Dance The Blacksmith 560
Reel · 40 bars · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- John W Mitchell
- Intensity
- 8888/8008/8888/8888/8888 = 85% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Rights and Lefts - half (R&L;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 - right (HX;4P;R;)
- Hands across - 4 - left (HX;4P;L;)
- Petronella - half (8 bars) (PET;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 - half (HX;4P;HALF;)
- Set in line in fours (SETLIN;4P;)
- Slip down and up (DWNUP;SLIP)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Whetherly Book 3 [7]
- Recommended Music
The Blacksmith 4/4L · R40
- 1–
- 1c+2c & 3c+4c ½ R&L ; 1c+2c & 3c+4c RHA (2x,1x,4x,3x)
- 9–
- 1c+4c ½ R&L ; LHA finishing in centre facing nearest cnrs (2x,4,1,3x)
- 17–
- “Corners Petronella round a Double Hello Goodbye Setting” [: All 4 cnrs Petronella Turn to next cnr place cclw while{2} 4c+1c 2 bars of SetH&G | NHJ in circle, all set. On [19] 4c+1c release LH to dance PdB L of SetH&G back to centre facing again same cnr ; repeat bars 17–20] (3,1x,4x,2)
- 25–
- 1c & 4c turn facing cnrs RH ; 1c+4c ½ LHA to sides | all set (3,4,1,2)
- 33–
- 3c+4c+1c BHJ slip down under 2c arch ; 2c+3c+4c+1c slip up to sides (2,3,4,1)
