Dance The Geese in the Bog 2423
Jig · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Ian Brockbank (1995)
- Intensity
- 880/844/888/888 = 63% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Hands across - 3 - half (HX;3P;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Snake Pass (SNAKE)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- The notes for the dance say that “the name of the tune seemed to fit the dance. conjuring up images …
The notes for the dance say that “the name of the tune seemed to fit the dance. conjuring up images of strings of geese meandering aimlessly yet purposefully, all the time lost.”
The Geese in the Bog 3/4L · J32
- 1-8
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1s+2s dance 1/2 R&L & 2s+1s set, 2s cross LH while 1s turn LH to face 1st corner
- 9-16
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1s dance 1/2 reel of 4 with 1st corners, pass RSh & dance 1/2 reel of 4 with 2nd corners
- 17-24
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1s dance RH across 1/2 way (1M+3s, 1L+2s), 1s dance cl’wise 1/2 way while 3s+2s dance LH across, 1s dance RH 1/2 way across (1L+3s, 1M+2s)
- 25-32
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All dance the “Snake” (modified):
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25-28 3M followed by 3L+1L diagonally down while 2L followed by 2M+1M cross diagonally up, passing LSh to change ends, 2L & 3M looping to left to opposite sides to end (2)(1)(3)
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29-32 All set & cross RH. 2 1 3
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Added on: 2016-12-11 (Tom Geoghegan)
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Added on: 2016-04-25 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
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| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bi-FZZ_2016-03-03 | Verl Girl | March 3, 2016, 11:36 p.m. | |
| Oldenburg 2016-02-29 | 2016-02-29 | Judith Kowalczik | Oct. 9, 2016, 10:27 a.m. |
| GOD Gathering - Kirkhill Community Centre - Sun 5th Dec 2021 | 2021-12-05 | Derek Darnell | Nov. 29, 2021, 10:50 p.m. |
| Turnham Green - 15 May 2022 | 2022-05-15 | Jacmel Dent | May 16, 2022, 12:04 p.m. |
| Oldenburg 2013-04-15 | 2013-04-15 | Judith Kowalczik | Feb. 9, 2014, 11:38 a.m. |
| Oldenburg 2016-03-28 | 2016-03-28 | Martin McWilliam | March 29, 2016, 3:24 p.m. |
| RSCDS Richmond (N. Yorks) February social 2024 | 2024-02-02 | Louise Macdougall | Jan. 23, 2024, 5:13 p.m. |
| Ottawa Ball v0.2 | Craig Williams | June 5, 2012, 5:25 p.m. | |
| Bedford SDG 2017-04-09 Social | 2017-04-09 | Keith Rose | March 29, 2017, 11:24 a.m. |
| Oldenburg Potters Pairs Ball 2016 | 2016-04-23 | Martin McWilliam | June 2, 2023, 10:02 p.m. |
| SCD-Tanznachmittag-Chemnitz_2.4.2016 | 2016-04-02 | Thomas Groß | March 30, 2016, 10:34 p.m. |
