Dance The Elephant's Stampede 2484
Jig · 48 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Lorna Macdonald & Gillian Mackintosh (1995)
- Intensity
- 8888/8686/8888/4444/8888/8888 = 93% (1 turn), 90% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Reel of four - half (REEL;HALF;R4;)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion (REEL;R8;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- Danced on 19 August 1995 ...
Danced on 19 August 1995 to celebrate the wedding of Helen Bonar and Steve Beaney in Aberdeen.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elephant's Stampede | George Rennie Scottish Dance Band | Old Tyme Favourites Vol 2 | CD | 6 | J48 4 | 3:23 | 33.8 | The Humours of Donnybrook/Mrs Ross/Mrs Stewart's Fancy/The Crags o' Lundie | |
| The Elephant's Stampede | Marian Anderson and her Band | The Fisherman's Reel | CD | 8 | J48 4 | 3:31 | 35.2 |
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Nellie the Elephant/Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Runaway Train/Pop Goes the Weasel |
The Elephant's Stampede 4S · J48
- 1–
- All circle8 and back
- 9–
- 1c+3c advance NHJ | take corner with free hand and retire into longwise set across ; ½Reels4 on sides
- 17–
- ½ R&L at each end (start across) ; both pairs of dancers at the ends and both middle pairs of the sidelines turn RH 1½ to form a square set, (ends to 2pl/4pl, middles to 1pl/3pl)
- 25–
- All W petronella to next W place cclw | all W set ; repeat, finishing next to P, and face out on last step (2,3,4,1)
- 33-48
- Schiehallion reels (to 2,3,4,1)
The Elephant's Stampede 4S · J48
- 1-8
- All circle 8H round & back
- 9-16
- 1s+3s advance & with free hand join with 2s & 4s & retire into longwise set across the dance, all dance 1/2 parallel reels of 4 across
- 17-24
- All dance 1/2 R&L at each end of set, turn (person on Mans left) RH 1.1/2 times to form Sq.Set
- 25-32
- All Ladies petronella turn to next Ladies place to right & set, repeat to meet partner (all have progressed 1 place to right)
- 33-48
- All dance full Schiehallion Reel
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