Dance Auchindoun Castle 280
Reel · 160 bars · 4 trios · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1992)
- Formations
-
- Hands Round - 12 - and back (HR; 12P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Double Triangles - inverting (DBLTRI;INV)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
-
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
- Recommended Music
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
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Auchindoun Castle | David Hall and his Scottish Dance Band | Diamond Jubilee | CD+ | 17 | R32 5 | 3:03 | 36.6 |
Auchindoun Castle 4 triosS · R160
12 Dancer Square Set, each man between 2 ladies
Part 1
- 1-8
- All circle 12H round & back
- 9-16
- Men dance RH across with RH partner & next Lady & LH across with LH partner & next Lady
- 17-24
- All Men dance reels of 3 with partners (Men give RSh to RH partner to start)
- 25-32
- Men dance LH across in centre, pass RH partner & loop round to end outside set behind original pstns
- 33-40
- “Wheelie Chain” - Each trio dances 1/2 RH across, LH, partner followed by Man dances anticlockwise 1 place while RH partners dance cl’wise, 3 dancers meet & dance 1/2 LH across, LH ptnr followed by Man again dances anticlockwise 1 pl while RH ptnr dances clockwise
- 41-48
- All repeat back to original places
- 49-56
- Each trio dance RH across to end with Ladies in orig pls & Men outside set to circle 3H round to left, at end Ladies drop hands to open into circle
- 57-64
- All circle 12H round & back
Part 2
- 1-8
- “Fiddich Formation” - 1M+3M with their RH partners adv setting & dance 1/2 RH across while 1st LH & 3rd LH partners dance in front of 2s/4s clockwise round their dancing partners to join them on opp sides of square Repeat 1M+3M with their LH partners to end in original places
- 9-16
- 1s & 3s dance reels of 3 on sides (Men giving RSh to RH partner to start)
- 17-24
- 1s & 3s Adv+Ret, 1st RH partner & 3rd RH partner turn Ladies on their right with RH while 1st LH partner & 3rd LH partner turn Ladies on their left with LH while all 4 Men dance RH across to end in middle facing partners
- 25-32
- Men join hands with partners as in Double Triangles & set, Ladies dance in with 2 steps as Men dance out, all turn right & set again in triangular form, Men set to place while Ladies dance to place
- 33-64
- Repeat bars 1-32 with 2s & 4s leading & end Men dancing to a position in front of their original pstns
Part 3
- 1-16
- “Wheelie Chain” as in Part 1 but with Men on inside following RH partner clockwise
- 17-24
- Each trio dances RH across to end with Ladies in places & Men in centre, Men dance through place of Man originally on his right & behind his LH & own RH partner back to own place
- 25-32
- All circle 12H round & back
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Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Richmond Caledonian 9/2/22 | 2022-02-09 | Simon Stewart | Feb. 2, 2022, 4:28 p.m. |
Richmond Caledonian 8/12/21 | 2021-12-08 | Simon Stewart | Nov. 17, 2021, 11:11 a.m. |
12th FSCDC/CGB Tea Dance “Stately Homes and Spooky Castles” | 2016-01-16 | Anselm Lingnau | Jan. 25, 2019, 3:56 p.m. |
Richmond Caledonian 5th October | 2022-10-05 | Annette Hughes | Sept. 28, 2022, 2:29 p.m. |
Richmond Caledonian, 4th January | 2023-01-04 | Annette Hughes | Dec. 12, 2022, 1:41 p.m. |
Richmond Caledonian 15th March | 2023-03-15 | Annette Hughes | March 2, 2023, 11:01 a.m. |
KKN November Course 2011 - Social 26.11.2011 | 2011-11-26 | Martina Mueller-Franz | July 18, 2023, 10:29 a.m. |
temp-1 | James Wilson | Feb. 20, 2024, 7:58 p.m. |