Dance Prince Charlie's Quickstep 5355
Jig · 48 bars · 4 couples (3x,4x) · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2413)
- Devised by
- John Drewry (1975)
- Intensity
- 8008/8888/8228/8008/8008/8888 = 72% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Figure of Eight - double (FIG8;2C;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Reel of four - across (REEL;ACROSS;R4;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
-
- Summer Collection, Set 8
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [144] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams, Supplement to the 8th Edition [25] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- John Drewry slightly revised this ...
John Drewry slightly revised this dance in 1996. The original version had set and half left hand turn in bars 1-4 (continuing the turn into bar 5) whereas the revised version has petronella followed by half right hand turn.
Video 1 shows another variation.
Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | Tunes |
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Prince Charlie's Quickstep | Lothian Scottish Dance Band | Another Celebration | LP | 3 | J48 4 | 3:30 | 35.0 | Prince Charlie's Quickstep/Bung Your Eye/Heather Hills/The Drunken Parson |
Prince Charlie's Quickstep 4/4L · J48
3c+4c cross on 2nd chord (1,2,3x,4x). Centro-symmetrical dance.
- 1--
- 1c+4c set | ½ turn LH ; 1W & 4W, followed by P, dance between nearest cpl, and out opposite side | split, W casting L to exchanged places and M R to original places
- 9--
- DblFig8 at top and bottom, to start end pairs cross in and middle cpls dance to end
- 17--
- End pairs set | cross RH ; set | cross into line across in the middle, W to opposite sides facing in and M into BtoB between them, facing P, while{2} 2c+3c cast to the ends
- 25--
- 1c+4c Reel4 across, but at end 1M+4M turn RH ½ and join NH with P into line of 4
- 33--
- Line turns ½ clw ; W dance ½ Fig8 R through end cpls while{4} M turn RH (2,4,1x,3x)
- 41--
- Circle8 and back
Prince Charlie's Quickstep 4/4L · J48
3s and 4s start on opposite sides
- 1-8
- 1s and 4s set, ½ turn partners LH, 1L followed by partner dances down, out between 2M+3L, 1L casts to 4th place as 1M casts back to place while 4L followed by partner dances up, out between 2L+3M, 4L casts up to 1st place as 4M casts back to place
- 9-16
- 1M+4L double Fig of 8 with 2s at top (1M+4L cross down, 2s dance up) while 1L+4M double Fig of 8 with 3s at bottom (1L+4M cross up,3s dance down)
- 17-24
- 1M+4L also 1L+4M set, change places RH, all set, 4L and 1L dance across to other side between 2s+3s (who cast up/down to 1st/4th place) while 1M and 4M dance across to end BtoB facing partners 1s on Men's side, 4s on Ladie's side
- 25-32
- 1s+4s RSh reel of 4 across and end with Men giving RH in passing and LH to partner so that 1s face up and 4s down (in line across Men in centre)
- 33-40
- 1s+4s in line rotate clockwise ½ way, 1L dances down between 3s and casts up to 3rd place as 4L dances up and casts to 2nd place while Men continue to rotate to new places (opposite partners)
- 41-48
- All circle 8H round and back
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Oldenburg 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-05 | Sir Toby | June 6, 2017, 9:35 a.m. |
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SQP_DaySchool_20170325 | 2017-03-14 | Roland Telle | March 14, 2017, 1:34 p.m. |
190219 The More Unusual Dance Club | 2019-02-18 | Peter Dixon | Feb. 10, 2019, 2:06 p.m. |
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2017-07-15 Kuckucksnest Summer Ball (Sterbfritz) | 2017-07-15 | Truus de Ceuster | May 27, 2017, 9:33 a.m. |
Kuckucksnest 2016 Autumn Course | 2016-10-20 | Truus de Ceuster | Nov. 14, 2016, 9:08 p.m. |
Guernsey Saturday Ball | 2017-04-08 | John McLean | March 30, 2017, 11:02 p.m. |
Guernsey Ball 2017-04-08 | 2016-11-10 | Roland Telle | Nov. 10, 2016, 3:28 p.m. |
20180630 Pitlochry with Marian Anderson | 2018-06-30 | Kate Kinnear | May 24, 2018, 12:48 a.m. |
Pitlochry 100819 | 2019-08-10 | Mary Cant | July 1, 2019, 1:16 p.m. |
NewCastle-evening-2013 | 2013-02-09 | Zoltán Gräff | Nov. 23, 2014, 1:11 p.m. |
Chemnitz_Friday | SCD Chemnitz | Feb. 6, 2018, 6:27 p.m. |