Dance Schiehallion 5915
Medley · 128 bars (S64+R64) · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Hugh A Thurston (1971)
- Intensity
- no bar count made = 92% (1 turn), 93% (whole dance)
- Formations
- Reel of eight / Schiehallion (REEL;R8;)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Hands across - 4 couples in star (full or half) (HX;4C;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
- Highland, Highland Schottische, Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Schiehallion [1]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [160] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [171] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [144] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [135] (diagram only)
- Extra info
- Schiehallion (pronounced shee-HALL-i-en, from the ...
Schiehallion (pronounced shee-HALL-i-en, from the Gaelic sidh chailleann) is a mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It overlooks Loch Tummel and is 1,083 m high, which makes it a Munro. Seen from the west its shape is an almost perfect cone, and it is reasonably easy to climb with great views.
Being an isolated mountain with a very regular shape, Schiehallion was used in 1774 for an interesting experiment which was supposed to estimate the mass of the Earth by means of the deflection of a pendulum by the mass of the mountain. This experiment was proposed by Charles Mason (1728–1786, an English astronomer who was also instrumental in the definition of the Mason-Dixon line) and carried out by a commission under the direction of the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811).
The intersection of the line of latitude midway between the most northerly and southerly points on the Scottish mainland and the line of longitude midway between the most westerly and easterly points is very close to the summit of Schiehallion. This means that in a sense the mountain could be seen as the “centre of Scotland”. This, however, presupposes that the most westerly point is Corrachadh Mòr in Ardnamurchan; the completion of the Skye Bridge in 1995 makes Skye technically part of the Scottish mainland and that would throw the calculation off.
The dance was published in 1971 but a youtube comment on video 3 suggests it was devised in 1968.
Hugh Thurston describes the origin of the dance in issue 48 of The Thistle magazine.
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Schiehallion 4S · M128
Strathspey
- 1-16
- 'Chorus' ½G-Chain (1 step/hand, start with P) ; all set H.Schottische to P. Repeat [1-8], M finish in centre & face out
- 17–
- 'Diamond' All M dance a fling step (e.g. rocking step) while{8} W Petronella, ending ½ way round
- 25–
- All pairs Turn RH ½, all W ½ LHA ; all turn P RH 1¼ (to places)
- 33-48
- 'Chorus' Repeat [1-16], finishing for
- 49–
- 'Criss-cross' All ½RHA, W in middle, M outside ; All W dance to place of the M in front while{2} he dances to place of the W in front | Change back the same way (W pass behind M !) to original wheel
- 57–
- Repeat [49-54] | dance out to original positions and clap twice
Reel
- 65-80
- 'Chorus' All ½ G-Chain (1 step per hand, start with P) ; all turn P twice with R arm in elbow grip. Repeat [1-8], to places
- 81–
- 'Turn and round'1c+3c set advancing and turn opposite BH ; Circle4 L, to places
- 89–
- 2c+4c repeat
- 97-112
- 'Chorus' Repeat [1-16], W finish facing out
- 113-128
- ' Schiehallion Reel' All M dance through the centre to next W's place on R while{2} all W dance loop R to P's place | repeat interchanging M and W ; repeat these 4 bars 3 times to finish in own place
Schiehallion 4S · M128
Strathspey
- 1-16
- All dance Chorus: Grand Chain 1/2 way, set HS, Grand Chain 1/2 way & set HS & Men end BtoB in the middle facing partners
- 17-24
- Men set (rocking step) as Ladies petronella turn & set, petronella turn & set to move 1/2 way round set
- 25-32
- Ladies change pl RH with opp Man, Ladies dance LH across 1/2 way & turn partners RH
- 33-48
- Repeat bars 1-16 (Chorus)
- 49-56
- All dance RH across 1/2 way (Men on outside), all change places with prtnrs advancing 1place & change places again advancing 1 more pl
- 57-64
- All repeat bars 49-56 back to places
Reel
- 1-16
- All dance Chorus: Grand Chain 1/2 way, turn partner with R arms twice, Grand Chain 1/2 way & turn partner R arms twice
- 17-32
- 1s+3s set advancing, turn opposite dancer & circle 4H round to left, 2s+4s repeat
- 33-48
- Repeat bars 1-16 (Chorus)
- 49-64
- All dance full Schiehallion Reels (Men start by crossing to the right, Ladies cast & cross (following partner))
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