Dance The Lily In The Valley 3812
Strathspey · 96 bars · 4 couples (2x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Iain Boyd (1972)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Hands round - 4 - half (HR;4P;HALF;)
- Hands round - 8 - half (HR;8P;HALF;)
- Ladies' Chain (LCHAIN)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Promenade single couple(s) in Allemande hold (PROM;1C;A)
- Rights and Lefts (R&L)
- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Recommended Music
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- Bonnie Lass of Head Lake (Unknown) [played ABAB]
- The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord (James Scott Skinner) [played AABC]
- Mary Hamilton of Auchincruive (James Stanley 'Jimmy' Hamilton) [played ABAB]
- Extra Info
- Completed on Saturday 25th November, 1972 but slightly modified twice since then.
No specific recorded music exists but Stan Hamilton’s …
Completed on Saturday 25th November, 1972 but slightly modified twice since then.
No specific recorded music exists but Stan Hamilton’s "The Saint John River " may be used if the dancers are patient enough to stand for 32 bars until the second tune begins.
The Lily In The Valley 4/4L · S96
2s & 4s start on opp sides
Figure 1
- 1-8
- All set & cross RH, all set & cross back RH
- 9-16
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance 1/2 RH across, (2 bars) all pull back LSh cast round clockwise back to same place (2 bars); 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across. 2(1)4(3)
- 17-24
- 2s+1s also 4s+3s Set+Link twice
- 25-32
- 2s+1s also 4s+3s circle 4H round to left 1/2 way (2 bars), Men turn Lady on right 2H (2 bars); all circle 8H 1/2 round to left. End 4(3)2(1)
Figure 2
- 1-8
- All set & cross RH, 4s face 3s & 2s face 1s on sides (no polite turns); 4s+3s & 2s+1s turn LH 1.1/2 times. Ladies face in, Men face out (4)3(2)1
- 9-16
- 3s+4s also 1s+2s dance Ladies’ Chain
- 17-24
- All dance RSh reels of 4 on sides
- 25-32
- All turn Men turn Lady on sides (on their left) LH into Allemande hold & promenade anticlockwise 1/2 way, 1/2 turn ‘Allemande partner’ under Man’s right arm to end (1)2(3)4
Figure 3
- 1-8
- 1L+2M also 3M+4L dance RH across, 1L+2M also 3M+4L dance across between partners & cast right to vacant places (keeping Lady on left)
- 9-16
- Top 2 couples also bottom 2 couples dance R&L
- 17-24
- 1M+2L also 3L+4M repeat bars 1-8 but dancing LH across & casting left (4)3(2)1
- 25-32
- 4s+3s also 2s+1s dance 1/2 R&L, turn partner RH 1.1/2 times to end 3(4)1(2)
