Dance Dunsinane 1857
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1977)
- Intensity
- 880 866 866 866 = 77% (1 turn), 58% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Reel of four - diagonal (REEL;DIAG;R4;)
- 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
- Strathspey travel
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
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- The Canadian Book of Scottish Country Dances [13]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [54] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [43] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [41] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- John Drewry wrote in the ...
John Drewry wrote in the original description the following teaching note:
At the end of their second turn, 1st couple dance down to fourth place on Bars 31- 32, while 4th couple *cast up to third place ready to stand while the new 2nd and 1st couples dance the figure of eight round them.*
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
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Dunsinane | Caber Feidh | Caber Feidh | LP | 2 | S32 3 | 2:57 | 59.0 | The Sidlaw Hills/Duncan Davidson/Ballochmyle Brig | |
Dunsinane | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Come Scottish Country Dancing with Robert Whitehead | LP | 4 | S32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | The Sidlaw Hills/Scotch Mist/The Thack Cottage/The Clachan/Earl Grey/Captain Campbell/Cameron's Got his Wife Again |
Dunsinane 3/4L · S32
- 1–
- 2c, with 1c following, cross between 3c, cast up, cross down between 3c again, and cast up to (2,1,3)
- 9–
- 2c+1W & 1M+3c RHA, 1c pass Lsh to face 2cnr ; ½ Reel4 with 2cnrs, 1c finish in centre, Lsh joined, M facing down, W up
- 17–
- 1M+2c (on M side) & 1W+3c (on W side) RHA ; 1c+1cnrs ½ Reel4, at end 1c swivel R to finish BtoB, M facing down, W up
- 25–
- 3c+1W & 1M+2c Circle3 L {3}, opening (1c leading) into Circle6 L {3} | 1c cross RH (2,1,3)
On second turn, 1c cross to 4pl on [31-32] as 4c cast up to 3pl.
Dunsinane 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 2s followed by 1s dance a Fig of 8 round the 3s & end with 2s dancing up to 1st place
- 9-16
- 1L dances RH across with 2s & 1M with 3s, pass LSh to dance 1/2 diagonal reel with 2nd corners
- 17-24
- 1M dances RH across with 2s on Men's side & 1L with 3s on Ladies' side, 1s pass LSh to dance 1/2 diagonal reel with 1st corners & 1s end turning right about to BtoB (1L facing up & 1M down)
- 25-32
- 1L+ 3s (in top place) & 1M+2s circle 3H round to left (3 bars). Circles open out (1s leading) into 6H round (3 bars) & 1s cross RH to own sides
- 2nd time through - 1s cross to 4th place as 4s cast up to 3rd place
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Münster Christmas Ball 2000 | 2000-12-23 | Cord Walter | May 23, 2015, 10:37 p.m. |
Hamburg Class 2018-11-15 | 2018-11-16 | Dieter Lange | Nov. 16, 2018, 12:06 p.m. |
JaveaSCD-2015-03-18 | 2015-03-18 | Roy Birkinshaw | March 16, 2015, 1:34 p.m. |
Swarthmore Class 2017-02-14 | 2017-02-14 | Lawrence Miller | Feb. 13, 2017, 7:48 p.m. |
171026A | 2017-10-26 | Michael Däther | Oct. 20, 2017, 9:44 p.m. |
37th Frankfurt Spring Ball 2005 | 2005-04-23 | Anselm Lingnau | Nov. 24, 2014, 6:27 p.m. |
Cambridge Class 2018-04 (program) | Charles Liu | April 17, 2018, 3:29 p.m. | |
White Heather (Geldermalsen SCDG) Bal 2016, Waardenburg | 2016-04-09 | Eric Ferguson | March 5, 2016, 5:22 p.m. |
Newbury 2018-04-29 Spring Tea Dance | 2018-04-29 | David McQuillan | Dec. 12, 2017, 12:14 a.m. |
Lucy Clark SCDC Christmas Dance - 28 November 2015 | 2015-11-28 | Jan Collings | Sept. 11, 2015, 3:22 p.m. |
Bookham 2014-07-05 Summer Dance | 2014-07-05 | David McQuillan | June 4, 2014, 12:29 p.m. |