Dance The Brabloch Strathspey 18523
Strathspey · 24 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 231)
- Devised by
- James McMillan
- Intensity
- 888/488/488 = 89% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of three - on side - half (REEL;HALF;R3;SIDE;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Tournee - 3 couples (TOURN;3C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
- Extra Info
- The Brabloch was where Jimmy, Nan and friends celebrated Hogmanay with Dinner Dances for many years. The dance was originally …
The Brabloch was where Jimmy, Nan and friends celebrated Hogmanay with Dinner Dances for many years. The dance was originally written as a jig but the tournée worked better in strathspey time.
The publication “Scottish Country Dances by James McMillan” has the following description of the figure
Triple Tournée
This is a tournée for 3 couples in strathspey time. Top and bottom couples change places with 8 travelling steps.
Bars 1 Top lady dances in above partner, top man dances in below his partner pulling back left shoulder to face his own side; middle couple dance in and pull back right shoulder to face their own side of the dance, man above his partner; bottom lady dances in pulling back left shoulder to face own side of the dance and bottom man dances in below partner. All three couples are now in a straight line up and down the middle of the set, the top 3 people are facing the men’s side and the bottom 3 facing the women’s side, with nearer hands joined.
2 - 4 All three couples dance round half-way, anti-clockwise, on the fourth step the couples at top and bottom of the line change to right hands so the women face towards the men’s side and the men face towards the women’s side of the dance, middle couple retain left hands
5 - 8 Top and bottom couple turn with the right hand one-and-a-half times, middle couple turn with the left hand one-and-a-half times, then dance out to finish on own sides.