Dance Young Diamonds 20124
Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Alasdair Brown
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion - half (REEL;HALF;R8;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Hello-Goodbye Poussette (HG-POUSS;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of four - interlocking (REEL;INTRLK;R4;)
- Baratte, La (BARAT)
- Promenade 4 couples (PROM;4C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Young Diamonds 4S · R96
- 1-8
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All dance 8H round & back. Ladies finish facing anticlockwise ready to cast RSh
- 9-16
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All dance Schiehallion reel 1/2 way round
- 17-18
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All turn partners 3/4 RH
- 19-20
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Men chase clockwise 1 place while Ladies dance 1/2 LH across
- 21-22
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All turn person you meet 1/2 RH (1L & 2M etc)
- 23-24
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Ladies chase clockwise 1 place while Men dance 1/2 LH across. Finish Men back to back in the middle facing partners
- 25-26
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All set
- 27-30
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All dance DoSiDo with partner
- 31-32
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All set advancing to partner to join 2H ready for …
- 33-40
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All dance Hello-Goodbye Poussette movement for 8 bars to move 1/2 way round set
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33-34 All set (start right foot) moving on 2nd step into lines on the diagonals (Ladies Back to back)
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35-36 Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines across & up/down (Men back to back, 1L at top of set, 3L at bottom)
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37-38 Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines on the diagonals (Ladies back to back)
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39-40 Repeat, moving on 2nd step into lines across & up/down (Men back to back, 2L at top of set, 4L at bottom)
- 41-42
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All set
- 43-44
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All dance Petronella turn
- 45-48
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All turn partner LH, Men finish facing out
- 49-56
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All Men cast behind partner & dance LH across to finish in Man’s place 1 place anticlockwise (1M finishes in 3M’s place etc)
- 57-64
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All Ladies cast behind Man next to them, dance RH across to finish in original places facing the Man (3L facing 1M etc)
- 65-68
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All dance 1/2 RSh interlocking reels of 4 (it means the last person each person passes RSh is their own partner who they turn)
- 69-72
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All 1.1/2 RH turn partner. (1st couple now in 2nd place)
- 73-80
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All dance Set & Rotate for 4 cpls to finish in original places
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73-74 All ladies set while Men dance 1/2 RH across to opposite Men’s place
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75-76 Ladies cast into their partner’s place while Men dance into next Ladies’ place clockwise from where they finished hands across
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77-78 Ladies dance 1/2 RH across while Men set
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79-80 Ladies dance onto next Ladies’ place round the set from where they finished the hands across while Men cast into Man’s place
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All finish 1 place anticlockwise round from where they started the formation
- 81-82
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All set facing partner
- 83-88
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All dance La Baratte:
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Men 1/2 turn Lady RH & retains hand but at arm’s length from each other
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Men retrace steps with Lady turning right under Man’s arm briefly into Allemande hold (Man behind Lady facing Ladies’ original place) & releasing Ladies’ RH turns under Man’s left arm until almost in original places
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Couples 3/4 LH turn to finish in Promenade hold facing anticlockwise
- 89-96
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All promenade 3/4 round the set for 6 bars. Men dance into centre to finish Back to back while bringing the Lady under her own right arm as she pulls back RSh. Finish with Men back to back in middle, RH joined with partner
