Dance The Earl of Home 1883
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2134)
- Devised by
- Nathaniel Gow
- Intensity
- 8888 8000 8220 8880 = 59% (1 turn), 59% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Lead down and up (DWNUP;LEAD;)
- Allemande for 1 couple (ALLMND;1C)
- Set to Corners (C-SET)
- Reel of three - with corners (REEL;CRNRS;DOUBLE;R3;)
- Steps
- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Book 12 [11]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 7 to 12 (Combined A5 edition) [77]
- Pocket: Books 10,11,12 [35]
- 101 Scottish Country Dances [29]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [55] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [44] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [42] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- This dance has the progression ...
This dance has the progression of a 3-couple dance in a 4-couple set, and is danced eight times through. However, as all four couples dance bars 1-8 it is technically a 4-couple dance.
According to strathspey list thread https://www.strathspey.org/lists/strathspey@strathspey.org/t/63976/ the name is pronounced 'Hume' (Hyoom). See also https://www.clan-home.org/history-of-the-homes/.
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Earl of Home | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Book 12. | LP+ | 11 | S32 4 | 4:12 | 63.0 | The Earl of Home's Country Dance/Lager Beer/The Auld Kirk | |
The Earl of Home | John MacDonald | Scottish Country Dance | LP | 8 | S32 8 | 0:00 | 0.0 | The Earl of Home/Stirling Castle/Tom's Highland Fling/Auld Luckie/Cameron's Got his Wife Again | |
The Earl of Home | Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent | Book 12. | CD | 11 | S32 8 | 8:32 | 64.0 |
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The Earl of Home's Country Dance/Corriegills/Corimonie's Rant/Dunfermline Abbey |
The Earl of Home 4/4L · S32
- 1–
- All set and cross Rsh ; repeat (all four cpls dance at each repetition)
- 9–
- 1c lead down the middle (2c up) and up to 2pl in middle
- 17–
- 1c (alone) allemande inside the set, to face 1cnr (2c up) ; set to 1cnr | set to 2cnr
- 25–
- Reels3{6} on the sides Rsh to 2cnr | 1c cross to 2pl. (2,1,3,4)
Repeat from 2pl, finish (2,3,4,1)
The Earl of Home 4/4L · S32
- 1-8
- All 4 couples set, cross (no hands), set & cross back
- 9-16
- 1s lead down the middle & back to top
- 17-24
- 1s Allemande (4 bars) to end facing 1st corners (2s step up), set to 1st corners & set to 2nd corners
- 25-32
- 1s dance reels of 3 on opposite sides giving RSh to 2nd corners & cross RH to own sides
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Shupashkar - 2021 - June | Ussurey Dancer | June 11, 2021, 2:57 p.m. | |
Summer School Ball | 2017-07-08 | Zsolt Molnar | July 6, 2017, 11:14 a.m. |
RSCDS-LA Zoom Class, June 26, 2020 | 2020-06-26 | Tony McQuilkin | Sept. 17, 2020, 5:48 a.m. |
Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 1994-1995 | 1994-12-31 | Andy Peterson | March 31, 2018, 7:10 p.m. |
RSCDS Book 12 | Ward Fleri | Oct. 12, 2021, 9:37 p.m. | |
SEHSCDS Virtual Class dances for 2020 | 2020-12-31 | Dance ForFun | Jan. 1, 2021, 2:07 p.m. |
Silvesterkurs 2016/17 Gemünd | 2017-01-07 | Eva-Maria Beckmann | Jan. 7, 2017, 9:10 p.m. |