Dance The Maypole Dance 18342
Jig · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Rod Downey (2018)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/7777/7777/4444/4444/8080/0808/8888 = 81% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 couples in star (full or half) (HX;4C;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Hands across - 4 - special (HX;4P;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
- Published in
- Extra Info
- Devised 27 March 2018 for our “midwinter” themed night with the theme of Spring into Autumn, to which club members …
Devised 27 March 2018 for our “midwinter” themed night with the theme of Spring into Autumn, to which club members bring families. Our motif was the Maypole… Revised 10/4/2018 with the help of the Tuesday group. Recommended music is that used commonly for “Nottingham Lace”, that is traditional tune “Hebridean Milking Song” and e.g. “The Cockle Gatherers” or other traditional sets of tunes. Any of the recordings by Ian Muir, Frank Reid or the Lothian Band would be excellent. (If no such recording is available, it could be danced as a jig in which case I would use “The Argyll Square” (or “Bonnie Ann” if desperate).)
Teaching Notes: If using the non-alternative version, it is helpful to get the men and ladies to dance their parts of 9–16 separately.
The Maypole Dance 4S · J96
- 1–4
- W w/ M on left side RH across half
- 5–8
- M repeat LH across half
- 9–16
- M circle round and back, finish skip change to place WHILE W dance ACW 4 bars, cast back, finish in middle
- 17–24
- Repeat with roles reversed, finish in promenade hold facing CW
- 25–40
- Advance to next place, set, repeat until back to original place
- 41–48
- W dance in, pull back RSh, set to partner, turn RH 1 1/4 to place
- 49–56
- M repeat w/ LH turn
- 57–64
- L fig 8 around partner and corner, start dancing in front of partner
- 65–72
- M repeat
- 73–80
- (Maypole RH across) 1C+3C dance in and dance RH across with hands pointed towards ceiling, spiral in on bar 6 and dance back to place
- 81–88
- 2C+4C repeat
- 89–96
- All circle round and back
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Added on: 2018-10-09 (Rod Downey)
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