Dance Belhaven 458
Medley · 360 bars (R128+S96+J136) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Hugh Foss (1963)
- Intensity
- = 95% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Reel of four - promenade hold (REEL;R4;PRMHLD)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Reel of four (REEL;R4;)
- Reel of eight (REEL;R8;)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Coupé / Balance, Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
- Extra Info
- A set of 3 diagrams for the complete dance, one for each section (Reel, Strathspey and Jig), may be downloaded …
A set of 3 diagrams for the complete dance, one for each section (Reel, Strathspey and Jig), may be downloaded from: http://my.strathspey.org/u/keithrose/belhaven.pdf
Foss notes: The first movement is complete in itself and may be danced alone if desired.
The tunes are all old. Most of them appear in the Collections and Repositories of Niel Gow and Sons. Mrs Hamilton of Wishaw’s Strathspey is in their 3rd Collection. p. 20, and Lady Belhaven’s Delight in their 4th Collection. p. 34.
See also: Belhaven (Strathspey) (2nd section) https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/22047/
and Belhaven (Jig) (3rd section) https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/22048/
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(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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Hugh Foss Dances- 'The Reel' Issue 303 | Elaine Davies | Oct. 13, 2017, 2:39 p.m. | |
Cambridge RonDancing 2022 | Murrough Landon | July 3, 2023, 1:09 a.m. | |
half-setting dances | Bruce Herbold | Jan. 28, 2020, 8:18 p.m. |
Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
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1004 | Belhaven | Sept. 17, 2016, 9:30 a.m. | Andrew Timmins | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |