Dance The Reverend John MacFarlane 5555
Reel · 32 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Gary W Morris (1990)
- Intensity
- 8880 8004 8008 8888 = 65% (1 turn), 66% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of three - crossing (REEL;CRSING;R3;)
- Figure of Eight - half (FIG8;1C;HALF;)
- Poussette - standard (POUSS;PV;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Steps
- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Published in
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- Book 37 (Frae A' The Airts, Vol 2) [1]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 31 to 38 (Combined A5 edition) [68]
- Pocket: Books 36,37,38 [9]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [151] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [161] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [136] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra info
- This dance commemorates the 150th ...
This dance commemorates the 150th anniversary of the founding in Wellington of New Zealand's first Scots Church, later known as St. Andrews.
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The Reverend John MacFarlane 4/4L · R32
- 1–
- 1c cross down into Mirror Reels3 on opposite sides with 2c+3c (1x,2,3)
- 9–
- 1c ½ Fig8 round 2c ; 1c (BHJ) slip down to between 3c | set (top foot starting) (2c+3c up, 4c step in)
- 17–
- 1c+4c Poussette (2,3,4,1)
- 25–
- 2c+3c & 4c+1c RHA ; all C turn LH (3M polite L turn into next repetition).
The Reverend John MacFarlane 4/4L · R32
- 1-8
- 1s cross down to dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides ending in partners place
- 9-16
- 1s dance 1/2 Fig of 8 round 2s, meet & dance 4 slip steps down middle to 3rd place & set 2H joined (Man sets to Left, Lady to Right to start) 2s+3s step up, 4s step in bars 15-16.
- 17-24
- 1s+4s dance Poussette
- 25-32
- 2s+3s & 4s+1s dance RH across once round & turn partner LH
Martina Mueller-Franz
Added on: Feb. 12, 2017, 2:54 p.m.
Quality: Demonstration quality
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| Oldenburg 2018-10-24 | 2018-10-24 | Martin McWilliam | Oct. 23, 2018, 7:11 p.m. |
| 160804 w3 Thursday - Common Room - St Andrews | 2016-08-04 | Martina Mueller-Franz | June 6, 2016, 3:26 p.m. |
| 160804 w3 Thursday - Younger Hall - St A | 2016-08-04 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 17, 2016, 8:49 p.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers Band Night 23-01-17 | Sarah B. | Dec. 11, 2016, 8:31 p.m. | |
| NZ SS Tue 2.1.18 President's Ball | 2018-01-02 | Diana Hastie | Nov. 17, 2017, 5:59 a.m. |
| ADW 17.11.17 | 2017-11-17 | Elizabeth Gull | Nov. 10, 2017, 10:58 p.m. |
| Summer School 2015 Week 4 - Wednesday | 2015-08-19 | Andrew Locke | July 19, 2015, 1:16 p.m. |
| Malhamdale 2019 Saturday 30th November | 2019-11-30 | Janet Brayson | Aug. 9, 2019, 5:48 p.m. |
| RSCDS AGM 2017 Friday Dance | 2017-11-03 | Sue Ronald | Oct. 3, 2017, 5:35 p.m. |
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| Summer Tuesdays 2017_09_12 | 2017-09-12 | Graham Hamilton | July 7, 2017, 10:49 p.m. |
| Hamburg Class 2017-06-08 | 2017-06-08 | David Quarrie | July 2, 2017, 5:06 p.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2017_07_25 | 2017-07-25 | Graham Hamilton | July 7, 2017, 10:55 p.m. |
| Summer Tuesdays 2018_08_21 | 2018-08-21 | Graham Hamilton | July 13, 2018, 2:33 p.m. |
| 171103 RSCDS AGM 2017 - Friday Dance | 2017-11-03 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 11, 2017, 4:56 p.m. |
| RSCDS Paris Branch - Bal du 16 juin 2018 | 2018-06-16 | Rémi Lacroix | April 30, 2018, 9:17 p.m. |
| RSCDS Ayr Summer Dancing 2019 - Programme 3 | Malin Altenmüller | May 12, 2019, 2:11 p.m. | |
| St.Columba's Pont Street, 15/04/2019 | 2019-04-15 | alan poh | April 15, 2019, 3:30 p.m. |
| 150819 w4 Wednesday - St Andrews | 2015-08-19 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 18, 2015, 12:03 p.m. |
| 150805 w2 Wednesday - St Andrews | 2015-08-05 | Martina Mueller-Franz | May 18, 2015, 12:07 p.m. |
| Abingdon Class 28 January 2019 | 2019-01-28 | Sandra McLevy | Jan. 29, 2019, 9:56 p.m. |
| St Columbas | 2019-10-07 | Joan Blake | Sept. 19, 2019, 1:51 p.m. |
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| St Columba's Dancers 191007 | 2019-10-07 | Murrough Landon | Oct. 7, 2019, 12:57 p.m. |
| 2018-4-9 St Columba's Dancers | Sarah B. | April 4, 2018, 10:33 p.m. | |
| St Columbas Dancers 9 April | 2018-04-09 | Joan Blake | April 4, 2018, 8:23 p.m. |
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