby
Added on: May 17, 2014, 7:49 a.m.
Quality: Reasonable

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2019-02-27 MSA class	2019-02-27	Tim Hoffmann	Feb. 27, 2019, 2:21 p.m.
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Autumn dance		Duncan Brown	June 6, 2019, 11:58 p.m.
RSCDS NY Branch End of Series Party 2-8-2018	2018-02-08	Ellen Sears	Feb. 3, 2018, 11:31 p.m.
RSCDS Ottawa Branch AGM May 11 2018	2018-05-11	John Bottriell	April 15, 2018, 10:01 p.m.
Scotia Dancers November 20th, 2017		Nameless Dancer	Nov. 18, 2017, 8:14 p.m.
HHK 2018-03-05		Chris Ronald	March 3, 2018, 2:31 a.m.
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Scotia Basic Class Oct 28	2019-10-28	Ken Saunders	Oct. 25, 2019, 4:16 p.m.
Scotia Nov 20	2017-11-20	Charlotte Holton	Nov. 18, 2017, 3:47 p.m.
GASP - December 8 2017 - by Martien de Leeuw	2017-12-08	John Bottriell	Nov. 3, 2017, 1:14 a.m.
2018-07-02 Nürnberg	2018-07-02	Annette Lotz	July 3, 2018, 4:37 p.m.
GASP - JAN 08 2016	2016-01-08	John Bottriell	Oct. 29, 2015, 1:28 a.m.
Johnsonville SCD NZ Final Night Nov 2017	2017-11-20	John Munro	Oct. 25, 2017, 12:42 p.m.
RSCDS Wirral - Tuesday 1 December 2015	2014-12-01	Andrew Locke	Nov. 29, 2015, 7:06 p.m.
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Munich Whitsun Course 2016 Welcome Dance	2016-05-13	Matthias Rank	Feb. 19, 2016, 12:40 p.m.
Oakville Scottish Country Dance Group Spring Dance 2018	2018-04-14	Kathryn Lecocq	April 8, 2018, 5:15 p.m.
141128 Lyon		Hervé Raymond	Nov. 22, 2014, 5:13 p.m.
GASP - Jan 09, 0215	2015-01-09	John Bottriell	Dec. 4, 2014, 2:12 a.m.
North Kessock 23 Nov 2019	2019-11-23	William Legge	Nov. 8, 2019, 1:51 p.m.
North Kessock Sat 23 11 19 1:30-4:15	2019-11-23	Peter Jamieson	Oct. 24, 2019, 4:55 p.m.
Summer Sound and Spices Demonstration	2019-07-18	Kathryn Lecocq	July 12, 2019, 4:28 a.m.
Oldenburg 2016-09-26	2016-09-26	Judith Kowalczik	Oct. 9, 2016, 10:31 a.m.
SCOTIA DANCERS NYC End of Summer PARTY	2019-08-26	Sue Ronald	July 9, 2019, 5:35 p.m.
Scotia opening party	2018-09-10	Deborah Leary	Sept. 3, 2018, 12:46 a.m.
17-03-04 Roosendaal	2017-03-04	Truus de Ceuster	Jan. 30, 2017, 1:33 p.m.
RSCDS London Ontario Ball 2014		Jamie McDougall	May 3, 2014, 3:08 a.m.
2019-02-11 Nürnberg	2019-02-11	Annette Lotz	Feb. 12, 2019, 6:54 p.m.
RSCDS Sheffield 2019 March Social	2019-03-02	Kate Bould	Feb. 6, 2019, 3:31 p.m.
Schiehallion Roosendaal Social Dance 2019	2019-03-09	Jette Rossen	Feb. 14, 2019, 11:48 p.m.
17-10-21 Eindhoven Matinee	2017-10-21	Truus de Ceuster	Aug. 30, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
171021 Eindhoven Matinee	2017-10-21	Martina Mueller-Franz	Aug. 18, 2017, 12:37 p.m.
Belfast Branch Day School Evening Dance 6.4.19		Linda Harley	Jan. 10, 2019, 10:49 a.m.
RSCDS New York Branch End of Series Party 11/15/2018	2018-11-15	Ellen Sears	Oct. 31, 2018, 10:55 p.m.
Alpine Boat Basin 2018	2018-09-16	Marc Hartstein	July 1, 2018, 10:42 p.m.
Kingston Social December 2018	2018-12-08	Alexander Jeffries	Oct. 28, 2018, 10:54 p.m.
RSCDS Paris Branch - Bal du 24 novembre 2018	2018-11-24	Rémi Lacroix	Oct. 29, 2018, 11:22 p.m.
Westerton	2019-12-05	Hamish Gibb	Nov. 29, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Abingdon 4 December 2017	2017-12-04	Sandra McLevy	Dec. 3, 2017, 5:14 p.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 01/04/2018	2018-01-04	Ellen Sears	Dec. 16, 2017, 6:51 p.m.
Bristol 2019 Newcomers Dance	2019-02-02	Margaret Chambers	Nov. 4, 2018, 2:46 p.m.
Scotia Dancers 2018 Winter Party PLANNING	2018-03-26	Marc Hartstein	March 26, 2018, 11:25 p.m.
Abingdon 17 September 2018	2018-09-17	Sandra McLevy	Oct. 6, 2018, 5:28 p.m.
Scotia Dancers PARTY with LIVE MUSIC March 26 2018		Sue Ronald	March 5, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
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Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 5. Dezember 2017 (F)	2017-12-05	Anselm Lingnau	Nov. 26, 2017, 10:05 p.m.
Scotia 2019-07-29	2019-07-29	Wang _	July 23, 2019, 5:26 a.m.
NY Branch Jan 18	2018-01-18	Charlotte Holton	Jan. 16, 2018, 5:18 p.m.
A&P social	2016-03-05	Holly Boyd	Jan. 31, 2016, 9:39 p.m.
Scotia Dancers February 6		Nameless Dancer	Feb. 5, 2017, 3:17 a.m.
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Tuesday 17 May 2016- class party night		Nicola Scott	May 15, 2016, 1:31 p.m.
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Lethbridge 2019/11, November Social postponed to 4 December	2019-12-04	Gail Michener	Dec. 2, 2019, 12:27 a.m.
Darmstadt_2017_10_30	2017-10-30	OnYourToes Darmstadt	Oct. 23, 2017, 12:17 p.m.
Belfast 70th Ball	2016-12-02	Ian Russell	Nov. 30, 2016, 2:28 p.m.
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DansdagDenHaag2015-10-11	2015-10-11	Eric Ferguson	Oct. 12, 2015, 9:07 a.m.
London Branch RSCDS Summer Wednesday 1st June 2016	2016-06-01	Jane Rose	March 15, 2016, 7:58 p.m.
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Burns Social 2020, 24.1.2020	2020-01-24	Felix Hamelbeck	Jan. 10, 2020, 8:36 a.m.
Lethbridge 16 November Dance	2019-11-16	Gail Michener	Oct. 14, 2019, 9:04 p.m.
Luxembourg SCD - Saturday evening dance	2019-05-18	Jette Rossen	March 27, 2019, 10:30 p.m.
Summer Wednesday 2016		Sarah B.	May 14, 2016, 4:08 p.m.
Scotia 2018-05-07		Chris Ronald	May 3, 2018, 9:43 p.m.
Belfast Branch 70th Anniversary St Andrew's Ball 2016		Ruth Clarke	Sept. 15, 2016, 10:54 a.m.
New New York List - 18-19 Reels	2018-02-12	Peter Price	Feb. 12, 2018, 6:17 p.m.
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HTW-Aalen 2017-04-26	2017-04-26	Tim Hoffmann	April 24, 2017, 7:23 p.m.
NYC 2017-11-09 (Basic)	2017-11-09	Marc Hartstein	Nov. 9, 2017, 7:17 p.m.
Bonn 2018-09-17	2018-09-17	Eva-Maria Beckmann	Sept. 11, 2018, 9:44 a.m.
New York branch 2019-11-14	2019-11-14	Wang _	Nov. 11, 2019, 12:43 a.m.
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Hude Ball 2011	2011-04-02	Cord Walter	May 23, 2015, 11:53 p.m.
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GASP -November 30 2018 - George Taillefer	2018-11-30	John Bottriell	Oct. 16, 2018, 4:14 a.m.
New York Branch 2019 December 19	2019-12-19	Charlotte Holton	Dec. 17, 2019, 2:54 p.m.
RSCDS Sheffield February 'Nice and Easy' Social 2019	2019-02-02	Kate Bould	Jan. 11, 2019, 12:24 p.m.
RSCDS New York Branch - March 29 2018 Basic class and after the break dances	2018-03-29	Xiaowen Yu	March 26, 2018, 3:45 p.m.
Session unique du 16 décembre 2019	2019-12-16	Nicolas Jeannerod	Dec. 16, 2019, 4:25 p.m.
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Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 23. Oktober 2017 (DA)	2017-10-23	OnYourToes Darmstadt	Oct. 23, 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Westchester May 9	2018-05-09	Ken Saunders	May 5, 2018, 3:24 p.m.
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New York branch 2019-09-05	2019-09-05	Wang _	Aug. 19, 2019, 4:47 a.m.
2014-07-30 Carnoustie Summer Dance	2014-07-30	Truus de Ceuster	May 27, 2017, 9:26 a.m.
Scotia - 6 August 18	2018-08-06	Peter Price	Aug. 4, 2018, 5:10 p.m.
Budapest - Agi's Birthday Ball	2014-11-22	Zoltán Gräff	Feb. 5, 2015, 11:02 p.m.
Harpenden Summer Party 2019	2019-07-23	Ken Martlew	July 17, 2019, 7:36 p.m.
2015-11-21 Paris	2015-11-21	Aliénor Latour	Nov. 5, 2015, 1:52 p.m.
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Boston Highland Ball 2019	2019-05-12	Charles Liu	Oct. 17, 2018, 4:53 a.m.
LSCDC 2019-2020	2019-09-04	Gail Michener	Sept. 18, 2019, 9:57 p.m.
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Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2019		Jamie McDougall	April 20, 2019, 8:05 p.m.
Young Dancers Workshop Heidelberg 2018 (Intermediate/advanced class)	2018-09-29	Tim Hoffmann	Oct. 8, 2018, 12:29 a.m.
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Scotia New Dancers II. Fall 2019	2019-10-27	Ken Saunders	Oct. 27, 2019, 7:27 p.m.
BSCD Dances Taught 2018-2019		Jamie McDougall	Oct. 11, 2018, 12:12 a.m.
NY Dance List 2019-2020	2019-09-01	Peter Price	Feb. 21, 2019, 2 a.m.
NY Dance List 2018-2019 (combined)	2018-01-01	Peter Price	May 2, 2018, 3:54 p.m.
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Dancing Bees

Andrew Buxton · Nov. 29, 2013, 10:31 a.m.

I find this a good dance for beginners. You're dancing nearly all the time with your partner and helps the beginner with steps and reels. Hardly any setting so I also use it as a starting dance in classes. Plus great music!