Dance St Andrew's Day 18023
See also: Saint Andrew's Day (R32, 3/4L, RSCDS XXIV), Saint Andrew's Day (J40, 2/4L, Hynes: South African), St Andrew's Day (J48, 4/4L, Sutherland: Two National Dances of Scotland)
Jig · 64 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Hector Sutherland (1949)
- Intensity
- = 56% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- 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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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Modified version. The original published instructions (Dance 18076) were for a 48 bar dance. This has been altered …
Modified version. The original published instructions (Dance 18076) were for a 48 bar dance. This has been altered to improve danceability. Bars 17–32 took 8 bars and bars 41–64 have been changed.
The original publication, Two National Dances of Scotland, describes this dance on the cover page, on the title page and on the dance description page as a Reel while the music, in the same publication and with the same title, composed by the dance deviser is in 6–8 time, i.e. a Jig.
This dance is discussed in RSCDS London Branch’s The Reel #301 and The Reel #302.
St Andrew's Day 4/4L · J64
2 chords: 2nd chord 2s+3s step in towards each other
- 1-8
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1s+4s dance R&L around standing 2s+3s. 2s+3s step back to original places on bar 8
- 9-16
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1s+4s dance Figs 8 round 2s / 3s
- 17-24
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2s+3s Adv+Ret then turn partners RH (Alternatively turn 2H)
- 25-32
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2s+3s dance 1/2 R&L, all set; 2s+3s Adv to join RH in centre while 1s+4s set, join hands with 2s+3s to form St Andrew’s Cross, all facing clockwise
- 33-40
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All dance 2 steps round, all set, dropping hands & pulling back RSh on 2nd step to face anticlockwise;
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All join hands again & dance anticlockwise 2 steps round, all set returning to places (as bar 28) on 2nd setting step
- 41-48
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2s+3s Adv+Ret then dance 1/2 R&L
- 49-56
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1s+4s Adv+Ret. 1s cross RH as 4s turn RH
- 57-64
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1s set twice (Highland step preferred), lead down crossing to 4th place (1L crossing in front of 1M) own sides
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Note: Crib based on instructions & diagram published in “The Reel” Issue 301 (September-December 2017). This differs from original description which contains barring errors and is described as 48 bar reel but with jig time music by deviser.
