Dance The Radical Road 15429
Reel · 128 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Stewart Adam
- Intensity
- 88/88//80/08//88/88/88/88//88/88/88/88/80/08/88/88 = 87% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Hands round - 6, pivot & chase (HR;6P;PIVOT;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- 88/88/
1 - 8 All face ptnr - pass R, L, R, L then turn ptnr RH
9 - 16 …
88/88/ 1 - 8 All face ptnr - pass R, L, R, L then turn ptnr RH 9 - 16 Repeat back home /80/08/ 17 - 24 In waltz hold top cps slip to opp. end (men BTB), Repeat Ls BTB 25 - 32 Side cps Repeat. /88/88/88/88/88/88/88/88/ 33 - 40 Head M in centre While rest Circle, pivot, chase back 41 - 48 top 4, bottom 4 LHA, RHA 49 - 56 Side M Repeat 57 - 64 Side 4s LHA, RHA 65 - 72 Head Ls repeat 73 - 80 Heads RHA, LHA 81 - 88 Side Ls repeat 89 - 96 Sides RHA, LHA /80/80/ 97 - 112 Repeat 17 - 32 /88/88 113 - 128 Repeat 1 - 16
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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The Radical Road | Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band | Music for the Commonwealth Ceilidh | CD | 4 | R32 4 | 2:17 | 34.2 |
The Radical Road 4S · R128
- 1–
- All face P and dance ½ G-Chain (no hands) ; turn P RH (3,4,1,2)
- 9–
- Repeat [1–8], all turn P into Waltzhold. (1,2,3,4)
- 17–
- 1c+3c slip across, M passing BtoB | and back, W passing BtoB
- 25–
- 2c+4c repeat [17–24]
- 33–
- 1M+3M in centre dance free steps while{8} the others circle6 L, pivot L and chase to places
- 41–48
- Top four dancers (1M, 1W, 2W, 4M) + Bottom four LHA ; RHA
- 49–64
- 2M+4M in middle, repeat [33–48], the “side fours” dancing the LHA ; RHA
- 65–80
- 1W+3W in middle, repeat [33–48]
- 81–96
- 2W+4W in middle, repeat [33–48], the “side fours” dancing the LHA ; RHA
- 97–112
- Repeat [17–32]
- 112–128
- Repeat [1–16], all turn P into Waltzhold.
The Radical Road 4S · R128
Start all facing partners
Chorus 1
- 1-8
- All dance 1/2 Grand Chain (NO hands) & turn partners RH once round
- 9-16
- Repeat 1-8 back to places, all turning RH into waltz hold facing centre
- 17-24
- 1s+3s slip step up/down to change places (Men pass BtoB) and slip step back to places (Ladies pass BtoB)
- 25-32
- 2s+4s repeat 17-24
Dance
- 1-8
- 1M+3M in centre dance own choice/style while others circle Left (3 bars), pivot R foot over L and chase back to places
- 9-16
- 1s+2L+4M & 3s+2M+4L (top/bottom 4 dancers) dance LH across, RH back, 2M+4M finish in centre
- 17-24
- Repeat 1-8 with 2M+4M in centre
- 25-32
- 4s+1L+3M & 2s+1M+3L (4 dancers each side) dance LH across, RH back, 1L+3L finish in centre
- 33-48
- Repeat 1-16 with 1L+3L in centre
- 49-64
- Repeat 1-16 with 2L+4L in centre, all finish in waltz hold facing centre
Chorus 2
- 1-8
- 1s+3s slip step up/down to change places (Men pass BtoB) and slip step back to places (Ladies pass BtoB)
- 9-16
- 2s+4s repeat 1-8
- 17-24
- All dance 1/2 Grand Chain (NO hands) & turn partners RH once round
- 25-32
- Repeat 17-24 back to places, all turn RH into waltz hold facing centre
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Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 13. Januar 2015 (F) | 2015-01-13 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 16, 2014, 7:56 p.m. |
Commonwealth Ceilidh | Sandra McLevy | June 19, 2014, 12:43 a.m. | |
Rhein-Main-Mini-Social, 5. Dezember 2014 (MZ) | 2014-12-05 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 16, 2014, 5:33 p.m. |
Saint-Petersburg - Schiehallion - Last Dancing of the Season | 2016-06-09 | Ekaterina Iarmarkina | June 7, 2016, 10:10 p.m. |
FSCDC 2 December 2014 | 2014-12-02 | Anselm Lingnau | Dec. 21, 2014, 3:47 p.m. |
ZA 2014-06-21 Commonwealth Ceilidh revised | 2014-06-21 | Heather Hodgson | June 20, 2014, 2:27 p.m. |
Rhein-Main Mini Social: Dances | Anselm Lingnau | July 17, 2018, 1:30 a.m. | |
ZA 2015 CelticCritters Examples for Cribs Diagrams Workshop | Heather Hodgson | Oct. 16, 2015, 1:48 p.m. |
Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
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516 | Radical Road, The | Sept. 9, 2014, 9:14 a.m. | Meinhard | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |