Dance New York Yankees 21030
Strathspey · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: Other)
- Devised by
- Masako (Marchan) Okada Naitoh
- Formations
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- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands round - 8 (HR;8P;)
- Advance and Retire - 1 step (ADVRET;1S;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Extra Info
- Deviser’s note:
This was devised with the intention of inviting all to dance it with the deepest yearning for the …
Deviser’s note:
This was devised with the intention of inviting all to dance it with the deepest yearning for the dear friend Yoshiaki Niwa, who has passed away.
Mr Yoshiaki Niwa and my late husband, Yukio Naitoh, were very good friends.
I remember them saying to each other that the initial of their names was the same as the New York Yankees, the baseball team, since they both had NY as the first letter of their names.
They sometimes borrowed the design of the baseball team logo, which N and Y are overlapped, when inscribing their initials. This is the origin of this dance.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sleeping Warrior | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Highlander Music Scottish Dances Vol 13 | CD | 3 | S32 4 | 4:17 | 64.2 |
New York Yankees 4/4L · S32
2 chords - on 2nd chord 1M & 2L change places LSh also 3L &4 M change places RSh - face in & join NH with partner
- 1-4
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s Set+Link to finish Men facing clockwise, Ladies facing anti-clockwise
- 5-8
- Ladies dance LH across. Men chase 1/2 way clockwise, pull back RSh to form St Andrews cross facing anti-clockwise
- 9-12
- All Set+Link with “new partner” to change places
- 13-16
- Men dance LH across while Ladies chase 1/2 way clockwise. Men face diagonally out to face partner, Ladies at top / bottom of sides
- 17-24
- All dance reels of 4 on the sides passing partner RSh to start
- 25-32
- All 1/2 turn partners 2H (1 bar), dance 8H to the left 3/4 round (5 bars), all Advance 1 step to centre + Retire 1 step
Note: End of 4th time through: Bars 31-32 All 3/4 turn to face each other in St Andrew’s cross, Men in centre (All Men dance in towards centre to start)
