Dance The Tangle o' the Isles 19992
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- Brian Gunning
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Set and Link (special) (S&Link)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Extra Info
- Notes from the book:
To be danced with “braggart in your step”.
The name of the dance is taken from …
Notes from the book:
To be danced with “braggart in your step”.
The name of the dance is taken from the song “The Road to the Isles”, written for a tune that was collected on the Hebridean island of Barra:
Sure by Tummel and Loch Rannoch and Lochaber I will go,
By heather tracks wi’ heaven in their wiles
If it’s thinkin’ in your inner heart the braggart’s in my step,
You’ve never smelled the tangle o’ the Isles.
The dance is a memento of a survey of “tangle” (seaweed) ecology undertaken long ago in the tide race along the Loch Obe gorge on Barra’s east coast. All dancers move ceaselessly throughout, simulating perpetual swirling of tangle fronds in the turbulence of tide and wave. Bars 1–8 represent movement of tangle fronds during the ebb and flow of the tide; in 9–16 they swirl away and back again as waves surge and recede; in 17–24 they are in a whirlpool with marginal eddies and in 25–32 they are displaced by turbulence and rotate in new locations, awaiting the next tide.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Tangle of Skye | L Ramshaw / S W Bentley / M Bentley | The Breakdown | CD | 8 | S32 8 | 8:28 | 63.5 | |
| Mid Fodderletter | Marian Anderson and her Band | Dancers' Choice 1 | CD | 6 | S32 4 | 4:30 | 67.5 |
The Tangle o' the Isles 4/4L · S32
- 1-8
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1s+2s+3s+4s dance RSh reels of 4 on sides
- 9-16
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1s+2s (also 3s+4s) dance Non-Progressive Tourbillon:
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9-10 1s+2s set
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11-12 1s+2s 1/2 turn 2H. Bar 12: 1M drops LH to dance to 2L’s place while 1L dances to original place & 2L drops LH to dance in 1M’s place while 2M dances to original place
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13-16 Similar to bars 9-12 but turning person opposite 2H and moving on
- 17-24
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1s+2s also 3s+4s dance Poussette
- 25-28
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1s+2s also 3s+4s dance Progressive Set+Link for 2 couples:
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25-26 All set on sides
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27-28 Set+Link as normal except 1s & 4s link 2 places as 2s & 3s link to adjacent place
- 29-32
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All turn partner RH. End 2 4 1 3
