Dance Kalan i Manul 17789
Also known as “The Sea Otter and the Pallas Cat” (translation), “Калан и Манул” (spelling).
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Edmund McIntosh
- Formations
- Ladies' Chain - double (LCHAIN;DOUBLE;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Slip-Step, Tulloch turn
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Boardwalk | StringFire! | Excited States | CD | 10 | R32 8 | 4:45 | 35.6 |
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Beachcomber Reel/The Engine Room/The Left Handed Fiddler/Stolen Time |
| Mercia | Muriel A Johnstone | Dancing Fingers 5. The Merse Collection | CD | 1 | R32 8 | 4:54 | 36.8 |
|
John Anthony Ireland/Nigel's Fine Tune/Anna Mairi Lumsden/Peter Francis Lumsden |
Kalan i Manul 3/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s set | 1M (cat) casts to 2nd pl and dances across, 1L (otter) following (2s step up on b4-5), 1s turn LH ending on opp sides, M facing up, L down.
- 9-16
- Mammals’ Chain: 1M with 2s dance ladies' chain but all opposite role while 1L with 3s dance normal ladies' chain. This figure is like a ladies' chain up and down the dance. At the top, 1M+2M turn RH about ¾ while 2L dances across, while at the bottom the ladies turn RH while 3M dances across | All meet someone [of the opposite sex, not your partner] coming towards you: half turn them LH (2L+1M, 2M+3L, 1L+3M) | Then the same people as before change right hand or dance across | End with everyone turning partner left hand.
- 17-24
- 1M up, 1L down, half fig 8 to (2, 1, 3); All half RSh reel of 3 on own side. 1s naturally end facing in, 3L & 2M naturally end facing out, 3M & 2L finish their loop to face in. (3, 1, 2)
- 25-32
- 1s RH birl while 3s+2s chase CW half way and RH birl. All end with a LF skip-change out to sidelines (2, 1, 3) on bar 32
