Dance Hleka Bafazi 18000
Reel · 64 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 4123)
- Devised by
- Andrew Hodgson (2016)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Ladies' Chain - double (LCHAIN;DOUBLE;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion (REEL;R8;)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Poussette - special (POUSS;SPEC;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Hleka Bafazi is the Xhosa and Zulu name for a Southern African bird called the Green Wood-Hoopoe. This name is …
Hleka Bafazi is the Xhosa and Zulu name for a Southern African bird called the Green Wood-Hoopoe. This name is derived from the call that the bird makes which sounds like a group of woman merrily going about their business.Translated into English it means “Laughing Woman”. This dance is a tribute to all the women who have made meaningful contributions to my Scottish Country dancing. Amongst the laughing women I include Joan Evans, Terry McBurnie, Rose McMillan, Helen Frame, Urisa Reungsuwan, Coral Epton, Kim Mills and of course my wife Heather.
Hleka Bafazi 4S · R64
- 1–
- All M ½ RHA while{2} All W chase cclw 1pl | All M turn W LH ; All M ½ RHA while{2} All W chase cclw 1pl | All M turn W LH 1 ¼, finish M facing out
- 9–
- Intersecting La-Chain, finish M facing out
- 17–
- M dancing behind W on R, LHA ½ ; turn P RH 1 ¾, finish W facing out
- 25–40
- Shiehallion reel, finish facing P (3,4,1,2)
- 41–
- Gr-Chain, 2 bars per hand (to 1,2,3,4). On [48] all turn P LH ¾, finish M in middle facing P
- 49–
- Interlocking Poussette [All dance as 1st cpl in normal Poussette but on [54] all dance ¼ turn instead of ½, then retire, curving slightly, to finish on the diagonals facing in
- 57–
- Circle8 and back moving 1pl clw (4,1,2,3)