Dance Half a Crown 19075
Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- James McMillan
- Intensity
- 888/888/808/888 = 69% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;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
- A dance in 2 and 6 bar phrases!
Before decimalisation of UK money in 1971, a half crown was the …
A dance in 2 and 6 bar phrases! Before decimalisation of UK money in 1971, a half crown was the largest value coin in common circulation, worth 2 shillings and sixpence or 1/8 of £1. This was converted into 12.5p in the new money.
