Dance Erraid 21353
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 4123)
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2021)
- Intensity
- 8080/8888/8888/8888 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Rights and Lefts - Interlocking (R&L;INTRLK)
- Set to corner and cast away (SET;CASTAWAY)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- The title of this dance comes circuitously from the Set to Corners and Cast Away figure of bars 17–24. The …
The title of this dance comes circuitously from the Set to Corners and Cast Away figure of bars 17–24. The island of Erraid is where David Balfour, the hero of Robert Louis Stephenson’s novel Kidnapped, thought he was stranded as a castaway. Erraid is actually linked to Mull at low tide.
Erraid 4S · R32
- 1–
- 1c & 3c Fig8 round side couples on own side & end facing P
- 9–
- 1c+3c & 2c+4c interlocking R&L: all start RH across the set, then LH up/down ; repeat [9–12] & all end facing P
- 17–
- Set and Cast Away: all set to P | M cast away to next W place clw while{2} all W dance to next M place clw & turn to face the place they just left ; repeat from new places & end facing P (4,1,2,3)
- 25–
- All turn P RH & face cnr ; dance BtoB with cnr starting LSh (4,1,2,3)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)London Gay Gordons & Friends, 2023
Added on: 2023-03-03 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
