Dance The Black Bear 534
See also: The Black Bear (R32, 3/4L, Galbraith: Berkhamsted Golden), The Black Bear (R32, 3/4L, Cullison: Atlanta Fare)
Reel · 48 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- John W Mitchell
- Intensity
- 880/844/844/844/844/888 = 54% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Reel of four - diagonal - half (REEL;DIAG;HALF;R4;)
- Rights and Lefts - diagonal (R&L;DIAG;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Coupé / Balance, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Whetherly Book 4 [8]
- Recommended Music
The Black Bear 3/4L · R48
- 1–
- 1c+2c RHA {3}, LHA {3} | 1c cross LH to face 1cnr as 2c cast to 1pl
- 9–
- 1c+1cnrs ½ diag. Reel4 ; 1c+2cnrs ½ diag. Reel4, 1c finish facing 3cnr
- 17–
- 1c+1cnrs (in 3cnr pos.) set coupé-PdB (start R foot) | change place RH (Skip-Ch. L foot) ; set coupé-PdB (start L foot) | change place RH (Skip-Ch. R foot), 1c finish facing 4cnrs
- 25–
- Repeat [17–24] on 2diag. (3x,1,2x)
- 33–
- 1c+1cnrs ½ diag. R&L ; 1c+2cnrs ½ diag. R&L (2,1,3)
- 41–
- Circle6 and back (2,1,3)
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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18th FSCDC e.V. Tea Dance “The Animals …” | 2023-01-14 | Anselm Lingnau | July 25, 2023, 4:21 p.m. |
Leeds Club Dance 23 February 2019 | 2014-11-22 | Irene Dracup | Jan. 28, 2019, 10:38 a.m. |