Dance Rosemary's Retirement Reel 19589
Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Lynda Hughes (2012)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Ladies' Chain - double (LCHAIN;DOUBLE;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Reel of four - interlocking (REEL;INTRLK;R4;)
- Men's Chain - double (MCHAIN;DOUBLE;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Orkney Reel | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | Special Requests Volume 7 | CD | 9 | R96 1 | 1:57 | 39.0 |
Rosemary's Retirement Reel 4S · R96
- 1-8
- Circle 8H round and back
- 9-16
- All 4 Men dance LH across; dance LSh round partner, into centre and curve round into place & face out
- 17-24
- All 4 couples dance Ladies’ Chain, dancing 1/2 RH across in centre to pass
- 25-28
- All 4 couples Adv+Retire
- 29-32
- All 4 couples Adv again and Retire with corner (on diag)
- 33-40
- All set, finish facing corner, all dance DoSiDo with corner & all set facing corner
- 41-44
- All dance 1/2 Interlocking Reels of 4 (pass corner RSh, next person LSh, the next RSh)
- 45-48
- Meet partner and turn RH and face in (Lady on partner’s left)
- 49-72
- Repeat 25-48
- 73-80
- All 4 Ladies dance RH across, dance RSh round partner, into centre and curve round into place & face out
- 81-88
- All 4 couples dance a Men’s Chain, dancing 1/2 LH across in centre to pass, all end in original places
- 89-96
- Circle 8H round to the Left and finish by dancing into the circle with a ‘Whoop’
