Dance An Absurd Number of Cucumber Sandwiches 21369
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Darbus Oldham (2016)
- Intensity
- 800/888/800/888 = 50% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three - on side (REEL;R3;SIDES;)
- Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Published in
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- Delaware Valley Gold [13]
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- As president of the Swarthmore College Folk Dance Club, Darbus announced that the members would have to make “an absurd …
As president of the Swarthmore College Folk Dance Club, Darbus announced that the members would have to make “an absurd number of cucumber sandwiches” for the 2016 English-Scottish Ball, and another student joked that the phrase sounded like a good name for a dance. The figures represent 1) toasting the bread, 2) buttering the bread, 3) adding cucumbers, and 4) slicing the tea sandwiches into triangles.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Absurd Number of Cucumber Sandwiches | RSCDS Delaware Valley Branch Musicians | Delaware Valley Gold | CD | 11 | J32 8 | 4:47 | 35.9 |
An Absurd Number of Cucumber Sandwiches 3/4L · J32
- 1–8
- 1st cast down behind own lines and back to places.
- 9–16
- 1s, 2s, and 3s dance mirror reels of 3, 1s dancing in and down.
- 17–20
- 1s lead down the middle to just below 3rd place. 2s step up on 19–20.
- 21–24
- 1s turn with both hands (PdB) up to 2nd place, opening out to end B2B facing own sides.
- 25–32
- 2s, 1s, and 3s dance D.Tr.
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20230719 Fairlee Class | 2023-07-19 | Dawn Hathaway | July 16, 2023, 5:15 p.m. |
| Pawling Weekend 2024 Champagne | 2024-05-19 | Katherine Giacoletti | May 24, 2024, 5:30 p.m. |
| Summer's End 2023 Saturday | 2023-08-26 | Katherine Giacoletti | July 15, 2023, 1:24 a.m. |
| Cambridge Class - 07 Aug | 2023-08-07 | Dawn Hathaway | July 19, 2023, 11:45 p.m. |
| Peterborough & Stamford Summer Class (PTA) Week 4 | 2024-07-08 | Amanda Peart | July 14, 2024, 4:14 p.m. |
| Clifton Heights Summer Mondays 2024-07-15 | 2024-07-15 | Becky Birtha | July 12, 2024, 8:50 p.m. |
| HHK Summer dance 11June | 2024-06-11 | Deborah Leary | June 10, 2024, 1:54 a.m. |
| Dance Scottish NY Summer 11 July 2024 | 2024-07-11 | Deborah Leary | July 7, 2024, 7:30 p.m. |
| Scottish Weekend 2023 | 2023-09-23 | Katherine Giacoletti | Sept. 18, 2023, 10:05 p.m. |
| CC March ideas | Keira Hartstein | Feb. 26, 2023, 6:53 p.m. | |
| Urbana Dances | mbaubock | June 15, 2024, 4:02 p.m. | |
| Dances Taught at Pawling 2024 | Deborah Leary | May 29, 2024, 5:27 p.m. |
