Dance The Extra Day 15854
Jig · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Malcolm Frost (2004)
- Intensity
- 10 0 0/10 8 8/10 4 4/10 8 8 = 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead/Dance down and up, then cast (DWNUP;CAST)
- Hands across - 3 - chng-ends (HX;3P;CHNG;)
- Set to and turn Corners (S&T;CRNRS;)
- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Recommended Music
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- The Wee Cooper o' Fife (Traditional) [or any good jig in 10 bar phrasing]
- Extra Info
- Phrasing 4 x 10.
This dance was devised by Malcolm Frost in 2004 to celebrate leap year (and to give …
Phrasing 4 x 10.
This dance was devised by Malcolm Frost in 2004 to celebrate leap year (and to give another excuse to dance to the fabulous tune The Wee Cooper Of Fife). It is further hoped that less experienced dancers may find these figures less challenging than those for Wee Cooper when acclimatising to 10-bar phrasing, thus helping them subsequently to better enjoy dancing the WeeCooper
The Extra Day 3/4L · J40
- 1-10
- 1s lead down middle & back to top then cast to 2nd place
- 11-20
- 1s dance RH across (1M with 3s, 1L with 2s) & dance LH across with other couple then 1s turn RH to end BtoB facing 1st corners
- 21-28
- 1s set to & turn 1st corner; set to & turn 2nd corner
- 29-30
- 1s turn RH to end BtoB (Man facing up, Lady down)
- 31-40
- 1s dance 6 bar reels of 3 on sides (RSh to 2nd crnr) & 1s cross RH to 2nd place own side & all set
