Dance Cramond Island 20325

Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)

Devised by

Andrew Cook (2011)

Intensity

8888/8000/8888/8888 = 81% (whole dance)

Formations

Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
Cast behind own lines and dance up the middle (CBL&DanceUp)
Arches (ARCHES)

Steps

Skip-Change, Slip-Step

Published in

Méaudre Reel Book 1 [2]

Online Sources

https://tunes.e-cribs.org/sm/Cramond_Island.pdf

Extra Info: The dance, Cramond Island, was written by Andrew Cook to celebrate the very first visit by the Méaudre Reel to …

The dance, Cramond Island, was written by Andrew Cook to celebrate the very first visit by the Méaudre Reel to Scotland in 2011.

A group of dancers from Edinburgh (including Andrew Cook) met the “Scottish” dancers from a tiny little village in the French Alps in May 2009: the Méaudre Reel. They were so amazed to see French children enthusiastic about SCD that they invited all of them in Scotland. After raising funds, the Méaudre Reel’s first tour to Scotland took place in 2011.

Cramond is a district in the north west of Edinburgh but was once a separate, ancient village dating back to Roman times. Cramond Island is approximately 8 hectares and lies 1.5km off the foreshore. Being a tidal island it can be reached at low tide by a causeway – so we all walked out and had a picnic on the Island, after having fun with a treasure hunt through Cramond Village.

Symbolism:

Bars 1–8: Shape of the island.
Bars 9–16: Represents the water weaving round the concrete pillars of the causeway.
Bars 17–24: This is the Forth Bridge that you can see clearly from Cramond Island.
Bars 25–32: Waves in the Firth of Forth.

Cramond Island 4/4L · R32

1–: Circle8 and back
9–: 1c dance out (no cast) behind 2c and wave on sides to bottom, cross RH ; cast up round 4c and wave on sides to 1plx, cross RH (1,2,3,4)
17–: 1c(+2c+3c+4c following) dance behind own lines to 4pl and make an arch ; 2c+3c+4c dance up under the arch and stay in centre. 2c & 4c NHJ face down while 3c & 1c NHJ face up (2,3,4,1)
25–: 2c & 4c dance down under arches made by 3c & 1c who dance up {1} (to 3,2,1,4]. New ends turn inwards and face the other way while 1c dance up under arch made by 2c who dance down {1} (to 3,1,2,4) | repeat same pattern [25–26] three times, all couples dancing or turning inwards (ends) with arches made alternatively on each bar (2,3,4,1)