Dance Calais Sunshine 17388
Strathspey · 40 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Kathy Lawmon (2014)
- Intensity
- 8888/8448/8008/8888/8888 = 85% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Espagnole (ESPAN)
- Set to Corners and Partner (C-SCP)
- Set and Link for four (SETLNK;4P;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- I find it difficult to sit in the sunshine with nothing to do! Prior to going on holiday I had …
I find it difficult to sit in the sunshine with nothing to do! Prior to going on holiday I had received a letter from Bognor SCD club asking me to write a Strathspey for their Day of Dance. This dance was devised while sitting with a Drink in the Calais Sunshine.
A full description of “Set and Link for Four” can be found on “A Twinkle in His Eye” in the Leeds Golden Collection.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast City Hall | Marian Anderson and her Band | Diamond Jubilee Dances - Belfast Branch | CD | 3 | S40 4 | 5:56 | 71.2 |
Calais Sunshine 4/4L · S40
(start 1,2,3x,4x)
- 1–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c Espagnole, at end 1c+4c turn 1½ times to finish centres facing corners on diagonal (2,1x,4,3x)
- 9–
- 1c+4c set H&G ½ round, centres again facing corners (2,4x,1,3x)
- 17–
- 4c+1c, starting out the ends, turn their cnr EH to (2,4x,1,3x) ; 4c+1c set and cross RH (2,4,1x,3x)
- 25–
- All S&Link4 twice [same figure as S&Link for 3 couples, except that TWO LH dancers of each line dance to the RH end while the others cast] (3,1,4x,2x)
- 33–
- All chase clw ½ way round ; turn P BH (2,4,1x,3x)
