Dance Roman Holiday 17700
Jig · 48 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Geraldine & Holger Schuckelt
- Intensity
- 8222/8888/8888/8888/8888/8002 = 79% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Set in line in fours (SETLIN;4P;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Dance down and up (DWNUP)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Borderland Dances [26]
Roman Holiday 4/4L · J48
- 1-8
- 1s cross down RH, cast up round 2s & cross RH back to own side. All 4 couples set
- 9-16
- 1s & 4s turn partner LH while 2s+3s dance LH across; 1s+2s & 3s+4s dance RH across
- 17-24
- All circle 8H round to left; Ladies circle back to right while Men continue circle to left outside Ladies. All end on own sides in original places
- 25-32
- All set, Adv+Ret, drop hands, set turning so 1s face 2s, 3s face 4s
- 33-40
- Mirror reels of 4 on side (Men pass RSh, Ladies pass LSh to start)
- 41-48
- 1s NHJ dance down middle (4 bars); 1s NHJ dance up to 3rd place (2s+3s step up), 1s+4s change places on sides (Men LH, Ladies RH). 2 3 4 1
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