Dance Covid Lockdown Strathspey 19976
Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- Samuele Graziani (2020)
- Intensity
- 84/88/88/88 = 64% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Advance and Retire - 1 step (ADVRET;1S;)
- Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Recommended Music
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- "Any Good Strathspey" (author's statement) ([any]) [Example: 12 Coates Crescent]
- Extra Info
- After (videos of) more than 50 dances published, we decided it was time to devise our own.
It is named …
After (videos of) more than 50 dances published, we decided it was time to devise our own. It is named Covid Lockdown Strathspey and represents this period.
bar 1–8: the virus is born and spreads
bar 9–16: lockdown: no contact with others, you can’t go around, you have to stay at home
bar 17–24: the lockdown decreases, there are the first openings, something can be done but still no contact
bar 25–32: returning to normal life, Covid was defeated
The set of excellent videos made by the Graziani family during the lockdown can be seen on their you-tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyojdYqjbxETi1C5mFptXtg/videos
Covid Lockdown Strathspey 2/4L · S32
- 1–4
- First couple dance Covid Turn: half turn with both hands, a loop to the left releasing hands, half turn with both hands, a loop to the left releasing hands.
- 5–8
- First and second couples dance half Covid Circle: circle to the left, a loop to the left releasing hands, circle to the left, a loop to the left releasing hands.
- 9–10
- First and second couples set: first man and second woman on the side, first woman and second man across the dance.
- 11–12
- First and second couples set: first man across the dance facing down, second woman across the dance facing up, first woman and second man on the side facing out. All finish facing in, turning to the left.
- 13–14
- First and second couples one step forward and one step backward: first man and second woman on the lines, first woman and second man across the dance.
- 15–16
- First and second couples one step forward and one step backward: first man and second woman across the dance, first woman and second man on the lines.
- 17–20
- First and second couples half Schiehallion Reel: all the four dancers start the Schiehallion as usually done by men. All finish in the original place.
- 21–24
- First and second couples set on the diagonal, one step forward and cast to place by the right.
- 25–32
- First and second couples half circle to the left (2 bar), half right hand across (2 bar), change place with the partner with right hand (2 bar) and half circle to the left (2 bar) to progress.
- Instructions from the youtube video
Covid Lockdown Strathspey 2/4L · S32
- 1-4
- 1s “Covid Turn”: 1/2 turn 2H, pull back LSh to face partner, 1/2 turn 2H, pull back LSh dancing out to own side
- 5-8
- 1s+2s circle 4H round to left 1 step, pull back LSh to face partner, 1s+2s circle 4H round to left 1 step, pull back LSh to end on opp sides (2) (1)
- 9-10
- 1s+2s set to diagonally opp dancer, pull back LSh to face out
- 11-12
- All set (2M on Ladies’ side, 1M across bottom, 1L on Men’s side, 2L across top), pulol back LSh to face anticlockwise
- 13-14
- All Adv+Ret (1 step each), pull back LSh to face clockwise
- 15-16
- All Adv+Ret (1 step each), pull back LSh to finish on opp sides (2) (1)
- 17-20
- All Petronella turn 1 place to right, repeat to end facing diagonally in. 1 2
- 21-24
- All set, all Adv 1 step, pull back RSh & dance out to place
- 25-32
- All circle 4H 1/2 round to left (2 bars), dance 1/2 RH across ( 2 bars); all 1/2 turn partner RH (2 bars) & circle 4H 1/2 round to end on own sides. 2 1
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Twice in a 2 couple set.
Added on: 2020-05-16 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covid Lockdown dances | 2021-05-07 | Tony McQuilkin | May 19, 2023, 6:37 p.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2022-01-06 | 2022-01-06 | Secretary SCD Hamburg | Jan. 5, 2022, 9:25 p.m. |
| RSCDS-LA Zoom Class, Dances before June 19, 2020 | 2020-06-19 | Tony McQuilkin | March 14, 2021, 5:55 p.m. |
| some easy 2 cpl dances | George Hobson | Jan. 14, 2022, 4:31 p.m. | |
| no hands (minimal hands) | Diana Hastie | March 10, 2020, 10:44 a.m. |
