Dance The Scottish Snowman 17324
Jig · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Edmonton (2009)
- Formations
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- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps
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- Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Extra Info
Jig or Reel (the leaflet did not specify the type of musik)
From the leaflet:
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The Scottish Snowman (a dance …
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Jig or Reel (the leaflet did not specify the type of musik)
From the leaflet:
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The Scottish Snowman (a dance for four frozen couples)
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Devised by the hardy members of the Edmonton Caledonian Branch Children’s class - which showed up for dance class on December 12, 2009 when the temperature was minus 27 with a wind chill of minus 35!
Issue 3386 gives the original instructions:
1–8: Eight hands around and back (making the big ball)
9–12: Couples two and three, four right hands across (making the middle ball)
13–16: First couple turn once by the right hand, retaining hands (making the head)
17–20: First couple lead up (for 2) then cast below twos who step up (making the hat and ready for the scarf)
21–24: First couple, cross by the right and cast to bottom (tying the scarf), couples three and four step up, bars 23 & 24.
25–28: All advance and retire (boys motion placing sticks for arms, girls motion placing carrot for nose)
29–32: First couple dance half figure of eight around the fours (patting snow at the base to make sure he’s solid)
The Scottish Snowman 4/4L · J32
- 1–
- Circle8 & back
- 9–
- 2c+3c RHA ; 1c turn RH
- 17–
- 1c lead up | cast off (2c up) ; 1c cross RH (2,1x,3,4) | cast to bottom (3c+4c up)
- 25–
- All A&R ; 1c ½ Fig8 up round 4c (2,3,4,1)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSCDS Atlanta December 2023 Social | 2023-12-09 | Cynthia West | Nov. 20, 2023, 8:41 p.m. |
| Atlanta December 2022 Social | 2022-12-11 | Cynthia West | Dec. 4, 2022, 10:09 p.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3386 | The Scottish Snowman | Nov. 16, 2023, 7:08 p.m. | Cynthia West | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |