Dance The Ladies of Dunse 3577
Reel · 40 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 800 080 880 808 822 = 50% (1 turn), 47% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Lead/Dance down and up, then cast (DWNUP;CAST)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Set to Corners (C-SET)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 26 [11]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 25 to 30 (Combined A5 edition) [31]
- Pocket: Books 25,26,27 [23]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [99] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [99] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [81] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [77] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- The town of Duns (modern ...
The town of Duns (modern spelling) is in the Scottish borders, south-east of Edinburgh. The tune is »The Duchess of Buccleuch« (Buck-LOO), but Buccleuch is near Selkirk, which is quite a distance from Duns.
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The Ladies of Dunse 3/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c lead down the middle and up {6}, cast off (2c up)
- 9–
- 2c repeat (1,2,3)
- 17–
- 2c (1c following) cross down into a Fig8 round 3c, to finish (2,1,3)
- 25–
- 1c+3c R&L, finish facing 1cnrs (1M has no polite turn)
- 33–
- 1c set to 1cnr, to 2cnr, pulling Rsh back to sideline facing P ; turn RH 1½ to (2,1,3).
The Ladies of Dunse 3/4L · R40
- 1-8
- 1s lead down the middle for 3 steps, back to top & cast to 2nd place
- 9-16
- 2s repeat 1- 8
- 17-24
- 2s followed by 1s dance full Fig of 8 round 3s, 2s dancing up to 1st place
- 25-32
- 1s+3s dance R&L 1s end facing 1st corners
- 33-40
- 1s set to 1st corners, set to 2nd corners, pull back RSh to end on sides between corners & turn partner RH 1.1/2 times 2 1 3
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