Dance The Lancers 19775
Quadrille · 208 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
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- One original text for this dance says: Top couple #1, with back to the music; 2nd couple to their right …
One original text for this dance says: Top couple #1, with back to the music; 2nd couple to their right 4th couple to their left, 3rd couple (bottom couple) facing them. Editors’ note: This is the inverse of the normal SCD numbering.
It also says: “There are five figures, each with an eight bar introduction, when partners bow to each other, then to their corners, except in figure 5, which begins with a Grand Chain”. In that “original” those five figures are different 24, 32 or 64 bar dances.
A very different description was published on a Dance List, there the dance has 4 repeats of one 48-bar figure, followed by a 16 bar Grand Chain.
It could be that there are in fact two distinct dances with the same name.
The Lancers 4S · Q208
Overview of the dance, supplied by an event organizer. This version differs considerably from a version available to the editors.
- 1–16
- Grand Chain, start RH to partner, 2b per hand
- 17–24
- 1s turn as couple to face out (2b), then 2s, 4s, 3s fall in behind 2b each
- 25–32
- Chasse + set ; chasse back + set
- 33–40
- 1M cast followed by 2M 4M 3M, likewise 1W, 2W, 4W, 3W ; meet partner, nce up, and out to lines facing partners across
- 41–48
- All set 4b ; meet partner and turn 2H to place.
Repeat for 2s, 3s, 4s.
Finish with a Grand Chain {16}
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitlochry 01-06-24 Glencraig | 2024-06-01 | Mary Cant | April 23, 2024, 2:30 p.m. |
