Dance The Doonhamer Delight 17137
Reel · 32 bars · 2 couples · Round the room (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- Rachel Shankland (2014)
- Intensity
- 88/88/88/88 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 50 [5]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [46] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- The title celebrates the deviser ...
The title celebrates the deviser’s home town, Dumfries, where locals are referred to as Doonhamers.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Doonhamer Delight | Scott Band and his Scottish Country Dance Band | Book 50 – “Spring Fling” Music for 13 Scottish Country Dances | CD | 5 | R32 6 | 3:30 | 35.0 |
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Anne Barne's Reel/Billy Thom's Reel/Miss S J Marshall/Iain Peterson/Miss Jane of Violetbank |
The Doonhamer Delight 2RR · R32
Cpl face cpl Round the Room
- 1--
- W turn RH 1¼ while M chase round set clw ¾ (all to P's place) ; repeat from exchanged places (1,2)
- 9--
- All set NHJ, advancing on 2nd step | join hands with opposite and set, retiring on 1st step ; RHA
- 17--
- All set, advancing on 2nd step | join hands with P and set, retiring on 1st step ; LHA
- 25--
- All dance BtoB with opposite ; pass opposite Rsh and meet next cpl (2,1)
The Doonhamer Delight 2RR · R32
Round the Room, 2 facing 2
- 1-4
- Ladies turn 1.1/4 RH while Men dance 3/4 round clockwise. All end in partner's place
- 5-8
- Men turn 1.1/4 RH while Ladies dance 3/4 round clockwise. All end in original places
- 9-12
- All NHJ with partner set, advancing on 2nd step, all set retiring NHJ with opp dancer (facing partners) & then set on 2nd step (couples now facing in/out of circle)
- 13-16
- All dance RH across
- 17-20
- All NHJ with "new partner" set, advancing on 2nd step, all set retiring NHJ with partner, and then set on 2nd step (all in original places)
- 21-24
- All dance LH across
- 25-32
- All dance DoSiDo with opp dancer & all pass opp dancer RSh to meet new couple
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blairgowrie with Jim Lindsay | 2017-08-18 | Kate Kinnear | July 3, 2017, 3:22 p.m. |
| Warm Up Dances | Shona Holmes | July 30, 2022, 11:10 a.m. | |
| 20220505 - International Online Class | 2022-05-05 | Zsofia Jozsef | May 5, 2022, 11:50 p.m. |
| Ball - SPRING FLING, FRINGE & SCHOOL | 2020-05-02 | Sergey Kargapoltsev | March 4, 2020, 8:45 a.m. |
| Hamburg 2017 Saturday Ball | 2017-03-06 | Dieter Lange | March 6, 2017, 3:17 p.m. |
| Berko 65th Ball_11th Feb 2017 | Sarah B. | Dec. 11, 2016, 7:21 p.m. | |
| The Sunday Class Dance on RadioGH - 2023-02-26 | 2023-02-26 | Amanda Peart | March 2, 2023, 8:32 p.m. |
| Berkhamsted Highland Ball 2017 | 2017-02-11 | Robert Baker-Glenn | Oct. 22, 2016, 9:26 p.m. |
| 52nd Frankfurt Spring Ball 2023 | 2023-03-25 | Anselm Lingnau | Sept. 25, 2022, 1:12 p.m. |
| Mountain View Experienced - 2018 Jan 31 | 2018-01-31 | Rachel Pusey | Feb. 2, 2018, 3:25 a.m. |
| FSCDC Class 31 January 2023 | 2023-01-31 | Anselm Lingnau | Feb. 14, 2023, 4:47 p.m. |
| RSCDS Book 50 | Truus de Ceuster | July 14, 2016, 3:17 p.m. | |
| Hamburg Class 2017-03-30/2017-04-06 | 2017-04-07 | Dieter Lange | April 7, 2017, 1:40 p.m. |
| TAC 2017 SS 4 Friday Weekenders Dance | 2017-07-28 | Gail Michener | Feb. 13, 2017, 2:28 a.m. |
| 2017 SEHSCDS December | 2017-12-10 | Dance ForFun | Feb. 19, 2018, 10:33 a.m. |
| TAC 2017 SS 5 Saturday Ball 29 July | 2017-07-29 | Gail Michener | Feb. 15, 2017, 7:03 p.m. |
| ZA 2017-09-30 Somerset West 60th Birthday Celebration | 2017-09-30 | Heather Hodgson | Sept. 28, 2017, 8:27 a.m. |
| Lethbridge 2017 Workshop Ball | 2017-04-08 | Gail Michener | Nov. 29, 2016, 1:07 a.m. |
| Young Dancers Workshop Heidelberg 2018 (Intermediate/advanced class) | 2018-09-29 | Tim Hoffmann | Oct. 8, 2018, 12:29 a.m. |
| Hamburg WE 2020 - Saturday Dance | 2020-02-10 | Dieter Lange | Feb. 13, 2020, 1:12 p.m. |
| Spring dancing | 2019-04-14 | Taisiia Demicheva | April 10, 2019, 4:02 p.m. |
| PRIVATE | Sergey Kargapoltsev | Feb. 6, 2020, 10:55 p.m. | |
| ZA 2016-09-12 CelticCritters Dance Diagrams Workshop | 2016-09-12 | Heather Hodgson | Sept. 11, 2016, 3:33 p.m. |
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